¹ First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

² for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

³ This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

⁴ who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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

⁶ who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

⁷ For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere¹ to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

1. Or in every place (of worship)

Instructions to Women

⁹ Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

¹⁰ but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹ A woman¹ must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

1. Or wife; also in verse 12

¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man;¹ she is to remain quiet.

1. Or over her husband

¹³ For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

¹⁵ Women, however, will be saved¹ through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

1. Literally She, however, will be saved