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I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men—
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for kings, and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all piety and gravity,
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for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Savior,
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who wills all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;
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for [there is] one God, also one mediator of God and of men—the man Christ Jesus,
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who gave Himself [as] a ransom for all—the testimony in its own times—
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in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle—truth I say in Christ, I do not lie—a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
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I intend, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, apart from anger and deliberation;
Instructions to Women
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also the women in like manner, in orderly apparel, to adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or clothing of great price,
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but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works.
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Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection,
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and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
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for Adam was formed first, then Eve,
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and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, came into transgression,
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and she will be saved through the childbearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
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