1 Timothy 2:1–15

Pray for All People

2First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ^2vfor kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and ^wdignified in every way. ³This is good, and ^xit is pleasing in the sight of ^yGod our Savior, ⁴who desires ^zall people to be saved and ^ato come to ^bthe knowledge of the truth. ⁵For ^cthere is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man¹ Christ Jesus, ^6dwho gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^ethe testimony given ^fat the proper time. ^7gFor this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (^hI am telling the truth, I am not lying), ⁱa teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸I desire then that ^jin every place the men should pray, ^klifting ^lholy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹likewise also ^mthat women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰ⁿbut with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹Let a woman learn quietly ^owith all submissiveness. ^12pI do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ^13qFor Adam was formed first, ^rthen Eve; ¹⁴and Adam was not deceived, but ^sthe woman was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵Yet she will be saved through ^tchildbearing—if they continue in ^ufaith and love and holiness, with self-control.