1 Timothy 2:12
I don't allow women to be instructors, or to dominate men; let them remain quiet.
Free Bible 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
11Women should learn quietly, respecting their place.
13For Adam was made first, and then Eve.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34“Women should stay quiet in the churches—they shouldn't speak. They should respect their situation, as the laws states.
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 →