A Call to Prayer

¹ First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— ² for kings and all those in authority— so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness^* and dignity. ³ This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who wants everyone^* 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 that was given^* at just the right time.

⁷ For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful^* and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. ⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.^*

Instructions to Women

⁹ Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, ¹⁰ but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹ A woman must learn in quietness^* and full submissiveness.^{* 12} I do not permit a woman to teach^* or to exercise authority over^* a man; she is to remain quiet.^{* 13} For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. ¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived,^* but the woman who was deceived^* and fell into transgression. ¹⁵ Women, however, will be saved^* through childbearing,^* if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.