Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 2:13
13. For—reason of the precept; the original order of creation. Adam . . . first—before Eve, who was created for him (1 Corinthians 11:8; 1 Corinthians 11:9). read more
1 Timothy 2:11-13 Esv
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 2:8-15
B. The primary responsibilities of the men and the women in church meetings 2:8-15"In this paragraph Paul continues his instructions on ’prayers’ begun in 1 Timothy 2:1. But now the concern is for proper demeanor on the part of the ’pray-ers.’ But why these concerns, and why in this way? And why the inordinate amount of time devoted to the women in comparison with the men? Again, the solution lies with the false teachers. The word to the men is an obvious response to their controversies and... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 2:11-12
Regarding their participation in the meetings of the church (1 Timothy 3:15), Paul taught that the women were to let the men provide the public instruction and leadership. [Note: See Michael F. Stitzinger, "Cultural Confusion and the Role of Women in the Church: A Study of 1 Timothy 2:8-14," Calvary Baptist Theological Journal 4:2 (Fall 1988):24-42.] He did not mean that women should surrender their minds and consciences to men, but that they should voluntarily take the position of learners in... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 2:13-14
Paul gave two reasons why women should conduct themselves in church meetings as he just specified. First, from Creation it was God’s intention that the male should lead the female. He reminded his readers that God made Adam first and then made a suitable companion for him in Eve. God made Eve for Adam; He did not make Adam for Eve. This implies no essential superiority of the male over the female. God created Adam and Eve equals in the sense that they needed and complemented one another.... read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Timothy 2:12
2:12 man, (d-15) Or 'a man.' It is in contrast with women, as in ver. 8. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:1-15
Concerning Prayer, Thanksgiving, and the Place of Women1-8. The second charge to Timothy—to teach those over whom he was set to use public prayer and intercession.1. Therefore] in the sense of ’well then.’First of all] His first exhortation as to Christian men is that they should pray. Supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings] The duty of the Christian Church in the matter of intercession is to offer prayers for others, and to give thanks for good things happening to others, and for... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Timothy 2:11
(11) Let the woman learn in silence.—The thought of public ministration is still in the Apostle’s mind, when he gives this injunction. The very questioning on difficult points is forbidden them at the public assembly (1 Corinthians 14:35). So averse was St. Paul to anything which might mar the quiet solemnity of these meetings for prayer and praise and authoritative instruction.This prohibition to speak publicly in assemblies for prayer and praise in the case of Christian women, was renewed in... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Timothy 2:12
(12) But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.—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... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Timothy 2:13
(13) For Adam was first formed, then Eve.—The Holy Spirit seems often (comp. especially Galatians 3:16 and following verses, and 4:22 and following verses, and 1 Corinthians 10:1-10) to have moved St. Paul to weave into the tapestry of his arguments and exhortations to the different churches, facts and principles drawn from Old Testament history. His early training in the great Rabbinical schools of Jerusalem had well supplied him with a vast store of this Old Testament learning.The argument... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12
12. usurp authority—"to lord it over the man" [ALFORD], literally, "to be an autocrat." read more