1 Timothy 2:12
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to live in quietness.
Unlocked Literal 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 should learn in silence and with all submission.
13For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also 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 →