1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn quietly in entire submission.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but (as becomes women proclaiming godliness) with the ornament of good deeds.
12I allow no woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man; but let her keep quiet.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.
Colossians 3:18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting for Christians.
1 Peter 3:1In the same way you wives must be submissive to your own husbands; so that if some of them will not believe the message, they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives,
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 →