I Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2:1-2:
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

“Intercession is speaking to God on behalf of another; another person, people group, situation, church, or community. Intercession is a sacrifice of our time and life’s focus.”
— April Stevenson
You might have talked about prayer and intercession interchangeably, but there’s a difference. “The term prayer can be used for all forms of speaking with God,” says April, “ but to differentiate the term from intercession I would say that prayer is speaking with God about those things which concern ourselves. Intercession, on the other hand, is speaking to God on behalf of another; another person, people group, situation, church, or community. Intercession is a sacrifice of our time and life's focus. It is an example of how we can lay down our life for another. It is a form of loving another.” -Catch The Fire

You can kill Nazis, but you cannot kill Nazism. You can kill enemy soldiers, but you do not deal with the spiritual forces behind them. But the weapons which God has given us are mighty! They are invincible, if we will use them. If we are defeated, it is not through a lack of armor. It is through the failure to use it.
In 1 Timothy 2, the apostle Paul says: “I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
Paul says, if you bypass prayer, you can have all sorts of plans, systems and programs, but you do not have the power to operate them. It is like having a building wired for electricity, but not connected to the generator. Nothing is going to work. -Derek Prince

I Timothy 2:5:
"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"

Your pastor, your church, etc are NOT the "one" mediator.

"The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth."
- John Calvin

I Timothy 2:8-10:
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

The lifting up of hands is an ancient sign of prayers being offered to heaven. It represents our lifting up our prayers to a God that dwells on high, who is not earthly. Holy hands denotes holy hearts, minds, conscience ready for worship and prayer. Isaiah had told the Hebrews that God would not hear their prayer because their hands were bloody and not pure. (Is 1:15).

The first characteristic is that men should "lift up holy hands." That was the usual posture of prayer, derived largely from the Jewish synagogues, where the Jews prayed while standing with their arms lifted up, and led the congregation that way. All Paul is saying is that when men pray that way there ought to be two things that are characteristic of them: One, the hands lifted up should be holy hands. That does not mean that something religious has to be done to them -- that they should be sprinkled with holy water or something like that. Rather, this is a figure of speech which means that these men's actions, symbolized by the hands, should be right actions. These are men who ought to have a record of rightful behavior, who are recognized as honest, whose actions reflect their faith.
Second, their attitudes toward one another must be "without anger or quarreling." Their relationships have to be right. They must not be bitter or resentful against somebody, angry about something that has never been brought out or discussed. Those are the ones who are to lead in prayer.
--[SOURCE: Ray Stedman: Adam's Rib or Women's Lib?]

I Timothy 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

The Bible teaches that while both men and women are equally created in the image of God and are both gifted for ministry, God has designed men and women for distinct and complementary callings within the church and the home. In the home, God calls husbands to be the head and for wives to graciously submit themselves to the servant leadership of their husbands (Eph. 5:22-24). In the church, God intends for qualified men to lead and to fill the teaching office of the church—the office of pastor.
That is why there is such a stark prohibition in 1 Timothy 2:12: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man.” Again, this prohibition is not arbitrary but based on the order of creation (1 Tim. 2:13); cf. 1 Cor. 11:8-9), and it prohibits women from the two main functions required for the office of pastor—teaching and authority. -Denny Burk

Many times, Christians divide over doctrines and non-essential teachings instead of being united, so how can we disagree without being disagreeable? Christians have disagreements over the rapture, baptism, tribulation, speaking in tongues, and such, but they shouldn’t be divided and disagreeable to one another. We are to love one another in word and deed (1 John 3:18), not brow beat others into believing what we believe. You can win the argument but you might lose your friends. Sadly, in some cases, it turns ugly and like a war, there are ongoing, escalating exchanges that only lead to the ruin of the participants. The Apostle Paul instructed the young pastor Timothy to “Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers” (2 Tim 2:14), so it is best to “Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels” (2 Tim 2:23).
Read more: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/how-to-disagree-without-being-disagreeable/#ixzz7LIQmE0RN