< 1 Timothy 2 >

1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;
2 for kings and all those who are in prominence, so that we may live a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and propriety.
for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to knowledge of truth.
who willeth that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Jesus Christ,
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times.
who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;
7 For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth.
whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
9 And similarly, the women to adorn themselves in disciplined decorum, with reverence and sobriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
10 but (which is fitting for women professing godliness) through good works.
but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence in all subjection.
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to have authority of a man, but to be in quietness.
But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, became in transgression.
and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:
15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
but she shall be saved through the childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

< 1 Timothy 2 >