1 Timothy 2

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A Call to Prayer

¹First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

¹I exhort, therefore, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings to be made for all men,

²for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

²for kings and all those being in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

³This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

³This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

⁴who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁴who wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁵For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁵For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

⁶the One having given Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in their own proper times,

⁷For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

⁷in regard to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I speak the truth; I do not lie—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸Therefore I want the men everywhere^a to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

⁸Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

Instructions to Women

⁹Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

⁹Likewise also women are to adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and sound-mindedness, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

¹⁰but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

¹⁰but with what is proper to women professing the fear of God through good works.

¹¹A woman^a must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

¹¹Let a woman learn in quietness, in all submission.

¹²I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man;^a she is to remain quiet.

¹²But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to use authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

¹³For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

¹³For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

¹⁴And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

¹⁴And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, has come into transgression.

¹⁵Women, however, will be saved^a through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

¹⁵But she will be saved through childbearing, if they remain in faith and love and holiness, with sound-mindedness.