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

13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14Also Adam was not deceived but the woman—being deceived, she fell into transgression. Nevertheless, she will be sustained through childbearing—if they continue in faithfulness and love and holiness, with sound judgment.

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 put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore Adonai Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive. When she is giving birth to a son, she will call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 9:6Of the increase of His government and shalom there will be no end— on the throne of David and over His kingdom— to establish it and uphold it through justice and righteousness from now until forevermore. The zeal of Adonai-Tzva’ot will accomplish this.
• Jeremiah 31:22Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Yet again will they use this expression in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I will return them from exile: ‘Adonai bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.’
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son; and you shall call His name Yeshua, for He will save His people from their sins.”
• Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped Him in strips of cloth and set Him down in a manger, since there was no room for them in the inn.
• Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time came, God sent out His Son, born of a woman and born under law—
• 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.”
• 1 Timothy 1:5Now the goal of this command is love from of a pure heart and a clear conscience and a genuine faith.
• 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, women are to adorn themselves in appropriate clothing with modesty and sound judgment—not in seductive hairstyles and gold or pearls or costly clothing,
• 1 Peter 4:7Now the end of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for prayer.

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