- 2:1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men;
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所以我劝你，第一要为万人祈求、祷告、代求、感谢；
- 2:2 On behalf of kings and all who are in high position, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and gravity.
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为君王和一切有权位的也该如此，使我们可以十分敬虔庄重的过平静安宁的生活。
- 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of our Savior God,
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这在我们的救主神面前，是美好且蒙悦纳的。
- 2:4 Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
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祂愿意万人得救，并且完全认识真理；
- 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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因为只有一位神，在神和人中间，也只有一位中保，就是那人基督耶稣；
- 2:6 Who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to be borne in its own times.
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祂舍了自己，为万人作赎价，在适当的时期，这事就证明出来；
- 2:7 For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth; I do not lie), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.
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我为此被派，在信仰和真理上，作传扬者，作使徒，（我说的是真话，并不是谎言，）作外邦人的教师。
- 2:8 I desire therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and reasoning;
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所以，我愿男人无忿怒，无争论，举起虔圣的手，随处祷告。
- 2:9 Similarly, that women adorn themselves in proper clothing with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly clothing,
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照样，也愿女人穿着正派合宜，以廉耻、自守，不以编发、黄金、珍珠、或贵价的衣服，妆饰自己，
- 2:10 But, what befits women professing godly reverence, by good works.
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乃借着善行，以那适宜于自称是敬神之女人的为妆饰。
- 2:11 Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection;
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女人要安静学习，凡事服从。
- 2:12 But I do not permit a woman to teach or to assert authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
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我不许女人施教，也不许她揽权辖管男人，只要安静。
- 2:13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
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因为先造的是亚当，后造的是夏娃；
- 2:14 And Adam was not deceived; but the woman, having been quite deceived, has fallen into transgression.
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并且不是亚当受欺骗，乃是女人受诱骗，陷在过犯里。
- 2:15 But she will be saved through her childbearing, if they remain in faith and love and holiness with sobriety.
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然而女人若活在信、爱、圣别兼自守中，就必借着生产得救。