| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— | 1First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, |
| 2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. | 2even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. |
| 3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, | 3Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior, |
| 4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 4since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. |
| 5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, | 5For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, |
| 6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. | 6who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed 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. | 7For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle--I am telling the truth; I am not lying--and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. |
| 8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. | 8So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute. |
| 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, | 9Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing, |
| 10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. | 10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. |
| 11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. | 11A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness. |
| 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. | 12But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet. |
| 13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. | 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. | 14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression. |
| 15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. | 15But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control. |
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