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1 Timothy 2

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¹ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

² ⓐ for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly andⓑ dignified in every way.

³ This is good, andⓒ it is pleasing in the sight ofⓓ God our Savior,

⁴ who desiresⓔ all people to be saved andⓕ to come toⓖ the knowledge of the truth.

⁵ Forⓗ there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[1] Christ Jesus,

⁶ ⓘ who gave himself as a ransom for all, which isⓙ the testimony givenⓚ at the proper time.

⁷ ⓛ For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (ⓜI am telling the truth, I am not lying),ⓝ a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ I desire then thatⓞ in every place the men should pray,ⓟ liftingⓠ holy hands without anger or quarreling;

⁹ likewise alsoⓡ that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

¹⁰ ⓢ but with what is proper for women who profess godliness — with good works.

¹¹ Let a woman learn quietlyⓣ with all submissiveness.

¹² ⓤ I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

¹³ ⓥ For Adam was formed first,ⓦ then Eve;

¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, butⓧ the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

¹⁵ Yet she will be saved throughⓨ childbearing — if they continue inⓩ faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

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1	First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
2	ⓐ for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly andⓑ dignified in every way.
3	This is good, andⓒ it is pleasing in the sight ofⓓ God our Savior,
4	who desiresⓔ all people to be saved andⓕ to come toⓖ the knowledge of the truth.
5	Forⓗ there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[1] Christ Jesus,
6	ⓘ who gave himself as a ransom for all, which isⓙ the testimony givenⓚ at the proper time.
7	ⓛ For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (ⓜI am telling the truth, I am not lying),ⓝ a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8	I desire then thatⓞ in every place the men should pray,ⓟ liftingⓠ holy hands without anger or quarreling;
9	likewise alsoⓡ that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
10	ⓢ but with what is proper for women who profess godliness — with good works.
11	Let a woman learn quietlyⓣ with all submissiveness.
12	ⓤ I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
13	ⓥ For Adam was formed first,ⓦ then Eve;
14	and Adam was not deceived, butⓧ the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
15	Yet she will be saved throughⓨ childbearing — if they continue inⓩ faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

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