Pray for All People
2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 (A)for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and (B)dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and (C)it is pleasing in the sight of (D)God our Savior, 4 who desires (E)all people to be saved and (F)to come to (G)the knowledge of the truth. 5 For (H)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 (I)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is (J)the testimony given (K)at the proper time. 7 (L)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ((M)I am telling the truth, I am not lying), (N)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire then that (O)in every place the men should pray, (P)lifting (Q)holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also (R)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 (S)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly (T)with all submissiveness. 12 (U)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 (V)For Adam was formed first, (W)then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but (X)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through (Y)childbearing—if they continue in (Z)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 2:5
Cross references
- 1 Timothy 2:2 : Ezra 6:10
- 1 Timothy 2:2 : ch. 3:4
- 1 Timothy 2:3 : ch. 5:4
- 1 Timothy 2:3 : ch. 1:1
- 1 Timothy 2:4 : ch. 4:10; Ezek. 18:23, 32
- 1 Timothy 2:4 : 2 Tim. 3:7
- 1 Timothy 2:4 : 2 Tim. 2:25; Titus 1:1; Heb. 10:26
- 1 Timothy 2:5 : See Gal. 3:20
- 1 Timothy 2:6 : See Matt. 20:28
- 1 Timothy 2:6 : See 1 Cor. 1:6
- 1 Timothy 2:6 : ch. 6:15; Titus 1:3; [Gal. 4:4]
- 1 Timothy 2:7 : ch. 1:11; Eph. 3:7, 8; 2 Tim. 1:11
- 1 Timothy 2:7 : See Rom. 9:1
- 1 Timothy 2:7 : See Acts 9:15
- 1 Timothy 2:8 : [John 4:21]
- 1 Timothy 2:8 : Ps. 63:4; 119:48; [Isa. 1:15]
- 1 Timothy 2:8 : Job 17:9; Ps. 24:4
- 1 Timothy 2:9 : 1 Pet. 3:3; [Isa. 3:18-23]
- 1 Timothy 2:10 : [1 Pet. 3:4]
- 1 Timothy 2:11 : Titus 2:5
- 1 Timothy 2:12 : [1 Cor. 14:34]
- 1 Timothy 2:13 : Gen. 1:27; 2:8
- 1 Timothy 2:13 : Gen. 2:18, 22
- 1 Timothy 2:14 : Gen. 3:6, 13
- 1 Timothy 2:15 : [Gal. 4:4]
- 1 Timothy 2:15 : ch. 1:14
