1 Timothy 2:11-12 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:9-15

I. Here is a charge, that women who profess the Christian religion should be modest, sober, silent, and submissive, as becomes their place. 1. They must be very modest in their apparel, not affecting gaudiness, gaiety, or costliness (you may read the vanity of a person's mind in the gaiety and gaudiness of his habit), because they have better ornaments with which they should adorn themselves, with good works. Note, Good works are the best ornament; these are, in the sight of God, of great... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 2:8-15

2:8-15 So, then, it is my wish that men should pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, with no anger in their hearts and no doubts in their minds. Even so it is my wish that women should modestly and wisely adorn themselves in seemly dress. This adornment should not consist in braided hair, and ornaments of gold, and pearls, but--as befits women who profess to reverence God--they should adorn themselves with good works. Let a woman learn in silence and with all submission. I do not allow a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 2:8-15

The second part of this passage deals with the place of women in the Church. It cannot be read out of its historical context, for it springs entirely from the situation in which it was written. (i) It was written against a Jewish background. No nation ever gave a bigger place to women in home and in family things than the Jews did; but officially the position of a woman was very low. In Jewish law she was not a person but a thing; she was entirely at the disposal of her father or of her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:11

Let the woman learn in silence ,.... The apostle goes on to give some other instructions to women, how they should behave themselves in public worship, in the church of God; he would have them be learners and not teachers, sit and hear, and learn more of Christ, and of the truth of the Gospel, and to maintain good works; and he would have them learn in silence, and not offer to rise and speak, under a pretence of having a word from the Lord, or of being under an impulse of the Spirit of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:12

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, 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 . Timothy, no doubt, received much advantage, from the private teachings and instructions of his mother Eunice, and grandmother Lois; but then women... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:11

Let the woman learn in silence - This is generally supposed to be a prohibition of women's preaching. I have already said what I judge necessary on this subject in the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:5 , etc., and 1 Corinthians 14:34 ; (note), 1 Corinthians 14:35 ; (note); to which places I beg leave to refer the reader. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

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.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:11

Verse 11 11Let a woman learn in quietness. After having spoken of dress, he now adds with what modesty women ought to conduct themselves in the holy assembly. And first he bids them learn quietly; for quietness means silence, that they may not take upon them to speak in public. This he immediately explains more clearly, by forbidding them to teach. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

Verse 12 12But I suffer not a woman to teach. Not that he takes from them the charge of instructing their family, but only excludes them from the office of teaching, which God has committed to men only. On this subject we have explained our views in the exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. (39) If any one bring forward, by way of objection, Deborah (Jude 4:4) and others of the same class, of whom we read that they were at one time appointed by the command of God to govern the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:1-15

The whole chapter is given up to directions concerning the public worship of the Church. We may notice the following particulars. I. THE SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC PRAYER . When the Church meets together in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, it meets as pre-eminently the friend of the human race. As the Church of him who is the world's Savior and Redeemer, it must manifest the same spirit of universal love which animated him. It is not as being haters of the human race (as their enemies... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 2:8-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 2:8-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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