1 Timothy 2
Pray for All People
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 afor kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and bdignified in every way. 3 This is good, and ait is pleasing in the sight of bGod our Savior, 4 who desires aall people to be saved and bto come to cthe knowledge of the truth. 5 For athere is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 awho gave himself as a ransom for all, which is bthe testimony given cat the proper time. 7 aFor this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (bI am telling the truth, I am not lying), ca teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire then that ain every place the men should pray, blifting choly hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also athat women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 abut with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly awith all submissiveness. 12 aI do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 aFor Adam was formed first, bthen Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but athe woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through achildbearing—if they continue in bfaith and love and holiness, with self-control.
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