2:1 First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people,
2:2 for kings and all who are in ①authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and ②dignity.
▷ ①Or a high position ②Or seriousness
2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
2:4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to the ①knowledge of the truth.
▷ ①Or recognition
2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
2:6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony ①given at ②the proper time.
▷ ①Or to be given ②Lit its own times
2:7 For this I was appointed as a ①preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
▷ ①Or herald
2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, ①modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
▷ ①Lit with modesty
2:10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
2:11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.
2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
2:13 For it was Adam who was first ①created, and then Eve.
▷ ①Or formed
2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman was ①deceived and ②became a wrongdoer.
▷ ①Or thoroughly deceived ②Lit has become
2:15 But ①women will be ②preserved through ③childbirth—if they continue in faith, love, and sanctity, with moderation.
▷ ①Lit she ②Or saved ③Or the childbirth; or the bearing of children