提摩太前書 2
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
要為他人禱告
2 我勸你首先要為所有的人懇求、禱告、代求，為他們感謝上帝。 2 也要為所有的君王和掌權者禱告，使我們可以懷著虔誠、端正的心過和平安寧的生活。 3 這樣做很美好，是蒙我們的救主上帝悅納的。 4 因為祂願全人類都得救，明白真理。 5 上帝只有一位，在上帝和人類之間只有一位中保，就是降世為人的基督耶穌。 6 祂捨命作全人類的贖價，這在所定的時候已顯明出來。 7 為此，我被指派做傳道人和使徒，教導外族人認識信仰和真理。我說的是實話，並非謊言。
信徒的操守
8 我願男人舉起聖潔的手隨處禱告，不發怒，不爭辯[a]。 9 我願女人衣著樸素端莊，不靠髮型、珠寶金飾或名貴衣服來妝飾自己， 10 要有良好的行為，這樣才配稱為敬畏上帝的婦女。 11 婦女應當安安靜靜地學習，完全順服。
12 我不准女人教導或管轄男人，她們應當保持安靜。 13 因為先造的是亞當，後造的是夏娃， 14 受騙犯罪的不是亞當，是夏娃。 15 不過，女人如果持守信心和愛心，聖潔自律，就必在生育的事上得救。
Footnotes
- 2·8 「爭辯」或譯「疑惑」。
1 Timothy 2
Legacy Standard Bible
Exhortation to Prayer
2 First of all, then, I exhort that (A)petitions and prayers, requests and thanksgivings, be made for all men, 2 (B)for kings and all who are in [a]authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and [b]dignity. 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of (C)God our Savior, 4 (D)who desires all men to be (E)saved and to (F)come to the [c]full knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is (G)one God, and (H)one mediator also between God and men, the (I)man Christ Jesus, 6 who (J)gave Himself as a ransom for all, the (K)witness for [d](L)this proper time. 7 (M)For this I was appointed a [e]preacher and (N)an apostle ((O)I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of (P)the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 Therefore (Q)I want the men (R)in every place to pray, (S)lifting up (T)holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
Instructions for Women
9 Likewise, I want (U)women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, with modesty and self-restraint, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women professing godliness. 11 (V)A woman must learn in quietness, in all submission. 12 (W)But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 (X)For it was Adam who was first formed, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but (Y)the woman being deceived, [f]fell into trespass. 15 But she will be [g]saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in (Z)faith and love and sanctification with self-restraint.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 2:2 Or a high position
- 1 Timothy 2:2 Or seriousness
- 1 Timothy 2:4 Or recognition
- 1 Timothy 2:6 Lit its own times
- 1 Timothy 2:7 Or herald
- 1 Timothy 2:14 Lit has come
- 1 Timothy 2:15 Or vindicated, cf. 4:16
1 Timothy 2
The Message
Simple Faith and Plain Truth
2 1-3 The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.
4-7 He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.
8-10 Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.
11-15 I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else. Adam was made first, then Eve; woman was deceived first—our pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels. On the other hand, her childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.
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