1 F irst of all, I ask you to pray much for all men and to give thanks for them.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

2 P ray for kings and all others who are in power over us so we might live quiet God-like lives in peace.

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

3 I t is good when you pray like this. It pleases God Who is the One Who saves.

for this right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

4 H e wants all people to be saved from the punishment of sin. He wants them to come to know the truth.

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

5 T here is one God. There is one Man standing between God and men. That Man is Christ Jesus.

for one God, one also mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

6 H e gave His life for all men so they could go free and not be held by the power of sin. God made this known to the world at the right time.

who did give himself a ransom for all -- the testimony in its own times --

7 T his is why I was chosen to be a teacher and a missionary. I am to teach faith and truth to the people who do not know God. I am not lying but telling the truth. Women in the Church

in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

8 I want men everywhere to pray. They should lift up holy hands as they pray. They should not be angry or argue.

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

9 C hristian women should not be dressed in the kind of clothes and their hair should not be combed in a way that will make people look at them. They should not wear much gold or pearls or clothes that cost much money.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

10 I nstead of these things, Christian women should be known for doing good things and living good lives.

but -- which becometh women professing godly piety -- through good works.

11 W omen should be quiet when they learn. They should listen to what men have to say.

Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

12 I never let women teach men or be leaders over men. They should be quiet.

and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

13 A dam was made first, then Eve.

for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

14 A dam was not fooled by Satan; it was the woman who was fooled and sinned.

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

15 B ut women will be saved through the giving of birth to children if they keep on in faith and live loving and holy lives.

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.