1 Timothy 2:12
For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
In Context
11Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.
13For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34Women should be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak; but instead, they should be subordinate, as the law also says.
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 →