1 Timothy 2

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The text begins with an instruction to offer petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving for all people, including kings and authorities, aiming for tranquil and quiet lives. It states that God wants everyone to be saved, noting there is one God and one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom. The author mentions his appointment as a preacher, apostle, and teacher of the Gentiles to testify to this. Instructions follow regarding prayer habits for men, who are told to pray without anger or dissension, and guidance for women concerning respectable apparel and good deeds. Finally, the text specifies that women should learn in quietness and submissiveness, not teaching or exercising authority over men, referencing the creation and deception of Adam and Eve, and concludes by mentioning preservation through childbearing for those continuing in faith, love, holiness, and self-control.

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¹First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— ²for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. ³This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. ⁷For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything. ⁸Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. ⁹Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, ¹⁰but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. ¹¹A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. ¹²I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. ¹³For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. ¹⁴And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. ¹⁵Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

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