1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn in silence in all subjection.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but (which is fitting for women professing godliness) through good works.
12But I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to act autonomously from a man, but to be in quietness.
Cross References
Esther 1:20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
1 Corinthians 14:34As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.
Colossians 3:18Wives, be ye submissive to your own husbands as is proper in Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Likewise the wives, being subordinate to their own husbands, so that even if any are disobedient to the word, they will be gained without a word by the behavior of the wives,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 2:10-15
Paul's Charge to Females. ( a. d. 64.) 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being… Read the whole commentary →