2:1  Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,

2:2  for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

2:3  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

2:4  who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2:5  For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

2:6  who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

2:7  for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christand not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2:8  I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

2:9  in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

2:10  but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

2:11  Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.

2:12  And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.

2:13  For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

2:14  And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.

2:15  Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.