| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1First of all, then, I urge you to offer to God petitions, prayers, intercessions, and expressions of thanks for all people, | 1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, |
| 2for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity. | 2for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. |
| 3This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, | 3This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, |
| 4who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully. | 4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 5There is one God. There is also one mediator between God and human beings—a human, the Messiah Jesus. | 5For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, Himself human, |
| 6He gave himself as a ransom for everyone, the testimony at the proper time. | 6who gave Himself--a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time. |
| 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.) | 7For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. |
| 8Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative. | 8Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument. |
| 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, | 9Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel, |
| 10but through good actions. This is proper for women who claim to revere God. | 10but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God. |
| 11Let a woman learn with a quiet spirit, and submissively. | 11A woman should learn in silence with full submission. |
| 12Moreover, in the area of teaching, I am not allowing a woman to instigate conflict toward a man. Instead, she is to remain calm. | 12I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent. |
| 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve, | 13For Adam was created first, then Eve. |
| 14and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient, | 14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. |
| 15even though she will be saved through the birth of the Child, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment. | 15But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment. |
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