| Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— | 1First of all, then, I urge you to offer to God petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, |
| 2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. | 2for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity. |
| 3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, | 3This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, |
| 4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. | 4who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully. |
| 5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, | 5There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, the Messiah Jesus. |
| 6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time. | 6He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper 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 reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.) |
| 8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. | 8Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative. |
| 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, | 9Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, |
| 10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God. | 10but through good actions. This is proper for women who claim to revere God. |
| 11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. | 11Let a woman learn with a quiet spirit, and submissively. |
| 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. | 12Moreover, in the area of teaching, I am not allowing a woman to instigate conflict toward a man. Instead, she is to remain calm. |
| 13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. | 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve, |
| 14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression. | 14and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient, |
| 15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. | 15even though she will be saved through the birth of the Child, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment. |
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