1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men,
I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of 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.
including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,
4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to knowledge of truth.
who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Jesus Christ,
For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God and men--Christ Jesus, Himself man;
6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times.
who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,
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.
and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), 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.
So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife;
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,
and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,
10 but (which is fitting for women professing godliness) through good works.
but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence in all subjection.
A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to have authority of a man, but to be in quietness.
I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
For Adam was formed first, and then Eve;
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, became in transgression.
and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became involved in transgression.
15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint.
