1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn in silence, in full subordination.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but with good works, which is appropriate to women who profess godliness.
12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34your wives should keep silent in the assemblies, for they are not permitted to speak, but to be in subordination, as the law also says.
Colossians 3:18Wives, subordinate yourselves to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Similarly, wives, be submissive to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the Word, they may be won over, without a word, by the conduct 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 →