[1] First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people; [2] for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct. [3] This is good and it pleases God our Savior, [4] who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth. [5] For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus, [6] who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved, [7] and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth! [8] In every church service I want the men to pray, men who are dedicated to God and can lift up their hands in prayer without anger or argument. [9] I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses, [10] but with good deeds, as is proper for women who claim to be religious. [11] Women should learn in silence and all humility. [12] I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet. [13] For Adam was created first, and then Eve. [14] And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law. [15] But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.
