1 Timothy 2:12
I do not allow a woman to teach, or to have authority over a man; she must keep silent.
Revised King James 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 a woman learn in quietness and full submission.
13For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34Let the women keep silent in the churches: for it is not permitted for them to speak; but they should be subordinate, as the law says.
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 →