1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but, which becomes women professing godliness, by means of good works.
12But I permit not the woman to teach, nor to have authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law also says.
Colossians 3:18Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1IN like manner, ye wives, being in subjection to your own husbands; that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the deportment 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 →