1 Timothy 2:1-10 ▼

1 I exhort, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;

2 for kings, and all who are in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 Who wisheth all men to be saved, and to come into a full knowledge of truth.

5 For there is one God, one Mediator also between God and men, a Man, Christ Jesus,

6 Who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony for its own times,

7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of gentiles in faith and truth.

8 I desire, therefore, that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing;

9 in like manner, that women adorn themselves in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair , and gold, or pearls, or costly raiment,

10 but (which becomes women professing godliness) through good works.