1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
Cross References
Esther 1:20And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.
Colossians 3:18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their 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 →