1 Timothy 2

¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men,

² for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.

³ This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁵ For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.

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

⁸ I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

⁹ also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire

¹⁰ but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion.

¹¹ Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness.

¹² I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent.

¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve;

¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

¹⁵ Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.