1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 vEzra 6:10 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly andwch. 3:4 dignified in every way. 3 This is good, andxch. 5:4 it is pleasing in the sight ofych. 1:1 God our Savior, 4 who desireszch. 4:10; Ezek. 18:23, 32 all people to be saved anda2 Tim. 3:7 to come tob2 Tim. 2:25; Titus 1:1; Heb. 10:26 the knowledge of the truth. 5 ForcSee Gal. 3:20 there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 dSee Matt. 20:28 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which iseSee 1 Cor. 1:6 the testimony givenfch. 6:15; Titus 1:3; [Gal. 4:4] at the proper time. 7 gch. 1:11; Eph. 3:7, 8; 2 Tim. 1:11 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (hSee Rom. 9:1 I am telling the truth, I am not lying),iSee Acts 9:15 a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire then thatj[John 4:21] in every place the men should pray,kPs. 63:4; 119:48; [Isa. 1:15] liftinglJob 17:9; Ps. 24:4 holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise alsom1 Pet. 3:3; [Isa. 3:18-23] that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 n[1 Pet. 3:4] but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietlyoTitus 2:5 with all submissiveness. 12 p[1 Cor. 14:34] I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 qGen. 1:27; 2:8 For Adam was formed first,rGen. 2:18, 22 then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, butsGen. 3:6, 13 the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved throught[Gal. 4:4] childbearing—if they continue inuch. 1:14 faith and love and holiness, with self-control.