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A Call to Prayer

Verse1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

Verse2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

Verse3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

Verse4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Verse5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Verse6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

Verse7For 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.

Verse8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Instructions to Women

Verse9Likewise, 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,

Verse10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

Verse11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

Verse12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Verse13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

Verse14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Verse15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.