2:1 I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications,
prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks be made for all
men;
2:2 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may
lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
2:3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior;
2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due
time.
2:7 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.
2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy
hands, without wrath and doubting.
2:9 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,
2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good
works.
2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
in the transgression.
2:15 Notwithstanding, she will be saved in child-bearing, if
they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with
sobriety.
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