1 Timothy 2
A Call to Prayer
¹ First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
² for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
³ This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
⁴ who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
⁵ For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
⁶ who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
⁷ For 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.
⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere 1 to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Instructions to Women
⁹ Likewise, 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,
¹⁰ but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
¹¹ A woman 2 must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man;3 she is to remain quiet.
¹³ For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
¹⁵ Women, however, will be saved4 through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.