1 Timothy 2:1–15

Instructions concerning Prayer

²First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, ²for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.^{* 3}This is right and acceptable before God our Savior,^{* 4}who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.^{* 5}For

there is one God;

there is also one mediator between God and humankind,

Christ Jesus, himself human,^*

⁶who gave himself a ransom for all

—this was attested at the right time.^{* 7}For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth;^g I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.^*

⁸I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument, ⁹also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, ¹⁰but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. ¹¹Let a woman^h learn in silence with full submission. ¹²I do not permit a womanⁱ to teach or to have authority over a man;^j she is to keep silent. ¹³For Adam was formed first, then Eve,^{* 14}and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.^{* 15}Yet she will be saved through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.