1 Timothy 2:12
for I permit not a woman to teach in public, or to assume authority over the man, but to abide in silence.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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
11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection:
13For Adam was first formed, Eve afterwards.
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.
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 →