1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learne in silence with all subiection.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.
12I permit not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe authoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.
Cross References
Esther 1:20And when the decree of the King which shalbe made, shalbe published throughout all his kingdome (though it be great) all the women shall giue their husbands honour, both great and small.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let your women keepe silence in the Churches: for it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but they ought to be subiect, as also the Lawe sayth.
Colossians 3:18Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbands, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,
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 →