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A Call to Prayer

¹ First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered on behalf of all men² for kings and all those in authority, so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.³ This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,⁶ who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.⁷ For this reason I was appointed as a herald, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Instructions to Women

⁹ Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,¹⁰ but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.¹¹ A woman^(a) must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man^(a); she is to remain quiet.¹³ For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.¹⁵ Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.