Instructions to Pray for All People

¹ Therefore, I urge first of all that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgiving be made on behalf of all people,

² on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

³ This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,

⁷ for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am speaking the truth, I am not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and dispute.

Instructions for Women

⁹ Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,

¹⁰ but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

¹¹ A woman must learn in quietness with all submission.

¹² But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but ⌞to remain quiet⌟¹.

1. Literally “to be in quietness”

¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she¹ was deceived, came into transgression.

1. *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was deceived”) which is understood as causal

¹⁵ But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.