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 dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;

3 f or this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,

4 w ho desires that all men should be saved and come to knowledge of truth.

5 F or God is one, and mediator of God and men one, man Christ Jesus,

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

7 t o which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of nations in faith and truth.

8 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.

9 I n like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,

10 b ut, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.

11 L et a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;

12 b ut I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;

13 f or Adam was formed first, then Eve:

14 a nd Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression.

15 B ut she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.