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1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 2 · verse 12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.1 Timothy 2:12 · King James Version
What 1 Timothy 2:12 means
One of the most argued-over verses in Paul's letters, and the argument largely turns on how much of it addresses Ephesus in particular. Scripture elsewhere records women prophesying and teaching. This verse is best read alongside those passages rather than on its own.
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1 Timothy 2:12 in context
10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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Key words (Strong's)
- silencehēsychiaquietness, description of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does…G2271 →
- sufferepitrepōto turn to, transfer, commit, intrust, to permit, allow, give leaveG2010 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- teachdidaskōto teach, to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic…G1321 →
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I. Here is a charge, that women who profess the Christian religion should be modest, sober, silent, and submissive, as becomes their place. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15