[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.