First Epistle to Timothy - The New Testament

¹ I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone,

² for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live peaceful and quiet lives with all devotion and propriety.

³ To do this is right, and acceptable to God our Saviour:

⁴ he wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the truth.

⁵ For there is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and humanity, himself a human being, Christ Jesus,

⁶ who offered himself as a ransom for all. This was the witness given at the appointed time,

⁷ of which I was appointed herald and apostle and -- I am telling the truth and no lie -- a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ In every place, then, I want the men to lift their hands up reverently in prayer, with no anger or argument.

⁹ Similarly, women are to wear suitable clothes and to be dressed quietly and modestly, without braided hair or gold and jewellery or expensive clothes;

¹⁰ their adornment is to do the good works that are proper for women who claim to be religious.

¹¹ During instruction, a woman should be quiet and respectful.

¹² I give no permission for a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. A woman ought to be quiet,

¹³ because Adam was formed first and Eve afterwards,

¹⁴ and it was not Adam who was led astray but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, she will be saved by child-bearing, provided she lives a sensible life and is constant in faith and love and holiness.