The Greek adjective apodektos means acceptable or pleasing — something that is received with favor. Paul uses it in 1 Timothy to describe what is acceptable before God.
Apodektos frames two profound statements about divine pleasure. In 1 Timothy 2:3, intercessory prayer for all people is 'good and acceptable (apodektos) before God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved.' God's universal salvific will makes universal intercession not just permitted but pleasing to him. In 1 Timothy 5:4, children caring for their parents is 'pleasing to God' (apodektos) — sanctifying what might seem merely practical into an act of worship. Both uses reveal that God's pleasure extends beyond the explicitly religious into care for all people and faithful family love.