Instructions About Worship

2 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ² for kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we might live a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and dignity. ³ This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. ⁷ For this testimony, I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I speak the truth;^[a] I am not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument. ⁹ Likewise, I also want women to adorn themselves with respectable clothing,^[b] with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, ¹⁰ but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹ A woman should learn in a quiet manner with full submission. ¹² And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she is to continue in a quiet manner. ¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve. ¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived, but it was the woman who was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵ But she will be saved—while bearing children^[c]—if they remain in faith and love and sanctification with self-control.