{"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/wnt/1-timothy/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:27.673Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","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 then, first of all, that  supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"including kings and all who are in high station, in order that we may live peaceful and tranquil lives with all godliness and  gravity."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"who is willing for  all mankind to be saved and come to a full knowledge of the truth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For there is but one God and but one Mediator between God and men--Christ Jesus,  Himself man;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"So then I would have  the men  everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are  unstained with anger or strife;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly clothes,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I do not permit  a woman to teach, nor have authority over  a man, but she must remain silent."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For Adam was formed first, and then Eve;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and Adam was not deceived, but his wife was thoroughly deceived, and so  became involved in transgression."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Yet a woman will be  brought safely through childbirth if  she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 2 (WNT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 2](https://primebible.com/wnt/1-timothy/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/1-timothy/2 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}