1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men
2 —on behalf of kings and all who are in authority, that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
3 Because this is good and pleasing to our Savior God,
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come into a real knowledge of Truth.
5 For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men—a man!—Jesus Christ,
6 who gave Himself as a ransom on behalf of all people (to be testified in its own seasons),
7 to which ransom I was appointeda herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying—a teacher of nationsin faith and truth.
8 So I desire that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
9 Similarly the women also, dressing themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and good sense; not with braided hairor gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
10 but with good works, which is appropriate to women who profess godliness.
11 Let a woman learn in silence, in full subordination.
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 Also, Adam was not deceived; rather, the woman, being deceived, became a transgressor.
15 However, she will be saved through the Childbirth—if theycontinue in faith, love and holiness, with self-control.