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¹ I BESEECH you, therefore, first of all to offer to God, petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgiving for all men,² For kings and for all in authority; that we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all purity and Godliness.³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour:⁴ Who desires all men to be saved and to return 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 a ransom for all, a testimony which came in due time.⁷ For that testimony I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I tell the truth and I lie not; and I became the teacher of the Gentiles in a true faith.⁸ I wish, therefore, that men pray everywhere, lifting up their holy hands, without anger and doubting thoughts.

⁹ In like manner also, let the apparel of women be simple and their adornment be modest and refined; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;¹⁰ But let them be engaged in good works, as is becoming women who profess fear of God.¹¹ Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.¹² I do not think it seemly for a woman to debate publicly or otherwise usurp the authority of men but should be silent.¹³ For Adam was first formed, then Eve.¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and she transgressed the law.¹⁵ Nevertheless, if her posterity continue in faith and have holiness and chastity, she will live, through them.