In light of the concern of Jesus that the ministry of intercession reach out beyond the confines of Israel, the instructions of Paul to Timothy take on much greater clatity. Paul instructs Timothy to see that the prayers of the church include prayers for all peoples, for kings, even for the Gentile rulers of the world. Paul underlines this by stressing that God’s will is for the salvation of all peoples and that therefore we should pray to this end. The Amida never included prayers of this scope, and so Paul instucts Timothy in this way, lest the prayers of the church follow too closely the
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