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[1]I BESEECH you, therefore, first of all to offer to God, petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgiving for all men,
[2]For kings and for all in authority; that we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all purity and Godliness.
[3]For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour:
[4]Who desires all men to be saved and to return to the knowledge of the truth.
[5]For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
[6]Who gave himself a ransom for all, a testimony which came in due time.
[7]For that testimony I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I tell the truth and I lie not; and I became the teacher of the Gentiles in a true faith.
[8]I wish, therefore, that men pray everywhere, lifting up their holy hands, without anger and doubting thoughts.
[9]In like manner also, let the apparel of women be simple and their adornment be modest and refined; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
[10]But let them be engaged in good works, as is becoming women who profess fear of God.
[11]Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
[12]I do not think it seemly for a woman to debate publicly or otherwise usurp the authority of men but should be silent.
[13]For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
[14]And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and she transgressed the law.
[15]Nevertheless, if her posterity continue in faith and have holiness and chastity, she will live, through them.
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