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¹ First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men,² for kings and all the ones being in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet existence in all godliness and dignity.³ For this is good and acceptable before God our Savior,⁴ who desires all men to be saved and to come to a full knowledge of truth.⁵ For God is one, also there is one Mediator of God and of men, the Man Christ Jesus,⁶ the One having given Himself a ransom on behalf of all, the testimony to be given in its own time,⁷ to which I was appointed a herald and apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of the nations, in faith and truth.⁸ Therefore, I desire the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.

⁹ So also the women to adorn themselves in proper clothing, with modesty and sensibleness, not with plaiting, or gold, or pearls, or expensive garments,¹⁰ but what becomes women professing fear of God, through good works.¹¹ Let a woman learn in silence, in all subjection.¹² And I do not allow a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve.¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived has come to be in transgression;¹⁵ but she will be kept safe through the childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with sensibleness.