⁸ Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands^(A) without anger or disputing.

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

⁴ He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full^[a] respect.^{(A) 5} (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)^(B)