About prayer

1Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men ²³

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. ²⁴

3Because this is good and pleasing to our Savior God,

4who desires all men to be saved and to come into a real knowledge of Truth. ²⁵

5For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men—a man! ²⁶—Jesus Christ,

6who gave Himself as a ransom on behalf of all people (to be testified in its own seasons), ²⁷

7to which ransom I was appointed ²⁸a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying ²⁹—a teacher of nations ³⁰in faith and truth.

8So I desire that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument. ³¹

9Similarly the women also, dressing themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and good sense; not with braided hair ³²or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

10but with good works, which is appropriate to women who profess godliness.

About women

11Let a woman learn in silence, in full subordination.

12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. ³³

13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. ³⁴

14Also, Adam was not deceived; rather, the woman, being deceived, became a transgressor. ³⁵

15However, she will be saved through the Childbirth ³⁶—if they ³⁷continue in faith, love and holiness, with self-control. ³⁸