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

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, 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.

for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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

For this 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.

who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

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

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

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

who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

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.

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

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

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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;

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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

but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

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

Let the woman learn in silence 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.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

13 F or Adam was first formed, then Eve;

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.