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New Testament · 1 Timothy §2.1-2.15

Prayer for all people and proper order in worship

Passage 2 of 6 · Greek

Summary

The author calls for prayers for all people, emphasizing the oneness of God and Christ's role as mediator, and provides instructions regarding the proper order of men and women in worship.

§2.1Παρακαλῶ οὖν πρῶτον πάντων ποιεῖσθαι δεήσεις, προσευχάς, ἐντεύξεις, εὐχαριστίας, ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων, §2.2ὑπὲρ βασιλέων καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντων, ἵνα ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον διάγωμεν ἐν πάσῃ εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ σεμνότητι.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
§2.3τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ, §2.4ὃς πάντας ἀνθρώπους θέλει σωθῆναι καὶ εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν.
This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
§2.5Εἷς γὰρ θεός, εἷς καὶ μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἄνθρωπος Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς, §2.6ὁ δοὺς ἑαυτὸν ἀντίλυτρον ὑπὲρ πάντων, τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις·
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
§2.7εἰς ὃ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ καὶ ἀπόστολος, — ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ ψεύδομαι, — διδάσκαλος ἐθνῶν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.
For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle — I am telling the truth, I am not lying — a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
§2.8Βούλομαι οὖν προσεύχεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ἐπαίροντας ὁσίους χεῖρας χωρὶς ὀργῆς καὶ διαλογισμῶν. §2.9Ὡσαύτως γυναῖκας ἐν καταστολῇ κοσμίῳ μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ σωφροσύνης κοσμεῖν ἑαυτάς, μὴ ἐν πλέγμασιν καὶ χρυσίῳ ἢ μαργαρίταις ἢ ἱματισμῷ πολυτελεῖ, §2.10ἀλλʼ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, διʼ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness — with good works.
§2.11Γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·
Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.
§2.12διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός, ἀλλʼ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
§2.13Ἀδὰμ γὰρ πρῶτος ἐπλάσθη, εἶτα Εὕα· §2.14καὶ Ἀδὰμ οὐκ ἠπατήθη, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἐξαπατηθεῖσα ἐν παραβάσει γέγονεν.
For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
§2.15σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας, ἐὰν μείνωσιν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ καὶ ἁγιασμῷ μετὰ σωφροσύνης.
Yet she will be saved through childbearing — if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

Notes

  1. §2.1ποιεῖσθαι — Infinitive in the middle voice serving as the object of the verb παρακαλῶ. The middle voice ποιεῖσθαι, rather than the active ποιεῖν, emphasizes the personal or active involvement of the subjects in performing the prayers.
  2. §2.6τὸ μαρτύριον — An accusative in apposition to the preceding clause ('who gave himself...') or to the noun ἀντίλυτρον ('ransom').
  3. §2.9κοσμεῖν — An infinitive with subject accusative γυναῖκας ('women') depending on βούλομαι ('I desire') in §2.8. It introduces instructions for women parallel to those for men.
  4. §2.15μείνωσιν — A third-person plural verb in the conditional clause (ἐάν). The mismatch in number with the singular verb in the main clause (σωθήσεται, which has the generic 'woman' as its subject) reflects a logical shift in the subject to the plural 'women' (or the couple).

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New Testament, 1 Timothy §2.1-2.15. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg015.humanitext-grc2:2.1-2.15

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