1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn in quietness in all subjection,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works.
12and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
Cross References
Esther 1:20and the sentence of the king that he makes has been heard in all his kingdom—for it [is] great—and all the wives give honor to their husbands, from great even to small.”
1 Corinthians 14:34Your women, let them be silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as the Law also says;
Colossians 3:18The wives: be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the LORD;
1 Peter 3:1Wives, be subject to your own husbands in like manner, that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won through the behavior of the wives without the word,
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 →