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1 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 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 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by 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 pleases 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 understand 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 one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—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 He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world 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 And I have been chosen as a preacher and apostle to teach the Gentiles this message about faith and truth. I’m not exaggerating—just telling the truth. 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 In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy. 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 And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing 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 For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do. 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 Women should learn quietly and submissively. Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
12 I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly. 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 God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result. 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 But women will be saved through childbearing, assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty. 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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