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Let them listen quietly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_timothy/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to use authority over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_timothy/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_timothy/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_timothy/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_timothy/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_timothy/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_timothy/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I don't allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she should be quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_timothy/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I do not allow them to teach or to have authority over men; they must keep quiet. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_timothy/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, in the area of teaching, I am not allowing a woman to instigate conflict toward a man. Instead, she is to remain calm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_timothy/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_timothy/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_timothy/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_timothy/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_timothy/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to use authority over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_timothy/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_timothy/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I trust not the woman to teach, neither to exercise authority over the man, but to be in freedom from care.<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 I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_timothy/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I do not think it seemly for a woman to debate publicly or otherwise usurp the authority of men but should be silent.<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 />For I do not allow a woman to teach, neither to usurp over a man, but she should be quiet;<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_timothy/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />but I do not permit a woman to dictate or usurp authority over her husband, but to be in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_timothy/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />for I permit not a woman to teach in public, or to assume authority over the man, but to abide in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_timothy/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for I don't allow a woman to be a teacher, nor to dictate to her husband; but let her be silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_timothy/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_timothy/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/2-12.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=289" 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">11</span>A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2010.htm" title="2010: epitrepō (V-PIA-1S) -- To turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over, i.e. Allow.">I do not permit</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynaiki (N-DFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">a woman</a> <a href="/greek/1321.htm" title="1321: didaskein (V-PNA) -- To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.">to teach</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.">or</a> <a href="/greek/831.htm" title="831: authentein (V-PNA) -- To domineer, govern, have mastery over. From a compound of autos and an obsolete hentes; to act of oneself, i.e. dominate.">to exercise authority over</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andros (N-GMS) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">a man;</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: einai (V-PNA) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">she is to remain</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2271.htm" title="2271: hēsychia (N-DFS) -- Quietness, stillness, silence. Feminine of hesuchios; stillness, i.e. Desistance from bustle or language.">quiet.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.…<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_corinthians/14-34.htm">1 Corinthians 14:34-35</a></span><br />Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. / If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a></span><br />To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22-24</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. / For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. / Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">Colossians 3:18</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">1 Peter 3:1-6</a></span><br />Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives / when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. / Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, ...<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="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm">1 Corinthians 11:3</a></span><br />But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18</a></span><br />The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-8.htm">1 Corinthians 11:8-9</a></span><br />For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. / Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/30-3.htm">Numbers 30:3-15</a></span><br />And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, / and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. / But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">1 Corinthians 7:10-11</a></span><br />To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. / But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">Proverbs 31:10-31</a></span><br />A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. / The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. / She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-10.htm">1 Corinthians 11:10</a></span><br />For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a></span><br />So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a></span><br />There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-11.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Exercise</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-33.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-13.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-7.htm">Permit</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-11.htm">Quietness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-10.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-11.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-34.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-3.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-7.htm">Teacher</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Allow</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-1.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">Dominion</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">Exercise</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-3.htm">Permit</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Quietness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">Right</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-5.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-15.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/genesis/24-21.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">Teacher</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_timothy/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I do not permit a woman to teach</b><br>In the context of the early church, teaching was a role of significant authority and responsibility. The Apostle Paul, writing to Timothy, was addressing issues within the Ephesian church, where false teachings were prevalent. This directive is often understood as a measure to maintain doctrinal purity and order within the church. In Jewish tradition, teaching was primarily a male role, as seen in the synagogue system where rabbis were men. This phrase reflects the cultural norms of the time, where women were generally not educated in the same way as men. However, it is important to note that women did play significant roles in the early church, such as Priscilla, who, alongside her husband Aquila, taught Apollos (<a href="/acts/18-26.htm">Acts 18:26</a>).<p><b>or to exercise authority over a man</b><br>The Greek word used here for "authority" is unique in the New Testament and carries the connotation of having dominion or control. This instruction is often interpreted as a guideline for church leadership structures, where men were to hold positions of authority. The cultural context of the Greco-Roman world was patriarchal, and this directive aligns with the societal norms of the time. However, it is also seen as a theological stance based on the order of creation, as Paul later references Adam and Eve in the same chapter. This phrase has been the subject of much debate, with interpretations varying widely among different Christian denominations.<p><b>she is to remain quiet</b><br>The call for women to remain quiet is often linked to maintaining order during worship services. In <a href="/1_corinthians/14-34.htm">1 Corinthians 14:34-35</a>, Paul similarly instructs women to be silent in churches, which suggests a consistent approach to worship practices across different congregations. The emphasis on quietness can be seen as a call for a peaceful and orderly assembly, rather than a complete prohibition on women speaking. In the cultural context, women were often less educated and their participation could disrupt the flow of teaching. However, this does not negate the active roles women played in other areas of church life, such as prophecy and prayer, as seen in <a href="/acts/21-9.htm">Acts 21:9</a> and <a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm">1 Corinthians 11:5</a>.<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 to Timothy on church conduct and leadership roles.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>A young pastor and protégé of Paul, stationed in Ephesus, tasked with organizing and leading 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 may have influenced local practices.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/women_in_the_early_church.htm">Women in the Early Church</a></b><br>The focus of this verse, addressing their roles within the church setting.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ephesian_church.htm">The Ephesian Church</a></b><br>The specific community receiving this instruction, dealing with issues of false teaching and disorder.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_context.htm">Understanding Context</a></b><br>Recognize the cultural and historical context of Ephesus, where false teachings and disorder were prevalent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_distinctions.htm">Role Distinctions</a></b><br>Acknowledge the biblical pattern of male leadership in the church while valuing the contributions of women in various roles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/order_and_authority.htm">Order and Authority</a></b><br>Emphasize the importance of order and authority in church settings to prevent confusion and maintain doctrinal purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/complementary_roles.htm">Complementary Roles</a></b><br>Encourage the understanding of complementary roles within the church, where men and women serve together in harmony.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_and_submission.htm">Respect and Submission</a></b><br>Highlight the biblical principle of mutual respect and submission, as seen in <a href="/bsb/ephesians/5.htm">Ephesians 5</a>, within the church and family.<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/bible's_view_on_women_pastors.htm">What does the Bible say about women as pastors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_genders_equal_in_rights.htm">Are genders equal in rights and opportunities?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_cooperative_baptist_fellowship.htm">What is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_galatians_3_28_erase_gender.htm">Does Galatians 3:28 imply no gender distinction?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.</span>--The whole purpose of these weighty admonitions of the great founder of the Gentile Churches relegates Christian women to their own legitimate sphere of action and influence--the quiet of their own homes. St. Paul caught well the spirit of his Master here. He raised once and for ever the women of Christ out of the position of degradation and intellectual inferiority they had occupied in the various pagan systems of the East and West, and taught with all the weight of an Apostle--of an accredited teacher of divine wisdom--that woman was a fellow-heir with man of the glories of the kingdom,--where sex would exist no longer; but while teaching this great and elevating truth, St. Paul shows what is the only proper sphere in which woman should work, and in which she should exercise her influence and power; while man's work and duties lay in the busy world without, woman's work was exclusively confined to the quiet stillness of home. The Apostle then proceeds to ground these injunctions respecting the duties in public and private of the two sexes upon the original order of creation, and upon the circumstances which attended the fall.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="accented">Permit</span> for <span class="accented">suffer</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">have dominion</span> for <span class="accented">usurp authority</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">a</span> for <span class="accented">the</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">quietness</span> for <span class="accented">silence</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Permit</span>. Why "permit" is better than "suffer" it is difficult to see. <span class="greek">Ἐπιτρέπειν</span> is rendered "suffer" in the R.V. in <a href="/matthew/8-21.htm">Matthew 8:21</a>; <a href="/matthew/19-8.htm">Matthew 19:8</a>; <a href="/mark/10-4.htm">Mark 10:4</a>; <a href="/luke/9-59.htm">Luke 9:59</a>, etc. <span class="cmt_word">Quietness</span> (see preceding note). The true type of the womanly attitude is that of Mary, who "sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his Word" (<a href="/luke/10-39.htm">Luke 10:39</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/2-12.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">I do not permit</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπιτρέπω</span> <span class="translit">(epitrepō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2010.htm">Strong's 2010: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit. From epi and the base of trope; to turn over, i.e. Allow.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman</span><br /><span class="grk">γυναικὶ</span> <span class="translit">(gynaiki)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<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">to teach</span><br /><span class="grk">διδάσκειν</span> <span class="translit">(didaskein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1321.htm">Strong's 1321: </a> </span><span class="str2">To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="grk">οὐδὲ</span> <span class="translit">(oude)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3761.htm">Strong's 3761: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">exercise authority over</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐθεντεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(authentein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_831.htm">Strong's 831: </a> </span><span class="str2">To domineer, govern, have mastery over. From a compound of autos and an obsolete hentes; to act of oneself, i.e. dominate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man;</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνδρός</span> <span class="translit">(andros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_435.htm">Strong's 435: </a> </span><span class="str2">A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she is to remain</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶναι</span> <span class="translit">(einai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">quiet.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡσυχίᾳ</span> <span class="translit">(hēsychia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2271.htm">Strong's 2271: </a> </span><span class="str2">Quietness, stillness, silence. Feminine of hesuchios; stillness, i.e. Desistance from bustle or language.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">NT Letters: 1 Timothy 2:12 But I don't permit a woman (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_timothy/2-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Timothy 2:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 2:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_timothy/2-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Timothy 2:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 2:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>