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1 Timothy 2:15
15But women will be preserved (saved) through [the pain and dangers of] the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control and discretion.
1 Timothy 2:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
- New International Version (NIV)But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.
Context of 1 Timothy 2:15
13For Adam was formed first [by God from the earth], then Eve; 14and it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin. But women will be preserved (saved) through [the pain and dangers of] the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control and discretion.
Read all of 1 Timothy 21 Timothy 2:15 word by word
σωθήσεται δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας ἐὰν μείνωσιν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀγάπῃ καὶ ἁγιασμῷ μετὰ σωφροσύνης.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Notwithstandingδέde · thenG1161
- she shall be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
- inδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- childbearingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- childbearingτεκνογονίαteknogonia · childbearingG5042
- ifἐάνean · ifG1437
- they continueμένωmenō · to stayG3306
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- charityἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- holinessἁγιασμόςhagiasmos · holinessG38
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- sobrietyσωφροσύνηsōphrosunē · mental soundnessG4997
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:15
- Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”
- Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us).
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Jeremiah 31:22How long will you hesitate [to return], O you faithless and renegade daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the land [of Israel]: A woman will encompass (tenderly love) a man.”
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The Lord is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins.”
- Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her Son, her firstborn; and she wrapped Him in [swaddling] cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no [private] room for them in the inn.
- Galatians 4:4But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law,
- Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”
- 1 Timothy 1:5But the goal of our instruction is love [which springs] from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
- 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and discreetly in proper clothing, not with [elaborately] braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Peter 4:7The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.]
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15She shalt be saved in child-bearing - · She shall be saved through child-bearing - she shall be saved by means, or through the instrumentality, of child-bearing or of bringing forth a child. Amidst the different opinions given of the meaning of this very singular text, that of Dr. Macknight appears to me the most probable, which I shall give in his paraphrase and note. "However, though Eve was first in the transgression, and brought death on herself, her…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Notwithstanding she shall be saved - The promise in this verse is designed to alleviate the apparent severity of the remarks just made about the condition of woman, and of the allusion to the painful facts of her early history. What the apostle had just said would carry the mind back to the period in which woman introduced sin into the world, and by an obvious and easy association, to the sentence which had been passed on her in consequence of her…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-15Verses 8-15 Under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where. We must pray in our closets, pray in our families, pray at our meals, pray when we are on journeys, and pray in the solemn assemblies, whether more public or private. We must pray in charity; without wrath, or malice, or anger at any person. We must pray in faith, without doubting, and without disputing. Women who profess the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Women, however, will be saved through childbearing (or by accepting their role as mothers, or by the birth of the Child): The most likely explanation is that false teachers caused trouble in households (see 1 Timothy Book Introduction, “Setting”). Paul urged these women to return to proper roles in their homes, following the truth of the gospel (good news) (see 1:4–5; 4:1–5). By doing this, they would be saved in the ultimate sense (see 4:16; compare…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. be saved in childbearing--Greek, "in (literally, 'through') (her, literally, 'the') child-bearing." Through, or by, is often so used to express not the means of her salvation, but the circumstances AMIDST which it has place. Thus 1Co 3:15, "He ... shall be saved: yet so as by (literally, 'through,' that is, amidst) fire": in spite of the fiery ordeal which he has necessarily to pass through, he shall be saved. So here, "In spite of the trial of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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