1 Timothy 2:11

Let a woman learn in silence, with all submission:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

In Context

10but with good works, as becometh women who profess reverence for God.

12for I do not allow a woman to teach, or to be assuming over the man; but let her remain in stillness.

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Cross References

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

Colossians 3:18Wives, be ye subject to your husbands, as is right in the Messiah.

1 Peter 3:1So also ye wives, be ye subject to your husbands; that, by your pleasing behavior, ye may gain over, without difficulty, those who obey not the word,

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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