| 1 | Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, | |
| 2 | for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. | |
| 3 | For 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 knowledge of the truth. | |
| 5 | For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, | |
| 6 | who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, | |
| 7 | for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle--I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. | |
| 8 | I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; | |
| 9 | in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, | |
| 10 | but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. | |
| 11 | Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. | |
| 12 | And 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 | And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. | |
| 15 | Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. | |