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    1 Timothy · 15 verses

    1 Timothy 2

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    Braided hair, gold, pearls, and expensive clothes are marched into the worship instructions, only to be sent offstage in favour of good deeds. Then, quite suddenly, childbearing appears as the road to salvation, with no map supplied for the journey.

    Prayers for everyonevv. 1–8

    The chapter begins with a grand sweep: petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving are to be offered for everyone, including kings and all in authority. The desired result is a tranquil and quiet life, while the reason reaches further still: one God, one mediator, and Jesus giving Himself as a ransom for all. The speaker then pauses to certify the account—“I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything”—before turning to men everywhere, who are to pray with holy hands and without anger or dissension.

    The clothing catalogue and the unexplained endingvv. 9–15

    The instructions for women begin with clothing: respectable apparel, modesty, self-control, and a surprisingly precise prohibition against braided hair, gold, pearls, and expensive clothes. Good deeds are offered instead, followed by quiet learning and a restriction on teaching or exercising authority over a man. Adam and Eve are brought in as the reason: Adam was formed first, while Eve was deceived and fell into transgression. The final sentence takes an abrupt turn into salvation through childbearing, adding faith, love, holiness, and self-control, but giving no account of how childbearing performs its part.

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    1. 1 Tim 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

    2. 1 Tim 2:2for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

    3. 1 Tim 2:3This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

    4. 1 Tim 2:4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

    5. 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

    6. 1 Tim 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.

    7. 1 Tim 2:7For 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.

    8. 1 Tim 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    9. 1 Tim 2:9Likewise, 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,

    10. 1 Tim 2:10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

    11. 1 Tim 2:11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

    12. 1 Tim 2:12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

    13. 1 Tim 2:13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

    14. 1 Tim 2:14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

    15. 1 Tim 2:15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

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    • 121 Corinthians 14:34Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
    • 4Ezekiel 18:32For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!’’
    • 42 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
    • 4Ezekiel 18:23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
    • 51 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
    • 4Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
    • 5Galatians 3:20A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
    • 5Hebrews 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
    • 91 Peter 3:3–5Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
    • 12 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
    • 5Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
    • 4John 3:15–17that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
    • 42 Timothy 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
    • 5Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
    • 1Matthew 6:9–10So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
    • 1James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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