1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men;
I desire therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men:
2 for kings, and all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and propriety.
For kings, and for all that are in high station: that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all piety and chastity.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
4 whose will is that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus:
6 who gave himself a ransom for all; to which the testimony was to be borne in its own due times,
Who gave himself a redemption for all, a testimony in due times.
7 whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not, ) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle, (I say the truth, I lie not, ) a doctor of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire, then, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.
9 In like manner also, that women, in seemly attire, adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair, and gold, or pearls, or costly apparel;
In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly attire,
10 but, as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not the woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but to be in silence.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
For Adam was first formed; then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression.
And Adam was not seduced; but the woman being seduced, was in the transgression.
15 But she will be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.
Yet she shall be saved through childbearing; if she continue in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
