In this chapter Paul treats, I. Of prayer, with many reasons for it, 1 Tim. 2:1–8. II. Of women’s apparel, 1 Tim. 2:9–10. III. Of their subjection, with the reasons of it, 1 Tim. 2:11–14. IV. A promise given for their encouragement in child-bearing, 1 Tim. 2:15.

Here is, I. A charge given to Christians to pray for all men in general, and particularly for all in authority. Timothy must take care that this be done.

I. Here is a charge, that women who profess the Christian religion should be modest, sober, silent, and submissive, as becomes their place. 1. They must be very modest in their apparel, not affecting gaudiness, gaiety, or costliness (you may read the vanity of a person’s mind in the gaiety and…