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| 1 I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks be made for all men; | 1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- |
| 2 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. | 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. |
| 3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; | 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, |
| 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. |
| 5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; | 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, |
| 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. | 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time. |
| 7 For which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, [and] lie not) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. | 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am telling the truth, I am not lying--and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles. |
| 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. | 8 I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. |
| 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, | 9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, |
| 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. | 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. |
| 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. | 11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. |
| 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. | 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. |
| 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. | 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. |
| 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. | 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. |
| 15 Notwithstanding, she will be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. | 15 But women will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. |
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