2:1  obsecro igitur primo omnium fieri       1.  I exhort therefore, that, first of
obsecrationes orationes postulationes        all, supplications, prayers,
gratiarum actiones pro omnibus hominibus     intercessions, and giving of thanks, be
                                             made for all men;

2:2  pro regibus et omnibus qui in           2.  For kings, and for all that are in
sublimitate sunt ut quietam et               authority; that we may lead a quiet and
tranquillam vitam agamus in omni             peaceable life in all godliness and
pietate et castitate                         honesty.

2:3  hoc enim bonum est et acceptum          3.  For this is good and acceptable in
coram salutari nostro Deo                    the sight of God our Saviour;

2:4  qui omnes homines vult salvos           4.  Who will have all men to be saved,
fieri et ad agnitionem veritatis venire      and to come unto the knowledge of the
                                             truth.

2:5  unus enim Deus unus et mediator         5.  For there is one God, and one
Dei et hominum homo Christus Iesus           mediator between God and men, the man
                                             Christ Jesus;

2:6  qui dedit redemptionem semet ipsum      6.  Who gave himself a ransom for all,
pro omnibus testimonium temporibus suis      to be testified in due time.

2:7  in quo positus sum ego praedicator      7.  Whereunto I am ordained a preacher,
et apostolus veritatem dico non mentior      and an apostle, (I speak the truth in
doctor gentium in fide et veritate           Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the
                                             Gentiles in faith and verity.

2:8  volo ergo viros orare in omni loco      8.  I will therefore that men pray
levantes puras manus sine ira et             every where, lifting up holy hands,
disceptatione                                without wrath and doubting.

2:9  similiter et mulieres in habitu         9.  In like manner also, that women
ornato cum verecundia et sobrietate          adorn themselves in modest apparel,
ornantes se non in tortis crinibus aut       with shamefacedness and sobriety; not
auro aut margaritis vel veste pretiosa       with broided hair, or gold, or pearls,
                                             or costly array;

2:10  sed quod decet mulieres                10.  But (which becometh women
promittentes pietatem per opera bona         professing godliness) with good works.

2:11  mulier in silentio discat cum          11.  Let the woman learn in silence
omni subiectione                             with all subjection.

2:12  docere autem mulieri non permitto      12.  But I suffer not a woman to teach,
neque dominari in virum sed esse in          nor to usurp authority over the man,
silentio                                     but to be in silence.

2:13  Adam enim primus formatus est          13.  For Adam was first formed, then
deinde Eva                                   Eve.

2:14  et Adam non est seductus mulier        14.  And Adam was not deceived, but the
autem seducta in praevaricatione fuit        woman being deceived was in the
                                             transgression.

2:15  salvabitur autem per filiorum          15.  Notwithstanding she shall be saved
generationem si permanserint in fide et      in childbearing, if they continue in
dilectione et sanctificatione cum            faith and charity and holiness with
sobrietate                                   sobriety.