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Pray for All People

¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ^2 (a)for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and ^(b)dignified in every way. ³ This is good, and ^(c)it is pleasing in the sight of ^(d)God our Savior, ⁴ who desires ^(e)all people to be saved and ^(f)to come to ^(g)the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For ^(h)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus, ^6 (i)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^(j)the testimony given ^(k)at the proper time. ^7 (l)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (^(m)I am telling the truth, I am not lying), ⁽ⁿ⁾a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ I desire then that ^(o)in every place the men should pray, ^(p)lifting ^(q)holy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹ likewise also ^(r)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ^10 (s)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹ Let a woman learn quietly ^(t)with all submissiveness. ^12 (u)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ^13 (v)For Adam was formed first, ^(w)then Eve; ¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, but ^(x)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵ Yet she will be saved through ^(y)childbearing—if they continue in ^(z)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.