1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all people,
2 for kings and for all those in high positions, so that we may live a tranquil and peaceful life, godly and dignified in every way.
3 This is right and pleasing before God our Savior,
4 who desires all people to be saved and to arrive at the knowledge of the truth.
5 For God is one, and there is one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus, himself a man,
6 who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all—the testimony given at the proper time.
7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 So it is my wish that in every place the men should pray, raising holy hands, free from anger and argument;
9 and in the same way that women should adorn themselves in fitting clothing, with modesty and good sense, not with braids, or gold, or pearls, or expensive garments,
10 but with what suits women who profess reverence for God: good works.
11 Let a woman be a learner in silence, with all submissiveness.
12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to domineer over a man; she is to remain quiet.
13 For Adam was formed first, and Eve afterward.
14 And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and came to be in transgression.
15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness, together with self-control.