1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be offered for every one,
2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
especially for kings and all who are in high positions, in order that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in a deeply religious and reverent spirit.
3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,
This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Saviour,
4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
whose will is that every one should be saved, and attain to a full knowledge of the Truth.
5 For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
There is but one God, and one mediator between God and 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 ransom on behalf of all men. This must be our testimony, as opportunities present themselves;
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.
and it was for this that I was myself appointed a Herald and an Apostle (I am telling the simple truth and no lie) — a Teacher of the Gentiles in the Faith and Truth.
8 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy.
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,
I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing,
10 but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.
but — as is proper for women who profess to be religious — with good actions.
11 Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
A woman should listen silently to her teachers, and show them all deference.
12 but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
I do not consent to a woman’s becoming a teacher, or exercising authority over a man; she ought to be silent.
13 for Adam was formed first, then Eve:
Adam was formed first, not Eve.
14 and Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression.
And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin.
15 But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.
But women will find their salvation in motherhood, if they never abandon faith, love, or holiness, and behave with modesty.
