1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.
12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
Cross References
Esther 1:20And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.
Colossians 3:18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1In like manner also let wives be subject to their husbands: that if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation 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 →