1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was first formed, and then Eve.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

In Context

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

14And Adam was not seduced, but the woman was seduced and transgressed the command.

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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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