1 Timothy 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

1 Timothy 2:12

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Timothy (1107)

The Apostle takes away from woman every occasion for speaking in church. For after he commanded them to be silent, so that they would not speak under the plausible pretext of teaching, he said: let them not teach; because this would give them authority and …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But I suffer not a woman to teach, They may teach in private, in their own houses and families; they are to be teachers of good things, Tit 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 Pro 1:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Nor to usurp authority - A woman should attempt nothing, either in public or private, that belongs to man as his peculiar function. This was prohibited by the Roman laws: In multis juris nostri articulis deterior est conditio foeminarum quam masculorun,; l. 9, Pap. Lib. 31, Quaest. Foeminoe ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt; et ideo nec judicis esse possunt, nec magistratum gerere, nec postulare, nec pro alio invenire, nec procuratores existere; l. 2, de Reg. Juris. Ulp. Lib. i. Ad Sab. - Vid. Poth. Pand.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διδάσκειν	didaskein	To teach	G1321 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
γυναικὶ	gunaiki	a woman	G1135 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐπιτρέπω	epitrepō	I do permit	G2010 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
αὐθεντεῖν	authentein	to use authority over	G831 →
ἀνδρὸς	andros	a man	G435 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
εἶναι	einai	to be	G1511 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἡσυχίᾳ.	hēsuchia	quietness.	G2271 →

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Through
1 Corinthians 14:34
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 2:11–12
  A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
- Genesis 3:16
  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.”
- Numbers 30:3–13
  And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
- 1 Corinthians 14:35
  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.
- Colossians 3:18
  Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Timothy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Timothy