1 TIMOTHY Chapter 2 (GNB)

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2:1   First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people;

2:2   for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct.

2:3   This is good and it pleases God our Savior,

2:4   who wants everyone to be saved and to come to know the truth.

2:5   For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,

2:6   who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,

2:7   and that is why I was sent as an apostle and teacher of the Gentiles, to proclaim the message of faith and truth. I am not lying; I am telling the truth!

2:8   In every church service I want the men to pray, men who are dedicated to God and can lift up their hands in prayer without anger or argument.

2:9   I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses,

2:10   but with good deeds, as is proper for women who claim to be religious.

2:11   Women should learn in silence and all humility.

2:12   I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet.

2:13   For Adam was created first, and then Eve.

2:14   And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law.

2:15   But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

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