1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
In Context
10but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.
12and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
Cross References
Esther 1:20and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom — for it [is] great — and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'
1 Corinthians 14:34Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;
Colossians 3:18The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;
1 Peter 3:1In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,
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 →