1 Timothy 2:11

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.

1 Timothy 2:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
ESV
11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.
NLT
11 Women should learn quietly and submissively.
MSG
11 I don't let women take over and tell the men what to do.
CSB
11 A woman should learn in silence with full submission.

1 Timothy 2:11 In-Context

9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Peter 3:3,4; 1 Corinthians 14:34

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "wife" ; also in verse 12
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