1 Timothy 2:11

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

In Context

10but as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.

12for I permit not a woman to teach in public, or to assume authority over the man, but to abide in silence.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:34Let your women be silent in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak: but to be in subjection, as also the law saith.

Colossians 3:18Wives be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord.

1 Peter 3:1LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if some obey not the word, by their wives’ conduct without the word, they may be won over;

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 →

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