1 Timothy 2:10

1 Timothy 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
• New International Version (NIV)but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

Context of 1 Timothy 2:10

8I want men to offer prayers everywhere. They should raise their hands in prayer after putting aside their anger and any quarrels they have with anyone. 9I want women to show their beauty by dressing in appropriate clothes that are modest and respectable. Their beauty will be shown by what they do, not by their hair styles or the gold jewelry, pearls, or expensive clothes they wear. This is what is proper for women who claim to have reverence for God. 11A woman must learn in silence, in keeping with her position. 12I don’t allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she should be quiet.

1 Timothy 2:10 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ὃ πρέπει γυναιξὶν ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν, δι᾽ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• becomethπρέπωprepō · be properG4241
• womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• professingἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
• godlinessθεοσέβειαtheosebeia · reverence for GodG2317
• withδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:10

• 1 Peter 3:3Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn’t come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes.
• 2 Peter 3:11All these things will be destroyed in this way. So think of the kind of holy and godly lives you must live
• 1 Timothy 5:6But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive.
• Proverbs 31:31Reward her for what she has done, and let her achievements praise her at the city gates.”
• Acts 9:36A disciple named Tabitha lived in the city of Joppa. Her Greek name was Dorcas. She always helped people and gave things to the poor.
• Ephesians 2:10God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.
• 1 Peter 2:12Live decent lives among unbelievers. Then, although they ridicule you as if you were doing wrong while they are watching you do good things, they will praise God on the day he comes to help you.
• 2 Peter 1:6to knowledge add self-control; to self-control add endurance; to endurance add godliness;
• Revelation 2:19I know what you do. I know your love, faith, service, and endurance. I also know that what you are doing now is greater than what you did at first.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But (which becometh, etc. - That is: Good works are the only ornaments with which women professing Christianity should seek to be adorned. The Jewish matrons were accustomed to cry to the bride: "There is no need of paint, no need of antimony, no need of braided hair; she herself is most beautiful." The eastern women use a preparation of antimony, which they apply both to the eyes and eyelids, and by which the eye itself acquires a wonderful lustre.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10with good works(which becometh women professing godliness) with good works - That is, it is not appropriate for women who profess to be the followers of the Saviour, to seek to be distinguished for personal, external decorations. If they are Christians, they have seen the vanity of these things, and have fixed the heart on more substantial realities. They are professed followers of Him “who went about doing good,” and the performance of good works…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. 9-10The subject is still community prayer. women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty: Paul recommends Christian women must praise God rather than seek praise from people (compare 1 Peter 3:3–5). They should focus on doing good deeds for others, not on enhancing their appearance or being sexy. Gold, pearls, or expensive clothes suggest wealth (see 1 Timothy 6:5–10, 17–19). The reference to wealth might have been part of the power…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. The context requires that we understand these directions as to women, in relation to their deportment in public worship, though the rules will hold good on other occasions also. in modest apparel--"in seemly guise" [Ellicott]. The adjective means properly. orderly, decorous, becoming; the noun in secular writings means conduct, bearing. But here "apparel." Women are apt to love fine dress; and at Ephesus the riches of some (1Ti 6:17) would lead them…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 2:10

• Commandments
• Dress
• Minister, Christian
• Righteousness
• Women
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Lead
• Verity
• Become
• Ornament
• Profess; Profession
• gold, golden
• wrath, fury

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