1 Timothy 2

¹ First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,

² for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity.

³ This is good and pleasing to God our savior,

⁴ who wills everyone to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.

⁵ For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race, Christ Jesus, himself human,

⁶ who gave himself as ransom for all. This was the testimony at the proper time.

⁷ For this I was appointed preacher and apostle (I am speaking the truth, I am not lying), teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

⁹ Similarly, (too,) women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive clothes,

¹⁰ but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds.

¹¹ A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control.

¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet.

¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

¹⁴ Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.

¹⁵ But she will be saved through motherhood, provided women persevere in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.