1 Timothy 2:1b-6a

...I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For

          there is one God;
               there is also one mediator between God and humankind,
          Christ Jesus, himself human,
               who gave himself a ransom for all...