1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;
And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men,
2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity.
3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth.
5 For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony [to be rendered] in its own times;
who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time.
7 to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak [the] truth, I do not lie, ) a teacher of [the] nations in faith and truth.
Of this testimony, I have been appointed a preacher and an Apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie) as a teacher of the Gentiles, in faith and in truth.
8 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension.
9 In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited [hair] and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,
Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire,
10 but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.
but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works.
11 Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence.
13 for Adam was formed first, then Eve:
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 and Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression.
And Adam was not seduced, but the woman, having been seduced, was in transgression.
15 But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.
Yet she will be saved by bearing children, if she has continued in faith and love, and in sanctification accompanied by self-restraint.
