• A Call to Prayer

  • 1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people,
  • 2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
  • 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
  • 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
  • 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
  • 7 For this I was appointed as a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • Instructions for Believers

  • 8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
  • 9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
  • 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
  • 11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.
  • 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
  • 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
  • 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a wrongdoer.
  • 15 But women will be preserved through childbirth—if they continue in faith, love, and sanctity, with moderation.