1 | First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, |
2 | for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way. |
3 | This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, |
4 | who desires all men 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 to which was borne at the proper time. |
7 | For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. |
8 | I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; |
9 | also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire |
10 | but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion. |
11 | Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. |
12 | I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. |
13 | For Adam was formed first, then Eve; |
14 | and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. |
15 | Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. |