1 Timothy 2:12
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach,
13For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
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.
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 →