Tree of Life Version
1 Timothy 2:11
11Let a woman receive training in a quiet demeanor with complete respect for order.
1 Timothy 2:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- New International Version (NIV)A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.
Context of 1 Timothy 2:11
9Likewise, women are to adorn themselves in appropriate clothing with modesty and sound judgment—not in seductive hairstyles and gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10but what is suitable for women claiming godliness, through good deeds. Let a woman receive training in a quiet demeanor with complete respect for order. 12But I do not allow a woman to train or dictate to a man, but to be in a quiet demeanor. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
Read all of 1 Timothy 21 Timothy 2:11 word by word
γυνὴ ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ μανθανέτω ἐν πάσῃ ὑποταγῇ·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 2:11
- Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “I will greatly increase your pain from conception to labor. In pain will you give birth to children. Your desire will be toward your husband, yet he must rule over you.”
- Esther 1:20Then the king’s edict, which he will enact, will be proclaimed throughout all his vast kingdom, and all the wives will give their husbands honor from the greatest to the smallest.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to know that the head of every man is Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Messiah is God.
- 1 Corinthians 14:34let women keep silent in the communities, for it is not permitted for them to speak out. Rather let them be in order, as the Torah also says.
- Ephesians 5:22wives to your own husbands as to the Lord.
- Colossians 3:18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- 1 Peter 3:1Likewise, wives, be submitted to your own husbands so that—even if some do not obey the message—by the wives’ conduct, without a word they may be won over
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 2:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Let the woman learn in silence - This is generally supposed to be a prohibition of women's preaching. I have already said what I judge necessary on this subject in the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:5, etc., and 1 Corinthians 14:34; (note), 1 Corinthians 14:35; (note); to which places I beg leave to refer the reader.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Let the woman learn in silence - Listen attentively to instruction, without attempting to teach in public; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:35. With all subjection - With due subjection to those who are in authority, and who are appointed to minister in holy things; notes, 1 Corinthians 14:34.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. 11-15Paul continues discussing women in the church, focusing on their role in public teaching (see also 1 Corinthians 11:2–16; 14:33–36; 2 Corinthians 11:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. learn--not "teach" (1Ti 2:12; 1Co 14:34). She should not even put questions in the public assembly (1Co 14:35). with all subjection--not "usurping authority" (1Ti 2:12). She might teach, but not in public (Ac 18:26). Paul probably wrote this Epistle from Corinth, where the precept (1Co 14:34) was in force.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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