1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

2 f or kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

3 T his is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

4 w ho would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

5 F or there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

6 w ho gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

7 w hereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

9 I n like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

10 b ut (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

11 L et a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

12 B ut I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

13 F or Adam was first formed, then Eve;

14 a nd Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

15 b ut she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.