1 Timothy 2:15

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

13After all, Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14Besides that, Adam was not deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and sinned. However, she ⌞and all women⌟ will be saved through the birth of the child, if they lead respectable lives in faith, love, and holiness.

1 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 3:15I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
• Isaiah 7:14So the Lord himself will give you this sign: A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel [God Is With Us].
• Isaiah 9:6A child will be born for us. A son will be given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. He will be named: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander around, you unfaithful people? The Lord will create something new on earth: A woman will protect a man.
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus [He Saves], because he will save his people from their sins.”
• Luke 2:7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there wasn’t any room for them in the inn.
• Galatians 4:4But when the right time came, God sent his Son ⌞into the world⌟. A woman gave birth to him, and he came under the control of the laws given to Moses.
• Genesis 3:16He said to the woman, “I will increase your pain and your labor when you give birth to children. Yet, you will long for your husband, and he will rule you.”
• 1 Timothy 1:5My goal in giving you this order is for love to flow from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.
• 1 Timothy 2:9I 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.
• 1 Peter 4:7The end of everything is near. Therefore, practice self-control, and keep your minds clear so that you can pray.

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

Topics related to 1 Timothy 2:15

• Faith
• Love
• Minister, Christian
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Eve
• Lead
• Verity
• Charity
• Child-Bearing
• Woman

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