1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks 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 that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness 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 Saviour,
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 willeth that all men should be saved, and 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, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] 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 ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own 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 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, then, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
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, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;
10 but, as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Let a woman learn in quietness 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 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 being deceived fell into transgression.
and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:
15 But she will be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.
but she shall be saved through the childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
