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| 1 | I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; | I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; |
| 2 | For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. | for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity. |
| 3 | For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; | This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; |
| 4 | Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. | who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 5 | For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; | For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus, |
| 6 | Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. | who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times; |
| 7 | Whereunto 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. | whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. |
| 8 | I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. | I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. |
| 9 | In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; | In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; |
| 10 | But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. | but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works. |
| 11 | Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. | Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. |
| 12 | But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. | But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. |
| 13 | For Adam was first formed, then Eve. | For Adam was first formed, then Eve; |
| 14 | And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. | and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression: |
| 15 | Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. | but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety. |
