Scripture · New Testament
1 Timothy 2:12
1 Timothy 2:12 is verse 12 of 1 Timothy chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Or over her husband
King James Version
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
World English Bible
But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
Read in context
1 Timothy 2:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
11 A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Read all of 1 Timothy 2Greek words
διδάσκεινTo teachδὲhoweverγυναικὶa womanοὐκnotἐπιτρέπωI do permitοὐδὲnorαὐθεντεῖνto use authority overἀνδρὸςa manἀλλ᾽butεἶναιto beἐνinἡσυχίᾳ.quietness.
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