[1] I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men— [2] for kings, and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all piety and gravity, [3] for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Savior, [4] who wills all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth; [5] for [there is] one God, also one mediator of God and of men—the man Christ Jesus, [6] who gave Himself [as] a ransom for all—the testimony in its own times— [7] 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 intend, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, apart from anger and deliberation; [9] also the women in like manner, in orderly apparel, to adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or clothing of great price, [10] but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works. [11] Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection, [12] and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness, [13] for Adam was formed first, then Eve, [14] and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, came into transgression, [15] and she will be saved through the childbearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
