1 Exhortation to Prayer First of all, then, I exhort that petitionsandprayers, requestsandthanksgivings, be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in 2:2Or a high position authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and 2:2Or seriousness dignity.
3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the 2:4 Or recognition full knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God,andone mediator also between God and men,theman Christ Jesus,
6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the witness for 2:6Lit its own times this proper time.
7 For this I was appointed a 2:7Or herald preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.Instructions for Women
9 Likewise,I wantwomen to adorn themselves with proper clothing, with modesty and self-restraint, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing,
10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women professing godliness.
11 A woman must learn in quietness, in all submission.
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
13 For it was Adam who was first formed,andthen Eve.
14 Andit wasnot Adamwhowas deceived, but the woman being deceived, 2:14 Lit has come fell into trespass.
15 But she will be 2:15Or vindicated, cf.4:16 saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with self-restraint.