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noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2#h=9:0-10:0">2:1-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Instructions on prayer, proper conduct, and dress when coming together for worship (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2#h=10:0-11:0">2:8-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Women not “to teach or to exercise authority over a man” in the congregation (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2#h=11:0-12:0">2:11-15</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-1" data-section-citation="054002001054002001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving:</strong> Paul here stresses the importance of prayer by using a number of terms with similar meanings. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/0/0">study note on Php 4:6</a>.) In this context, the word “intercessions” apparently refers to petitions made to God for the benefit of others. The Bible mentions such intercessions; for example, Moses interceded in behalf of Miriam and the people of Israel. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Nu 12:10-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/1/1" data-bid="2-2" class="b"> 21:7</a>) In the Christian Greek Scriptures, servants of God are likewise encouraged to pray for others. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">2Co 1:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/2/1" data-bid="3-2" class="b"> 2Th 3:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/2/2" data-bid="3-3" class="b"> Heb 13:18, 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/2/3" data-bid="3-4" class="b"> Jas 5:14-18</a>) As for the term “thanksgiving,” Paul repeatedly urged Christians to express their gratitude in prayer.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">2Co 4:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/3/1" data-bid="4-2" class="b"> Col 2:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/3/2" data-bid="4-3" class="b"> 4:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="se"></p> <div id="p36" data-pid="36"><p data-pid="36" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/32/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="36" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/32/0">5/1/1996, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/12/0">w96 5/1 20;</a></p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/0">w79 11/15 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/3"> g78 2/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/5"> w64 563;</a><span class="ni"> g64 9/22 28;</span><span class="ni"> g62 6/8 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/8"> w58 505;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/9"> w54 727;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/19/10"> w52 377;</a><span class="ni"> w43 251,</span><span class="ni"> 379;</span><span class="ni"> w34 104;</span><span class="ni"> jh 153;</span><span class="ni"> w33 137</span></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-2" data-section-citation="054002002054002002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>all those who are in high positions:</strong> Or “all those who are in positions of authority.” This expression refers to various government authorities and officials. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/1/0">study note on Ro 13:1</a>.) The word <strong>kings</strong> in this verse included local rulers as well as the Roman emperor. At the time of Paul’s writing to Timothy (c. 61-64 C.E.), that emperor was Nero, who ruled from 54 to 68 C.E.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>so that we may go on leading a calm and quiet life:</strong> Here Paul gives a reason why Christians should pray concerning high government authorities. In answer to such prayers, God may move the authorities to permit Christians to keep on serving Him without being persecuted and to live a peaceable life “with complete godly devotion and seriousness.” (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Jer 29:7</a>.) Christians might then have more freedom to continue preaching, a work that makes it possible for “all sorts of people” to be saved. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">1Ti 2:4</a>) The early Christians in Ephesus, where Timothy was serving at that time, would readily have understood how men in high positions might affect the Christian ministry. For example, some years earlier, during Paul’s third missionary tour (c. 52-56 C.E.), a government official quieted a mob that opposed the preaching done by Paul and his companions. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Ac 19:23-41</a>) But regardless of the actions of secular rulers, Christians pray for God’s help to continue preaching.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Ac 4:23-31</a>.</p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>godly devotion:</strong> The Greek term used here (<em>eu·seʹbei·a</em>) refers to reverence and deep respect for God. (For a discussion of the Greek expression rendered “godly devotion,” see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/2/0">study note on 1Ti 4:7</a>.) The same Greek word is sometimes used in the <em>Septuagint.</em> For example, it occurs at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Isa 11:2</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">33:6</a>, where the Hebrew text uses “the fear of Jehovah,” an expression that likewise refers to deep respect for Jehovah God. When <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">1Ti 2:2</a> was translated into Syriac (the <em>Peshitta</em>) in the fifth century C.E., this Greek term was rendered “reverence for God,” explicitly including the word for “God.” Similarly, some later translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew have rendered <em>eu·seʹbei·a</em> “fear of Jehovah” in this verse and others where it appears. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">1Ti 3:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> 4:7, 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> 6:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/3" data-bid="13-4" class="b"> 6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/4" data-bid="13-5" class="b"> 11</a>) However, the New World Bible Translation Committee decided that there was not sufficient support for using the divine name in the main text of this verse.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/0">App. C</a>, where the reasons for restoring the divine name in other verses are discussed; compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/3/0">study note on Ro 10:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/28" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-29"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ne 1:11; Mt 5:44</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-29" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-29" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/29" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-30"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 29:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-30" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-30" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="se"></p> <div id="p38" data-pid="38"><p data-pid="38" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/33/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="38" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/33/0">11/2020, p. 15</a></p> </div><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/34/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 669</a></p> <div id="p40" data-pid="40"><p data-pid="40" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/35/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="40" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/35/0">5/1/1996, p. 20</a></p><p data-pid="40" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/36/0">9/15/1993, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="40" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/37/0">11/1/1990, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p41" data-pid="41"><p data-pid="41" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/38/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="41" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/38/0">11/1990, p. 8</a></p> </div><div id="p42" data-pid="42"><p data-pid="42" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/39/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="42" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/39/0">2/22/1987, p. 8</a></p> </div><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/0">w20.11 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/2"> it-2 669;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/4"> w96 5/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/6"> w93 9/15 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/8"> w90 11/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/11"> km 11/90 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/13/13"> g87 2/22 8;</a></p> <p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/0">w83 2/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/2"> w79 11/15 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/5"> g78 2/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/7"> w64 563;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/8"> w62 684,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/9"> 721;</a><span class="ni"> g62 6/8 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/11"> w58 505;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/12"> w54 727;</a><span class="ni"> g53 6/22 25;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/20/14"> w52 377;</a><span class="ni"> w43 379;</span><span class="ni"> w34 104;</span><span class="ni"> jh 154;</span><span class="ni"> w33 137</span></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-3" data-section-citation="054002003054002003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/30" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-31"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jude 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-31" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-31" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="se"></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/40/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> pp. 357-358</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/14/0">rs 357-358;</a></p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/21/0">w79 11/15 26;</a><span class="ni"> or 14;</span><span class="ni"> w48 158;</span><span class="ni"> w31 109</span></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-4" data-section-citation="054002004054002004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>all sorts of people:</strong> While the Greek expression used here may more literally be translated “all people,” the rendering “all sorts of people” is appropriate because of the context. (For other examples, see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/4/0">study notes on Joh 12:32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/5/0"> Ac 2:17</a>.) God wants all people “to attain to repentance” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">2Pe 3:9</a>), so he impartially offers salvation to everyone, regardless of their gender, ethnic background, financial status, or social position. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Mt 28:19, 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> Ac 10:34, 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/15/2" data-bid="16-3" class="b"> 17:30</a>) However, the Scriptures clearly indicate that many people will reject God’s invitation and will not be saved. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">Mt 7:13,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/1" data-bid="17-2" class="b"> 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/2" data-bid="17-3" class="b"> Joh 3:16,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/3" data-bid="17-4" class="b"> 36;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/4" data-bid="17-5" class="b"> 2Th 1:9</a>) So the rendering “all sorts of people” is in harmony with those verses. A similar rendering is also appropriate in the preceding verses, where Paul urges fellow Christians to pray “concerning <em>all sorts of men,</em> concerning kings and all those who are in high positions.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">1Ti 2:1, 2</a>.</p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>be saved:</strong> The terms “to save” and “salvation” are sometimes used by Bible writers to convey the idea of deliverance from danger or destruction. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ex 14:13, 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> Ac 27:20</a>) Often, though, these terms refer to deliverance from sin. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/19/0" data-bid="20-1" class="b">Mt 1:21</a>) Since death is caused by sin, people who are saved from sin have the hope of living forever.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Joh 3:16, 17</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/6/0">study note on 1Ti 1:1</a>.</p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>come to an accurate knowledge:</strong> God’s will is that people come to know him and his purposes as accurately, or fully, as possible.—For a discussion of the Greek term here rendered “an accurate knowledge,” see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/7/0">study notes on Ro 10:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/8/0"> Eph 4:13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/31" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-32"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 45:22; Ac 17:30; Ro 5:18; 1Ti 4:10; 2Pe 3:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-32" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-32" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="se"></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/41/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 169</a></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/42/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 47</a></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/43/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1007</a></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/44/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> pp. 357-358</a></p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/15/0">ijwbq article 169;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/15/2"> lff lesson 47;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/15/4"> it-1 1007;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/15/6"> rs 357-358;</a></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/0">w79 11/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/3"> w78 2/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/5"> w78 9/15 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/7"> g78 2/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/10"> g78 7/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/12"> lp 108;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/14"> w74 179;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/16"> w73 105-106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/22/20"> w72 389;</a><span class="ni"> or 14;</span><span class="ni"> g64 9/22 28;</span><span class="ni"> w48 158;</span><span class="ni"> w39 149;</span><span class="ni"> s 177;</span><span class="ni"> w34 104;</span><span class="ni"> jh 153;</span><span class="ni"> nw 41;</span><span class="ni"> w31 109;</span><span class="ni"> w30 141</span></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-5" data-section-citation="054002005054002005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>mediator:</strong> The term “mediator” refers to Jesus’ legal role in connection with the new covenant. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Heb 9:15</a>, Jesus is called “a mediator of a new covenant.” (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/9/0">Mediator</a>,” and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/10/0">study note on Ga 3:19</a>.) Jesus “gave himself a corresponding ransom for all,” laying the basis for men and women of all sorts to be brought into the new covenant. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">1Ti 2:6</a>) It is a covenant between God and the 144,000 spirit-anointed Christians.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/24/0" data-bid="25-1" class="b">Lu 22:20;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/24/1" data-bid="25-2" class="b"> Heb 8:6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/24/2" data-bid="25-3" class="b"> 10-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/24/3" data-bid="25-4" class="b"> Re 7:4-8</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/32" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-33"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 6:4; Ro 3:30</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-33" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-33" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/33" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-34"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 8:6; 9:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-34" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-34" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/34" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-35"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-35" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-35" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/35" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-36"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 4:12; Ro 5:15; 2Ti 1:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-36" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-36" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="se"></p> <p id="p51" data-pid="51" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/45/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 27</a></p> <p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/46/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 362</a></p> <div id="p53" data-pid="53"><p data-pid="53" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/47/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="53" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/47/0">12/15/2008, pp. 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="53" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/48/0">2/15/1991, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="53" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/49/0">12/15/1989, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="53" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/50/0">8/15/1989, pp. 30-31</a></p><p data-pid="53" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/51/0">2/15/1986, pp. 14-15</a></p> </div><p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/52/0"><em>Worldwide Security,</em> pp. 10-11</a></p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/0">lff lesson 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/2"> it-2 362;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/4"> w08 12/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/6"> w91 2/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/8"> w89 8/15 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/10"> w89 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/12"> w86 2/15 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/16/14"> ws 10;</a></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/0">w79 4/1 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/2"> w79 11/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/5"> g78 2/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/8"> w73 198-199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/10"> w73 244;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/12"> w73 382;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/14"> w73 465;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/16"> w72 236,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/18"> 687-688;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/20"> kj 390;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/21"> w66 110;</a><span class="ni"> im 217,</span><span class="ni"> 267;</span><span class="ni"> g65 5/8 29;</span><span class="ni"> g64 1/22 9;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/26"> w63 140;</a><span class="ni"> g63 8/22 10;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/28"> w62 235;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/29"> w57 238;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 39;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/31"> w53 206;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/23/32"> w51 52;</a><span class="ni"> w48 187;</span><span class="ni"> w39 149;</span><span class="ni"> s 192;</span><span class="ni"> w34 104;</span><span class="ni"> jh 153</span></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-6" data-section-citation="054002006054002006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>gave himself a corresponding ransom:</strong> The Greek term translated “corresponding ransom” is <em>an·tiʹly·tron,</em> which is composed of two parts: <em>an·tiʹ</em> “in exchange for; in correspondence to; in place of” and <em>lyʹtron</em> “ransom; ransom price.” Jesus gave his perfect human life as a sacrifice that corresponds exactly to the perfect human life that Adam lost by rebelling against God. Jehovah could accept Jesus’ sacrifice as “a corresponding ransom” because it fully satisfies His own high standard of justice. In this verse, many Bible translations simply read “ransom,” as at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Mt 20:28</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Mr 10:45</a>, where the Greek word <em>lyʹtron</em> occurs. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/11/0">study note on Mt 20:28</a>; Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/12/0">Ransom</a>.”) However, Paul uses the word <em>an·tiʹly·tron,</em> which occurs only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Commenting on its meaning, one reference work defines this expression as “a ransom, price of redemption, or rather a correspondent ransom.” (<em>A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament,</em> by John Parkhurst) In view of the foregoing, the rendering “a corresponding ransom” is more appropriate.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/13/0">study note on 1Co 15:45</a>.</p> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>for all:</strong> Or “all sorts of people.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">Mt 20:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/28/1" data-bid="29-2" class="b"> Joh 3:16</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/14/0">study note on 1Ti 2:4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/36" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-37"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 20:28; Mr 10:45; Col 1:13, 14; Tit 2:13, 14; 1Pe 1:18, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-37" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="se"></p> <p id="p56" data-pid="56" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/53/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 104</a></p> <p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/54/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> pp. 142-143</a></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/55/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 27</a></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/56/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 854</a></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/57/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 736</a></p> <div id="p61" data-pid="61"><p data-pid="61" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/58/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/58/0">6/15/2011, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/59/0">4/15/1999, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/60/0">7/15/1997, pp. 6-7</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/61/0">6/15/1992, pp. 5-6</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/62/0">2/15/1991, pp. 12-13,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/63/0"> 17</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/64/0">8/15/1989, p. 31</a></p><p data-pid="61" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/65/0">2/15/1986, pp. 14-15</a></p> </div><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/66/0"><em>Trinity,</em> p. 15</a></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/0">w25.02 4-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/2"> ijwbq article 104;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/4"> cl 142-143;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/6"> lff lesson 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/8"> it-1 854;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/10"> it-2 736;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/12"> w11 6/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/14"> w99 4/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/16"> w97 7/15 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/18"> w92 6/15 5-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/20"> w91 2/15 12-13,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/23"> 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/25"> w89 8/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/27"> ti 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/17/29"> w86 2/15 14-15;</a></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/0">w82 10/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/2"> hp 107;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/4"> w79 11/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/7"> g78 9/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/9"> w76 239;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/11"> w74 70;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/13"> w74 121;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/15"> w74 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/17"> w74 370;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/19"> w74 598-599;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/21"> po 188;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/23"> w73 106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/26"> w73 198-199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/28"> w73 244;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/30"> w73 382;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/32"> w73 465;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/34"> w72 175,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/36"> 236,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/38"> 687-688;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/40"> ad 1373;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/41"> kj 390;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/42"> g70 10/8 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/44"> w65 167,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/45"> 172,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/46"> 180,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/47"> 723;</a><span class="ni"> im 229,</span><span class="ni"> 232;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/50"> w63 11,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/51"> 604;</a><span class="ni"> bf 651;</span><span class="ni"> yb63 12;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/54"> w62 38,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/55"> 136,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/56"> 477;</a><span class="ni"> g59 7/22 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/58"> w57 238;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 39;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/60"> w54 252;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/61"> w53 206;</a><span class="ni"> nh 181;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/24/63"> w52 444;</a><span class="ni"> w49 60;</span><span class="ni"> w48 158,</span><span class="ni"> 187;</span><span class="ni"> w43 174;</span><span class="ni"> w39 150;</span><span class="ni"> s 177,</span><span class="ni"> 179;</span><span class="ni"> w38 150;</span><span class="ni"> w34 105;</span><span class="ni"> jh 155</span></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-7" data-section-citation="054002007054002007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>I was appointed a preacher:</strong> The Christian Greek Scriptures clearly indicate that the apostle Paul took his appointment seriously. For instance, here and at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">2Ti 1:11</a>, he uses three terms (“preacher”; “apostle”; “teacher”), each highlighting a special aspect of his assignment. He was “a preacher,” that is, a proclaimer of God’s message, as were Jesus and John the Baptist. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Mt 4:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/31/1" data-bid="32-2" class="b"> Lu 3:18</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/15/0">study note on Mt 3:1</a>.) Similarly, Noah was “a preacher of righteousness.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">2Pe 2:5</a>.</p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>an apostle:</strong> Jesus Christ chose Paul to be “an apostle,” or “someone sent out.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Ac 9:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/33/1" data-bid="34-2" class="b"> Ro 1:5</a>) Paul also describes himself as “an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will” and “an apostle to the nations.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">1Co 1:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/34/1" data-bid="35-2" class="b"> Ro 11:13</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/16/0">study note</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/17/0">study note on Ro 1:1</a>.</p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>I am telling the truth, I am not lying:</strong> Paul may have felt the need to reinforce the truthfulness of his words because certain opposers claimed that he was a false apostle. Some Christians were apparently influenced by that claim. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">2Co 11:4, 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/35/1" data-bid="36-2" class="b"> Ga 1:6, 7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/35/2" data-bid="36-3" class="b"> 11, 12</a>) A few of those attempting to discredit Paul may have been among those false teachers with whom Timothy had to contend in Ephesus. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">1Ti 1:3, 4</a>) Paul used an expression that echoed oaths that were common in Roman legal procedure. He thus reassured Timothy as well as other Christians in Ephesus that he, Paul, was a true apostle. Similar expressions are found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Ro 9:1</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Ga 1:20</a>.</p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>a teacher of nations:</strong> As a teacher, Paul reasoned with his listeners and persuaded many to put faith in Christ. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">Ac 17:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/39/1" data-bid="40-2" class="b"> 28:23</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/18/0">study note on Mt 28:20</a>.) He was “a teacher of nations” in that he taught many non-Jews. This expression emphasizes the worldwide scope of the Christian preaching and teaching work that started in the first century C.E.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/37" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-38"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 9:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-38" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/38" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-39"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 1:5; Ga 2:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-39" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/39" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-40"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 1:15, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-40" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/25/0">w79 11/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/25/3"> w71 332;</a><span class="ni"> w38 150</span></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-8" data-section-citation="054002008054002008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>the men carry on prayer:</strong> Paul here refers to representing the congregation in public prayer, a privilege assigned only to men. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">1Co 14:34;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/41/1" data-bid="42-2" class="b"> 1Ti 2:11, 12</a>) The expression <strong>lifting up . . . hands</strong> describes a common posture of prayer in Bible times; a man offering a public prayer might raise his hands toward heaven as he begged for God’s favor. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">1Ki 8:22, 23</a>.) However, faithful worshippers also assumed other postures when praying, and the Bible does not consider one position to be better than another. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">1Ch 17:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/43/1" data-bid="44-2" class="b"> Mr 11:25;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/43/2" data-bid="44-3" class="b"> Ac 21:5</a>) The disposition of the person was most important. In this verse, Paul emphasizes that the one praying should be <strong>loyal.</strong> The Greek word for “loyal” that he used can also be rendered “holy,” “pure,” or “sanctified.” What matters to Jehovah, therefore, is the man’s moral purity and his loyal reliance on Him.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/19/0">study note on Tit 1:8</a>.</p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>without anger and debates:</strong> This inspired counsel is in harmony with one of the qualifications for Christian overseers that Paul mentions later in this letter—such an overseer must not be quarrelsome. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">1Ti 3:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/44/1" data-bid="45-2" class="b"> 3</a>) Paul thus shows that no Christian man should offer public prayers if he has a divisive attitude or, as one translation says, “angry or quarrelsome thoughts.” Such negative thoughts could easily influence the way prayers are expressed. This counsel fits in with Paul’s words telling all Christians to keep free from vindictive anger and divisive arguments.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Eph 4:31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/45/1" data-bid="46-2" class="b"> Php 2:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/45/2" data-bid="46-3" class="b"> Col 3:8</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/20/0">study note</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/40" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-41"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 141:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-41" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/41" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-42"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Tit 1:7; Jas 1:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-42" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/42" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-43"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 2:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-43" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="se"></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/67/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 109</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/68/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1106</a></p> <div id="p66" data-pid="66"><p data-pid="66" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/69/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="66" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/69/0">11/15/2002, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="66" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/70/0">11/15/1992, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/18/0">it-1 109;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/18/2"> it-2 1106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/18/4"> w02 11/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/18/6"> w92 11/15 23;</a></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/0">w83 2/1 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/2"> w83 9/1 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/4"> w79 5/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/6"> w75 409;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/8"> w75 473;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/10"> ad 79,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/26/11"> 1603</a></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-9" data-section-citation="054002009054002009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:9</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>appropriate:</strong> Or “respectable.” In this context, the Greek word used suggests dress that would be considered honorable and proper. Such attire would be suitable for one who professes to be a minister of God.</p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>with modesty:</strong> In this context, modesty includes taking into consideration one’s own conscience as well as the feelings or opinions of others. A modest Christian would avoid adornment that is considered indecent, that draws undue attention, or that is likely to offend or stumble others.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">1Co 10:32, 33</a>.</p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>soundness of mind:</strong> Or “good judgment; sensibleness.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/21/0">study note on 1Ti 3:2</a>.</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive clothing:</strong> In Paul’s day, many pagan women made a showy display of their wealth or importance. They braided their hair in elaborate designs, set gold ornaments in the braids, and wore very costly garments along with an abundance of jewelry. Such displays were considered excessive even by many non-Christians. Showy adornment was certainly unbecoming to Christians, since it could stir up competition or even distract many from true worship. Paul thus urged Christian women to use good judgment and avoid going to extremes in their personal appearance. Similarly, Peter counseled faithful women to focus their attention, not on external adornment, but on “the secret person of the heart.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">1Pe 3:3, 4</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/49/0" data-bid="50-1" class="b">Pr 31:30</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072290#chapter=2"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/1001072290/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/947" ><span class="caption"><p>Women’s Hairstyles in Roman Times</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/43" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-44"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 3:3, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-44" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="se"></p> <div id="p68" data-pid="68"><p data-pid="68" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/71/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="68" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/71/0">12/2023, p. 20</a></p> </div><p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/72/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 52</a></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/73/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 51-52</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/74/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 423-424</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/75/0"><em>Remain in God’s Love,</em> pp. 65-66</a></p> <div id="p73" data-pid="73"><p data-pid="73" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/76/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="73" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/76/0">5/2016, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><div id="p74" data-pid="74"><p data-pid="74" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/77/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/77/0">6/1/2015, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/78/0">2/15/2009, pp. 20-21</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/79/0">5/1/2005, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/80/0">12/1/2003, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/81/0">8/1/2002, pp. 17-18</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/82/0">8/15/1992, p. 14</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/83/0">6/1/1991, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/84/0">8/15/1988, p. 17</a></p><p data-pid="74" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/85/0">3/15/1987, p. 6</a></p> </div><p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/86/0"><em>“God’s Love,”</em> pp. 56-57</a></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/87/0"><em>Jehovah’s Will,</em> lesson 8</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/88/0"><em>Young People Ask,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 79</a></p> <div id="p78" data-pid="78"><p data-pid="78" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/89/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/89/0">10/8/2005, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/90/0">8/8/1998, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/91/0">3/8/1995, pp. 21-24</a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/92/0">9/8/1992, p. 24</a></p><p data-pid="78" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/93/0">6/22/1990, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/94/0"><em>Ministry School,</em> pp. 131-132</a></p> <div id="p80" data-pid="80"><p data-pid="80" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/95/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="80" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/95/0">5/1996, pp. 4-5</a></p> </div><p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/96/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> p. 435</a></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/0">w23.12 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/2"> lff lesson 52;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/4"> it-1 51-52;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/6"> it-2 423-424;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/8"> lvs 65-66;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/10"> w16.05 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/12"> w15 6/1 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/14"> lv 56;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/16"> jl lesson 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/18"> yp1 79;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/20"> w09 2/15 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/22"> w05 5/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/24"> g05 10/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/26"> w03 12/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/28"> w02 8/1 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/30"> be 131-132;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/32"> g98 8/8 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/34"> km 5/96 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/36"> g95 3/8 21-24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/38"> w92 8/15 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/40"> g92 9/8 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/42"> w91 6/1 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/44"> g90 6/22 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/46"> rs 435;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/48"> yp 94-95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/50"> w88 8/15 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/19/52"> w87 3/15 6;</a></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/0">g84 2/8 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/2"> g84 11/22 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/4"> w83 5/1 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/6"> g83 2/22 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/8"> w79 3/1 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/10"> bw 80;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/12"> g79 8/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/14"> w78 8/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/16"> g78 5/22 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/18"> w77 379;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/20"> g77 9/22 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/22"> yy 56-57;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/24"> g76 8/8 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/26"> w74 85;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/28"> w73 472;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/30"> w72 222-223,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/32"> 667-668,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/34"> 672;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/36"> ad 1172;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/37"> w69 463;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/38"> w66 735;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/39"> w64 174,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/40"> 548;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/8 8;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/42"> w62 281,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/43"> 320;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/44"> w61 640;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/27/45"> w55 218</a></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-10" data-section-citation="054002010054002010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>devotion to God:</strong> Or “reverence for God.” The Greek word used here (<em>the·o·seʹbei·a</em>) is a combination of the words for “God” and for “devotion” or “reverence.” It refers to deep respect for God and devotion to him and the true worship of him. It is close in meaning to the term <em>eu·seʹbei·a,</em> rendered “godly devotion,” but explicitly includes the Greek word for “God.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/22/0">study notes on 1Ti 2:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/23/0"> 4:7</a>.) It appears only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures but is also found in the <em>Septuagint.</em> For example, it is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">Ge 20:11</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/52/0" data-bid="53-1" class="b">Job 28:28</a>, where the Hebrew text reads “fear of God” or “fear of Jehovah,” that is, reverence and deep respect for him. Here at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/53/0" data-bid="54-1" class="b">1Ti 2:10</a>, some translations of the Christian Greek Scriptures into Hebrew read “fear of Jehovah.” However, the New World Bible Translation Committee decided that there was not sufficient support for using the divine name in the main text of this verse.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/1">App. C</a>, where the reasons for restoring the divine name in other verses are discussed; compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/24/0">study note on Ro 10:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/44" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-45"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Pr 31:30</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-45" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="se"></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/97/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 52</a></p> <div id="p84" data-pid="84"><p data-pid="84" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/98/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="84" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/98/0">5/2016, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/99/0"><em>Jehovah’s Will,</em> lesson 8</a></p> <div id="p86" data-pid="86"><p data-pid="86" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/100/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="86" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/100/0">5/1/2005, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="86" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/101/0">12/1/2003, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="86" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/102/0">8/1/2002, pp. 17-18</a></p> </div><div id="p87" data-pid="87"><p data-pid="87" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/103/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="87" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/103/0">10/8/2005, p. 27</a></p> </div><p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/104/0"><em>Ministry School,</em> pp. 131-132</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/105/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> p. 435</a></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/0">lff lesson 52;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/2"> w16.05 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/4"> jl lesson 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/6"> w05 5/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/8"> g05 10/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/10"> w03 12/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/12"> w02 8/1 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/14"> be 131-132;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/20/16"> rs 435;</a></p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/0">g79 8/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/2"> g78 5/22 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/4"> g76 8/8 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/6"> w74 85;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/8"> w72 667-668,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/10"> 672;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/12"> w66 735;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/13"> w64 174;</a><span class="ni"> g64 12/8 8;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/15"> w61 640;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/28/16"> w55 218</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-11" data-section-citation="054002011054002011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>Let a woman learn in silence:</strong> Paul here counters the view held by many Jewish religious leaders of his day that women should not be taught the Scriptures. He knew that such traditions had no basis in the Hebrew Scriptures; nor did Jesus support such views. In fact, Jesus openly taught women. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">Jos 8:35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> Lu 10:38-42;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/55/2" data-bid="56-3" class="b"> Joh 4:7-27</a>) Paul is here inspired to state that in the congregation setting, a woman should learn “in silence.” He uses a Greek word that might also be rendered “quietness” or “calmness.” This counsel is similar to what he earlier wrote to the Corinthian congregation, where some women may have been a disruptive influence.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/25/0">study note on 1Co 14:34</a>.</p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>with full submissiveness:</strong> By this inspired counsel, Paul urges Christian women to accept and support Jehovah’s arrangement of headship within the congregation. The following verse shows that God has assigned men to handle the responsibility of teaching the congregation. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">1Ti 2:12</a>) When Paul discusses submissiveness and subjection, he does not limit his comments to women. For example, he says that Jesus will “subject himself” to Jehovah (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/57/0" data-bid="58-1" class="b">1Co 15:27, 28</a>) and that “the congregation is in subjection to the Christ” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Eph 5:24</a>). Paul also instructs all Christian men and women to “be submissive” to those taking the lead in the congregation.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/59/0" data-bid="60-1" class="b">Heb 13:17</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/45" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-46"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:3; Eph 5:24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-46" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> <div id="p91" data-pid="91"><p data-pid="91" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/106/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="91" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/106/0">7/8/1994, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/107/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> pp. 432-433</a></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/21/0">g94 7/8 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/21/2"> rs 433;</a></p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/29/0">g78 5/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/29/3"> w73 255;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/29/5"> w64 180;</a><span class="ni"> ns 42;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/29/7"> w58 607;</a><span class="ni"> g55 12/22 24;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/29/9"> w51 278;</a><span class="ni"> el 158;</span><span class="ni"> w49 140;</span><span class="ni"> w47 24</span></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-12" data-section-citation="054002012054002012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:12</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-4"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41">Or “remain calm; remain quiet.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/46" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-47"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 14:34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-47" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="se"></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/108/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1054</a></p> <div id="p95" data-pid="95"><p data-pid="95" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/109/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="95" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/109/0">1/15/2007, p. 4</a></p><p data-pid="95" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/110/0">3/1/1989, p. 6</a></p> </div><div id="p96" data-pid="96"><p data-pid="96" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/111/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="96" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/111/0">7/8/1994, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="96" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/112/0">7/8/1987, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/113/0"><em>Reasoning,</em> pp. 432-433</a></p> <p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/0">it-1 1054;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/2"> w07 1/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/4"> g94 7/8 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/6"> w89 3/1 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/8"> rs 433;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/22/10"> g87 7/8 23;</a></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/0">w81 3/15 17;</a><span class="ni"> cj 99;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/4"> g78 5/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/7"> g77 8/8 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/9"> km 1/76 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/11"> w73 255;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/13"> w72 271,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/15"> 447;</a><span class="ni"> g69 9/8 27;</span><span class="ni"> qm 252;</span><span class="ni"> g67 8/22 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/20"> w65 171;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/21"> w64 180,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/22"> 206;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/23"> w62 540;</a><span class="ni"> g62 4/8 17;</span><span class="ni"> ns 42;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/26"> w60 192;</a><span class="ni"> qm55 252;</span><span class="ni"> g55 12/22 24;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/30/29"> w51 278;</a><span class="ni"> el 158;</span><span class="ni"> w49 140;</span><span class="ni"> w48 278;</span><span class="ni"> w47 24;</span><span class="ni"> v-1 160;</span><span class="ni"> w30 84</span></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-13" data-section-citation="054002013054002013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>Adam was formed first, then Eve:</strong> Paul refers to the order of creation to help explain why Christian women should not “teach or . . . exercise authority over a man” in the congregation. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">1Ti 2:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/61/1" data-bid="62-2" class="b"> Ge 2:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/61/2" data-bid="62-3" class="b"> 18-22</a>) Paul argues, not that Jehovah made Adam better than Eve, but that God created Adam first. Jehovah assigned him a role; he was to be the family head. Later, God made Eve and also gave her a role of honor, that of being “a helper for” her husband, “a complement of him.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">Ge 2:18</a>) Paul indicates that the headship arrangement was part of Jehovah’s original purpose for humans; it was in place before humans sinned and became imperfect. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">1Co 11:3</a>) Paul’s reasoning suggests that in the Christian congregation too, God has given different assignments to men and women.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/47" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-48"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 2:18, 22; 1Co 11:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-48" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="se"></p> <div id="p99" data-pid="99"><p data-pid="99" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/114/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="99" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/114/0">7/8/1987, p. 23</a></p> </div><p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/23/0">g87 7/8 23;</a></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/31/0">g78 5/22 27;</a><span class="ni"> g69 9/8 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/31/4"> w64 180,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/31/5"> 381;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/31/6"> w63 358;</a><span class="ni"> ns 42;</span><span class="ni"> g61 10/8 7;</span><span class="ni"> nh 83;</span><span class="ni"> w49 131;</span><span class="ni"> w47 24</span></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-14" data-section-citation="054002014054002014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>Also, Adam was not deceived:</strong> Under inspiration, Paul here provides a detail that is not stated in the Genesis account. Adam made his choice knowingly; no deception clouded his mind. So he knew, for example, that the serpent had lied to Eve in telling her that she would not die if she disobeyed God. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">Ge 3:4-6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/65/1" data-bid="66-2" class="b"> 12</a>) Yet, rather than seeking Jehovah’s help, Adam followed Eve’s lead into sin. Thus, he failed to carry out his God-given role as family head. He bore a heavy responsibility, and Paul called him the “one man” through whom “sin entered into the world.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/26/0">study note on Ro 5:12</a>.</p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="s5"><strong>the woman was thoroughly deceived and became a transgressor:</strong> Paul here uses a word for “transgressor” that refers to someone who steps outside of proper limits. Eve knew full well God’s command regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and bad; she even repeated it to the serpent. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/66/0" data-bid="67-1" class="b">Ge 3:3</a>) Paul says that she was “thoroughly deceived” and accepted the serpent’s lies. In fact, Eve herself said: “The serpent deceived me, so I ate.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/67/0" data-bid="68-1" class="b">Ge 3:13</a>) She was far from innocent, though; she willingly chose to rebel against Jehovah. It is noteworthy that Eve made her own decision rather than seek guidance from her family head. She also failed to fulfill her role as a loyal helper to her husband; instead, she wrongly used her influence on Adam, pressuring him to sin. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/68/0" data-bid="69-1" class="b">Ge 2:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/68/1" data-bid="69-2" class="b"> 3:1-6,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/68/2" data-bid="69-3" class="b"> 12</a>) Paul uses the case of Eve to show that the limits God sets serve as a blessing and a protection.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/48" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-49"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 3:6, 13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-49" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="se"></p> <div id="p101" data-pid="101"><p data-pid="101" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/115/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="101" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/115/0">6/2020, p. 4</a></p> </div><p id="p102" data-pid="102" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/116/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 45,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/117/0"> 771</a></p> <p id="p103" data-pid="103" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/118/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 963-964,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/119/0"> 967,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/120/0"> 1010</a></p> <div id="p104" data-pid="104"><p data-pid="104" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/121/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="104" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/121/0">9/8/1998, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p105" data-pid="105" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/0">w20.06 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/2"> it-1 45,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/4"> 771;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/6"> it-2 963-964,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/8"> 967,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/10"> 1010;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/24/12"> g98 9/8 26;</a></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/0">g78 5/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/3"> lp 58;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/5"> w72 178;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/7"> ad 33;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/8"> w70 529-530;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/10"> w69 760;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/11"> w65 169,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/12"> 171,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/13"> 174;</a><span class="ni"> im 176;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/15"> w64 399;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/16"> w63 281;</a><span class="ni"> g62 5/22 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/18"> w61 265;</a><span class="ni"> ns 42;</span><span class="ni"> g61 10/8 7;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/21"> w59 89;</a><span class="ni"> yw 60;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/32/23"> w56 535;</a><span class="ni"> nh 83;</span><span class="ni"> rm 55;</span><span class="ni"> w49 140;</span><span class="ni"> w47 24;</span><span class="ni"> w43 189;</span><span class="ni"> tf 90;</span><span class="ni"> w42 228;</span><span class="ni"> w31 298</span></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="54-2-15" data-section-citation="054002015054002015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">1 Timothy 2:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="s5"><strong>she will be kept safe through childbearing:</strong> If a woman bore children, cared for them, and managed a household, she would be “kept safe” from becoming a gossiper and a meddler in other people’s affairs. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/70/0" data-bid="71-1" class="b">1Ti 5:11-15</a>) Her hard work for her family, along with her “faith and love and holiness,” would keep her close to Jehovah.</p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="s5"><strong>soundness of mind:</strong> Or “good judgment; sensibleness.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070792/27/0">study note on 1Ti 3:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42">Lit., “they.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/49" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-50"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 5:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-50" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/50" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-51"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ti 2:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-51" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p105" data-pid="105" class="se"></p> <div id="p106" data-pid="106"><p data-pid="106" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/122/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="106" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/122/0">6/2017, p. 6</a></p> </div><div id="p107" data-pid="107"><p data-pid="107" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/123/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="107" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/123/0">9/15/2008, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="107" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/124/0">5/1/2005, p. 29</a></p><p data-pid="107" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/125/0">1/15/1991, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="107" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204444/126/0">3/1/1988, pp. 19-20</a></p> </div><p id="p108" data-pid="108" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/25/0">w17.06 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/25/2"> w08 9/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/25/4"> w05 5/1 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/25/6"> w91 1/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270054/25/8"> w88 3/1 19-20;</a></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sx"></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/33/0">w69 63,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/33/1"> 286;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/33/2"> w65 171;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020054/33/3"> w51 127;</a><span class="ni"> w43 47</span></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/33/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 8:6; 9:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-34-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/34/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 11:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-35-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/35/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 2:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 4:12; Ro 5:15; 2Ti 1:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-36-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 2:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ga 1:15, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-40-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-40-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/54/2/40/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">1 Tim. 2:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 141:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-41-1" 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supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made concerning all sorts of men, </span><span id="v54-2-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29810" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>concerning kings and all those who are in high positions,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/28" data-bid="29-1" class="b">+</a> so that we may go on leading a calm and quiet life with complete godly devotion and seriousness.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29" data-bid="30-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29811" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>This is fine and acceptable in the sight of our Savior, God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/30" data-bid="31-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29812" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/31" data-bid="32-1" class="b">+</a> and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. </span><span id="v54-2-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29813" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>For there is one God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/32" data-bid="33-1" class="b">+</a> and one mediator<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/33" data-bid="34-1" class="b">+</a> between God and men,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/34" data-bid="35-1" class="b">+</a> a man, Christ Jesus,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/35" data-bid="36-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29814" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/36" data-bid="37-1" class="b">+</a>—this is what is to be witnessed to in its own due time. </span><span id="v54-2-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29815" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>For the purpose of this witness<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/37" data-bid="38-1" class="b">+</a> I was appointed a preacher and an apostle<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/38" data-bid="39-1" class="b">+</a>—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—a teacher of nations<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/39" data-bid="40-1" class="b">+</a> in the matter of faith and truth.</span></p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="sb"><span id="v54-2-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29816" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>So I desire that in every place the men carry on prayer, lifting up loyal hands,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/40" data-bid="41-1" class="b">+</a> without anger<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/41" data-bid="42-1" class="b">+</a> and debates.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/42" data-bid="43-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29817" class="vl vx vp study">9 </a>Likewise, the women should adorn themselves in appropriate dress, with modesty and soundness of mind, not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive clothing,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/43" data-bid="44-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29818" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>but in the way that is proper for women professing devotion to God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/44" data-bid="45-1" class="b">+</a> namely, through good works.</span></p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sb"><span id="v54-2-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29819" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070158/45" data-bid="46-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v54-2-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070158/29820" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but she is to remain silent.<a 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