A Call to Prayer 1 CPDV And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men, BSB BSB: First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
2 CPDV for kings, and for all who are in high places, so that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and chastity. BSB BSB: for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
4 CPDV who wants all men to be saved and to arrive at an acknowledgment of the truth. BSB BSB: who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
6 CPDV who gave himself as a redemption for all, as a testimony in its proper time. BSB BSB: who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
7 CPDV Of this testimony, I have been appointed a preacher and an Apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie) as a teacher of the Gentiles, in faith and in truth. BSB BSB: For 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.
8 CPDV Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension. BSB BSB: Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Instructions to Women 9 CPDV Similarly also, women should be dressed fittingly, adorning themselves with compunction and restraint, and not with plaited hair, nor gold, nor pearls, nor costly attire, BSB BSB: Likewise, 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,
10 CPDV but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works. BSB BSB: but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
12 CPDV For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence. BSB BSB: I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
13 CPDV For Adam was formed first, then Eve. BSB BSB: For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
14 CPDV And Adam was not seduced, but the woman, having been seduced, was in transgression. BSB BSB: And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
15 CPDV Yet she will be saved by bearing children, if she has continued in faith and love, and in sanctification accompanied by self-restraint. BSB BSB: Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
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