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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Likewise, 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. |
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