Some Rules for Men and Women

2 First, I tell you to pray for all people. Ask God for the things people need, and be thankful to him. ² You should pray for kings and for all who have authority. Pray for the leaders so that we can have quiet and peaceful lives—lives full of worship and respect for God. ³ This is good, and it pleases God our Savior. ⁴ God wants all people to be saved. And he wants everyone to know the truth. ⁵ There is only one God. And there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ, who is also a man. ⁶ Jesus gave himself to pay for the sins of all people. Jesus is proof that God wants all people to be saved. And that proof came at the right time. ⁷ That is why I was chosen to tell the Good News and was chosen to be an apostle. (I am telling the truth. I am not lying.) I was chosen to teach the non-Jewish people to believe and to know the truth.

⁸ I want men everywhere to pray. These men who lift up their hands in prayer must be holy. They must not be men who become angry and have arguments.

⁹ I also want women to wear clothes that are right for them. They should dress with respect and right thinking. They should not use fancy braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes to make themselves beautiful. ¹⁰ But they should make themselves beautiful by doing good deeds. Women who say they worship God should make themselves beautiful in that way.

¹¹ A woman should learn by listening quietly and being fully ready to obey. ¹² I do not allow a woman to teach a man or to have authority over a man. She must remain silent. ¹³ For Adam was made first; Eve was made later. ¹⁴ Also, Adam was not the one who was tricked by the devil. It was the woman who was tricked and became a sinner. ¹⁵ But women will be saved through having children. They will be saved if they continue in faith, love, holiness, and self-control.