1 Timothy 2:11
A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
12I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Cross References
Esther 1:20The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
1 Corinthians 14:34Your women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
Colossians 3:18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words 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 →