Font Size
1 Timothy 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Timothy 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth;[a] I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.(A)
8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument, 9 also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2.7 Other ancient authorities add in Christ
1 Timothy 2:7-9
New International Version
1 Timothy 2:7-9
New International Version
7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying(A)—and a true and faithful teacher(B) of the Gentiles.(C)
8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands(D) without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,(E)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.