1 Timothy 2:10
but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
In Context
11Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Cross References
Acts 9:36Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which in translation is called Dorcas. She was filled with the good works and almsgiving that she was accomplishing.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
Titus 2:14He gave himself for our sake, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse for himself an acceptable people, pursuers of good works.
1 Peter 2:12Keep your behavior among the Gentiles to what is good, so that, when they slander you as if you were evildoers, they may, by the good works that are seen in you, glorify God on the day of visitation.
2 Peter 1:6and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety;
Revelation 2:19I know your works, and your faith and charity, and your ministry and patient endurance, and that your more recent works are greater than the earlier ones.
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 →