1 Timothy 2:11
A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.
12I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
Colossians 3:18Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
1 Peter 3:1Married women, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that even if some of them disbelieve the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over by the daily life of their wives, after watching your daily life--
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 →