1Ti 2 | ISV | STEP | Prayer and Submission to Authority First of all, then, I urge you to offer petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people,

‏ 1 Timothy 2

1 Prayer and Submission to AuthorityFirst of all, then, I urge you to offer petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, 2 for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity. ^{▼▼Or seriousness}Ezra 6:10; Jer 29:7; Rom 13:1 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,Rom 12:2; 1Tim 1:1; 5:4; 2Tim 1:9 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a full knowledge of the truth.Ezek 18:23; John 3:16-17; 17:3; 2Tim 2:25; Titus 2:11; 2Pet 3:9 5 There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, Christ Jesus.Rom 3:29-30; 10:12; Gal 3:20; Heb 8:6; 9:15 6 He gave himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was acknowledged at the right time.Matt 20:28; Mark 10:45; Rom 5:6; 1Cor 1:6; Gal 4:4; Eph 1:7, 9; 3:5; 2Thes 1:10; 2Tim 1:8; Titus 1:3; 2:14 7 For this reason I was appointed to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (I am telling you the truth. ^{▼▼Other mss. read the truth in Christ} I am not lying.)Rom 9:1; 11:13; 15:16; Gal 1:16; Eph 3:7-8; 2Tim 1:11

8 Therefore, I want the men to offer prayers in every place, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.Ps 134:2; Isa 1:15; Mal 1:11; John 4:21 9 Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not by braiding their hair or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,1Pet 3:3 10 but through good works. This is proper for women who claim to have reverence for God.1Pet 3:4

11 A woman must learn quietly with full submission. 12 Moreover, I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she is to be quiet.1Cor 14:34; Eph 5:24 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.Gen 1:27; 1Cor 11:8-9 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became a lawbreaker.Gen 3:6; 2Cor 11:3 15 However, women ^{▼▼Lit. she} will be saved by having children, ^{▼▼Or saved through the birth of the Child} if they continue to have faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment. ^{▼▼Or modesty}