1 Timothy 2:1-8

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Prayer and Submission to Authority

2 First of all, then, I urge you to offer to God^[a] petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, ² for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.^{[b] 3} This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully. ⁵ There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, the Messiah^[c] Jesus. ⁶ He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time. ⁷ For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth.^[d] I am not lying.)

Instructions to Men and Women

⁸ Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative.