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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_timothy/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_timothy/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_timothy/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />but with what is becoming to women, professing <i>the</i> fear of God through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />but rather by means of good works, as befits women making a claim to godliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women professing godliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_timothy/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />but instead <i>adorned</i> by good deeds [helping others], as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_timothy/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with good works, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_timothy/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_timothy/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_timothy/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_timothy/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what is proper for women who claim to have reverence for God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_timothy/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but with good deeds, as is proper for women who claim to be religious. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_timothy/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />but through good actions. This is proper for women who claim to revere God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_timothy/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_timothy/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_timothy/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_timothy/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_timothy/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but—which becomes women professing godly piety—through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />but with what is becoming to women, professing <i>the</i> fear of God through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_timothy/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but -- which becometh women professing godly piety -- through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_timothy/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But (what become women professing religious worship) with good works.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_timothy/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_timothy/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But let them be engaged in good works, as is becoming women who profess fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_timothy/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But with good works, just as it is suitable for women who profess the worship of God.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />but with good works; since this becomes women who profess godliness.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_timothy/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />but whatsoever becomes women professing godliness, through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_timothy/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />but as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_timothy/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but, as becomes women, who make a profession of religion, to be adorn'd with virtue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_timothy/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />but (which becomes women professing godliness) through good works.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_timothy/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />but in good works, as becometh women professing godliness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/2-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkcLX59OJyU?start=278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Instructions to Women</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9</span>Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">with</a> <a href="/greek/18.htm" title="18: agathōn (Adj-GNP) -- A primary word; good.">good</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergōn (N-GNP) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">deeds,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-NNS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">as</a> <a href="/greek/4241.htm" title="4241: prepei (V-PIA-3S) -- It becomes, is fitting to, is right. Apparently a primary verb; to tower up, i.e. to be suitable or proper.">is proper</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynaixin (N-DFP) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">for women who</a> <a href="/greek/1861.htm" title="1861: epangellomenais (V-PPM/P-DFP) -- From epi and the base of aggelos; to announce upon, i.e. to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself.">profess</a> <a href="/greek/2317.htm" title="2317: theosebeian (N-AFS) -- Reverence for God, fear of God, godliness, piety. From theosebes; devoutness, i.e. Piety.">to worship God.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">11</span>A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Titus 2:3-5</a></span><br />Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. / In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, / to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Proverbs 31:30</a></span><br />Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a></span><br />In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-17.htm">James 2:17-18</a></span><br />So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. / But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a></span><br />But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a></span><br />For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-10.htm">Colossians 1:10</a></span><br />so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-18.htm">1 John 3:18</a></span><br />Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-11.htm">Philippians 1:11</a></span><br />filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a></span><br />you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8</a></span><br />And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-45.htm">Luke 6:45</a></span><br />The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a></span><br />to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.</p><p class="hdg">women.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-5</a></b></br> Whose adorning let it not be that outward <i>adorning</i> of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_peter/3-11.htm">2 Peter 3:11</a></b></br> <i>Seeing</i> then <i>that</i> all these things shall be dissolved, what manner <i>of persons</i> ought ye to be in <i>all</i> holy conversation and godliness,</p><p class="hdg">with.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm">1 Timothy 5:6-10</a></b></br> But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Proverbs 31:31</a></b></br> Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36,39</a></b></br> Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-3.htm">Appropriate</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Befits</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-9.htm">Claim</a> <a href="/colossians/3-10.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/colossians/3-9.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-2.htm">Godliness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-2.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-3.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-12.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm">Means</a> <a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-2.htm">Piety</a> <a href="/matthew/7-23.htm">Profess</a> <a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Professing</a> <a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Profession</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">Proper</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-4.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">Religion</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">Women</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">Works</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/philemon/1-8.htm">Appropriate</a> <a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Befits</a> <a href="/titus/1-16.htm">Claim</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-2.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">Godliness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Making</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-2.htm">Means</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm">Ornament</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-7.htm">Piety</a> <a href="/titus/1-16.htm">Profess</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Professing</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-12.htm">Profession</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-4.htm">Proper</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-7.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">Religion</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">Right</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">Women</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">Works</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-6.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">1 Timothy 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/2-1.htm">Instruction to pray and give thanks.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">How women should be attired.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">They are not permitted to teach.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">They shall be saved if they continue in faith.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the cultural context of the early church, women were often judged by their outward appearance, but Paul redirects focus to their conduct. Good deeds are a recurring theme in the New Testament, reflecting the teachings of Jesus in passages like <a href="/matthew/5-16.htm">Matthew 5:16</a>, where believers are encouraged to let their light shine through good works. This aligns with the broader biblical principle that faith without works is dead (<a href="/james/2-26.htm">James 2:26</a>). The emphasis on deeds also connects to the fruit of the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a>), highlighting that true faith manifests in tangible actions.<p><b>as is proper for women</b><br>The term "proper" suggests a standard of behavior that aligns with Christian values. In the Greco-Roman world, societal norms often dictated a woman's role and behavior, but Paul redefines propriety in terms of godliness rather than cultural expectations. This reflects a counter-cultural stance where Christian women are called to live by the standards of the Kingdom of God rather than those of the surrounding society. The idea of propriety is also seen in <a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Titus 2:3-5</a>, where older women are instructed to teach what is good, further emphasizing the role of women in exemplifying Christian virtues.<p><b>who profess to worship God</b><br>This phrase identifies the audience as those who claim to follow God, implying a public declaration of faith. The Greek term for "profess" suggests a verbal acknowledgment, which in the early church was often associated with baptism and public testimony. Worship in this context is not limited to ritual or ceremony but encompasses a lifestyle of devotion and obedience to God. This aligns with <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, where believers are urged to offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, as an act of spiritual worship. The call to worship through deeds underscores the holistic nature of Christian worship, integrating belief with practice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter, providing guidance and instruction to Timothy, a young church leader.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>The recipient of the letter, a young pastor in Ephesus, tasked with leading and instructing the church.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>The city where Timothy was ministering, known for its diverse culture and the Temple of Artemis, which influenced local religious practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/women_in_the_early_church.htm">Women in the Early Church</a></b><br>The specific group being addressed in this passage, highlighting their role and conduct within the Christian community.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_early_christian_church.htm">The Early Christian Church</a></b><br>The broader context in which these instructions were given, focusing on maintaining order and godliness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/adorning_with_good_deeds.htm">Adorning with Good Deeds</a></b><br>The emphasis is on character and actions rather than external appearance. Women are encouraged to let their lives reflect their faith through good works.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/professing_godliness.htm">Professing Godliness</a></b><br>True worship is demonstrated through a lifestyle that honors God. This involves aligning one's actions with the teachings of Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_and_christian_conduct.htm">Cultural Context and Christian Conduct</a></b><br>Understanding the cultural backdrop of Ephesus helps us appreciate the counter-cultural call to godliness and modesty in behavior.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_women_in_the_church.htm">Role of Women in the Church</a></b><br>Women have a significant role in the church, and their conduct can be a powerful testimony to their faith and devotion to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_application_of_faith.htm">Practical Application of Faith</a></b><br>The passage challenges believers to consider how their daily actions and choices reflect their commitment to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_timothy_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Timothy 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_childbearing_lead_to_salvation.htm">Is salvation possible through childbearing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_women_teach_in_church.htm">Can women teach in church? (1 Timothy 2:12 vs. Acts 18:26)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_tim_2_9-10's_modesty_timeless.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10: Does the emphasis on modesty and dress reflect cultural norms of the time, and can it be applied universally in today's context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_justify_stealing.htm">How should we dress to honor God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_timothy/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.</span>--That is to say, "Let them adorn themselves in that which is befitting women who profess godliness--viz., in good works." The Apostle, still speaking of women's true part in public divine service--urges that their <span class= "ital">works</span> should be in accord with their <span class= "ital">words</span> of prayer--tells them that a woman's truest and most beautiful ornament consisted in those tender works of mercy and pity--her peculiar province--in other words, that they, like Dorcas of Joppa, whose praise is in the Book of Life, "should be full of good works and alms deeds" (<a href="/acts/9-36.htm" title="Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and giving of alms which she did.">Acts 9:36</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="accented">Through</span> for <span class="accented">with</span>, A.V. (The change from "with" to "through" is quite unnecessary, though more strictly accurate. "With" does equally well for <span class="greek">ἐν</span> and <span class="greek">διά</span>, the one applied to the ornaments and dress <span class="accented">in</span> or <span class="accented">with</span> which the woman adorns herself, the other to the good works <span class="accented">by</span> which she is adorned.) <span class="cmt_word">Professing godliness.</span> In all ether passages in the New Testament where it occurs, <span class="greek">ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι</span> means "to promise," except in <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">1 Timothy 6:21</a>, where, as here, it means "to profess," as it frequently does in classical Greek: <span class="greek">Απαγγέλλεσθαι ἀρετήν σοφίαν</span>, etc. <span class="greek">Θεοσεβεία</span> only occurs here in the New Testament; but it is used in the LXX. in <a href="/job/28-28.htm">Job 28:28</a>; <a href="/genesis/20-11.htm">Genesis 20:11</a>; also in Xenophon. In <a href="/john/9-31.htm">John 9:31</a> we have <span class="greek">Θεοσεβής</span>, "a worshipper of God." <span class="cmt_word">Through good works.</span> Compare the description of Dorcas (<a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36, 39</a>). <span class="greek">Ἔργα ἀγαθά</span> mean especially acts of charity (comp. <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">1 Timothy 5:10</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8, 9</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-11.htm">Colossians 1:11</a>; elsewhere it is us, d more generally, like <span class="greek">ἔργα καλά</span>, though this phrase also sometimes points especially to acts of charity, as in <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">1 Timothy 5:10</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/6-18.htm">1 Timothy 6:18</a>; <a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Titus 3:14</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-24.htm">Hebrews 10:24</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/2-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλλ’</span> <span class="translit">(all’)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="grk">δι’</span> <span class="translit">(di’)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">good</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγαθῶν</span> <span class="translit">(agathōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_18.htm">Strong's 18: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary word; 'good'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deeds,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔργων</span> <span class="translit">(ergōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[as]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὃ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is proper</span><br /><span class="grk">πρέπει</span> <span class="translit">(prepei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4241.htm">Strong's 4241: </a> </span><span class="str2">It becomes, is fitting to, is right. Apparently a primary verb; to tower up, i.e. to be suitable or proper.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for women [who]</span><br /><span class="grk">γυναιξὶν</span> <span class="translit">(gynaixin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> </span><span class="str2">A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profess</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπαγγελλομέναις</span> <span class="translit">(epangellomenais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1861.htm">Strong's 1861: </a> </span><span class="str2">From epi and the base of aggelos; to announce upon, i.e. to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to worship God.</span><br /><span class="grk">θεοσέβειαν</span> <span class="translit">(theosebeian)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2317.htm">Strong's 2317: </a> </span><span class="str2">Reverence for God, fear of God, godliness, piety. 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