1I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

2for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

4who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

5For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

6who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

7whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

9In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment;

10but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

11Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

12But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

13For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

14and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

15but she shall be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.