1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but in good works, as becometh women professing godliness.
12nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:34Let your women be silent in your assemblies: for it is not permitted to them to speak, but they are to be in subjection, as the law saith.
Colossians 3:18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as becometh you in the Lord:
1 Peter 3:1Ye women likewise, be subject to your own husbands, that if any believe not the word, they may yet without the word be gained over by the deportment of the wives,
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 →