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1 Timothy 2 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— | First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, | I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— | |
| 2 | for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. | for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. | for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. | |
| 3 | This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, | This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, | This is good, and pleases God our Savior, | |
| 4 | who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. | who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. | who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. | |
| 5 | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, | For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, | For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, | |
| 6 | who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. | who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. | who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. | |
| 7 | For 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. | For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. | And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles. | |
| 8 | Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. | I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; | Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. | |
| 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, | likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, | I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, | |
| 10 | but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. | but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. | but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. | |
| 11 | A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. | Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. | A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. | |
| 12 | I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. | I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. | I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. | |
| 13 | For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. | For Adam was formed first, then Eve; | For Adam was formed first, then Eve. | |
| 14 | And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. | and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. | And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. | |
| 15 | Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. | Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control. | But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. | |
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