1 Timothy 2:12
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Majority Standard Bible
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
11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
13For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
Cross References
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.
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 →