Chapter 2

¹First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men, ²for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity. ³It is right to do this, and it pleases God our Savior, ⁴who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.

⁵For there is but one God, and one intermediary between God and men—the man Christ Jesus, ⁶who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times, ⁷and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—to teach the heathen faith and truth.

⁸I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes. ⁹Women for their part are to dress modestly and sensibly in proper clothes, not adorning themselves by braiding their hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothing, ¹⁰but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

¹¹Women must listen quietly in church and be perfectly submissive. ¹²I do not allow women to teach or to domineer over men; they must keep quiet. ¹³For Adam was formed first, and then Eve; ¹⁴and it was not Adam who was deceived, it was the woman who was deluded and fell into sin. ¹⁵But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.