⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands^(A) without anger or disputing. ⁹ I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,^{(B) 10} but with good deeds,^(C) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹ A woman^[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.^{(D) 12} I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;^[b] she must be quiet.^{(E) 13} For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^{(F) 14} And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.^{(G) 15} But women^[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love^(H) and holiness with propriety.

Personal Greetings

16 I commend^(A) to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon^[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae.^{(B) 2} I ask you to receive her in the Lord^(C) in a way worthy of his people^(D) and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.