1 Timothy 2:12

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;^[a] she must be quiet.

1 Timothy 2:12 in Other Translations

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

12 I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly.

12 They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else.

12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

12 I don't allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she should be quiet.

12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to be silent.

12 I do not let women teach. I do not let them have authority over men. They must be quiet.

1 Timothy 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 2:12

But I suffer not a woman to teach,
&c,] They may teach in private, in their own houses and families; they are to be teachers of good things, ( Titus 2:3 ) . They are to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; nor is the law or doctrine of a mother to be forsaken, any more than the instruction of a father; see ( Proverbs 1:8 ) ( 31:1-4 ) . Timothy, no doubt, received much advantage, from the private teachings and instructions of his mother Eunice, and grandmother Lois; but then women are not to teach in the church; for that is an act of power and authority, and supposes the persons that teach to be of a superior degree, and in a superior office, and to have superior abilities to those who are taught by them:

nor to usurp authority over the man;
as not in civil and political things, or in things relating to civil government; and in things domestic, or the affairs of the family; so not in things ecclesiastical, or what relate to the church and government of it; for one part of rule is to feed the church with knowledge and understanding; and for a woman to take upon her to do this, is to usurp an authority over the man: this therefore she ought not to do,

but to be in silence;
to sit and hear quietly and silently, and learn, and not teach, as in ( 1 Timothy 2:11 ) .

1 Timothy 2:12 In-Context

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.

14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

Cross References

• 1. S Ephesians 5:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "over her husband"