1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
12But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
Cross References
Esther 1:20And when the king`s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
1 Corinthians 14:34let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.
Colossians 3:18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1In like manner, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your won husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior 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 →