1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;
who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
7 to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak [the] truth, I do not lie, ) a teacher of [the] nations in faith and truth.
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 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
9 In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited [hair] and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,
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, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.
but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
11 Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
12 but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
13 for Adam was formed first, then Eve:
For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
14 and Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression.
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
15 But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.
Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
