{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:15:28.742Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":2,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"who desires that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For God is one, and the mediator of God and men one, the man Christ Jesus,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony to be rendered in its own times;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"In like manner also that the women in decent deportment and dress adorn themselves with modesty and discretion, not with plaited hair and gold, or pearls, or costly clothing,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"for Adam was formed first, then Eve:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 2 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/2 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}