I desire then that (A)in every place the men should pray, (B)lifting (C)holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also (D)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 (E)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly (F)with all submissiveness. 12 (G)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 (H)For Adam was formed first, (I)then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but (J)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through (K)childbearing—if they continue in (L)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

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