1 Timothy 2:10

but with good works, as becometh women who profess reverence for God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

In Context

9So also, that women appear in a chaste fashion of dress; and that their adorning be with modesty and chastity; not with curls, or with gold, or with pearls, or with splendid robes;

11Let a woman learn in silence, with all submission:

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Cross References

Acts 9:36And there was in the city of Joppa, a certain female disciple named Tabitha; and she was rich in good works, and in the alms which she did.

Ephesians 2:10For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.

Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who are zealous in good works.

1 Peter 2:12And let your behavior be decorous before all men; so that they who utter evil speeches against you, may see your good actions, and may praise God in the day of trial.

2 Peter 1:6and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God;

Revelation 2:19I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and also thy patience; and that these thy latter works are more than the former.

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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