| Chapter 2 |
1 | I exhort then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men;
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2 | including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and gravity.
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3 | This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,
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4 | who is willing for all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth.
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5 | For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God and men--Christ Jesus, Himself man;
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6 | who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,
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7 | and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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8 | So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife;
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9 | and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,
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10 | but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.
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11 | A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.
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12 | I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.
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13 | For Adam was formed first, and then Eve;
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14 | and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so became involved in transgression.
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15 | Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint.
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