1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men;

2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;

3 for this is good and acceptable before our Saviour God,

4 who desires that all men should be saved and come to {the} knowledge of {the} truth.

5 For God is one, and {the} mediator of God and men one, {the} man Christ Jesus,

6 who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony {to be rendered} in its own times;

7 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.

8 I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.

9 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,

10 but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.

11 Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;

12 but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;

13 for Adam was formed first, then Eve:

14 and Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been deceived, was in transgression.

15 But she shall be preserved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with discretion.

1 因此， 我劝你最重要的是要为万人、君王和一切有权位的恳求、祷告、代求和感恩， 好让我们可以敬虔庄重地过平静安稳的日子。

3 在我们的救主 神看来， 这是美好的， 可蒙悦纳的。

4 他愿意万人得救， 并且充分认识真理。

5 因为 神只有一位， 在 神和人中间也只有一位中保， 就是降世为人的基督耶稣。

6 他舍了自己作万人的赎价， 到了适当的时候， 这事就证实了。

7 为了这事， 我也被派作传道的和使徒（我说的是真话， 不是谎言）， 在信仰和真理上作外族人的教师。

8 因此， 我愿意男人没有忿怒， 没有争论， 举起圣洁的手随处祷告。

9 照样， 我也愿意女人以端正、娴淑、自律为装饰； 不要以鬈发、金饰、珠宝， 或名贵衣裳为装饰，

10 却要以善行作装饰， 这才配称为敬畏 神的女人。

11 女人应该安静而又完全顺服地学习。

12 我不准女人教训男人， 辖制男人； 女人总要安静。

13 因为先造的是亚当， 后造的是夏娃；

14 不是亚当受了引诱， 而是女人受了引诱， 陷在过犯里面。

15 然而女人要是常常存着信心、爱心、圣洁自律， 在她生育的事上必定得救。