Instructions concerning Prayer
1First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, 2for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.* 3This is right and acceptable before God our Savior,* 4who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.* 5For
there is one God;
there is also one mediator between God and humankind,
Christ Jesus, himself human,*
6who gave himself a ransom for all
—this was attested at the right time.* 7For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth;g I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.*
8I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument, 9also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, 10but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. 11Let a womanh learn in silence with full submission. 12I do not permit a womani to teach or to have authority over a man;j she is to keep silent. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve,* 14and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.* 15Yet she will be saved through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.