1 Timothy 2
The passage instructs believers to pray for all people, including those in authority, so that they may live peaceful and godly lives. It emphasizes that God desires all people to be saved and come to know the truth, and that Jesus Christ is the one mediator between God and humanity. The passage also provides guidelines for worship, stating that men should pray with pure hands and without anger, and that women should dress modestly and learn in silence, without teaching or having authority over men. Women will be saved through childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and self-control.
1And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men2for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior4who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth5For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus6who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time7Of this testimony, I have been appointed a preacher and an Apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie) as a teacher of the Gentiles, in faith and in truth8Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension9Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire10but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works11Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection12For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence13For Adam was formed first, then Eve14And Adam was not seduced, but the woman, having been seduced, was in transgression15Yet she will be saved by bearing children, if she has continued in faith and love, and in sanctification accompanied by self-restraint
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