The passage instructs believers to pray for all people, including those in authority, so that they may live peaceful and godly lives. God desires all people to be saved and come to know the truth, and Jesus Christ is the one mediator between God and humanity. Men are to pray with pure hands and without anger, while women are to dress modestly and learn in silence, not teaching or having authority over men. Women will be saved through childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and self-restraint.
1 And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men 2 for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior 4 who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth 5 For there is one God, and one mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus 6 who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time 7 Of 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 truth 8 Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension 9 Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire 10 but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection 12 For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve 14 And Adam was not seduced, but the woman, having been seduced, was in transgression 15 Yet she will be saved by bearing children, if she has continued in faith and love, and in sanctification accompanied by self-restraint