1 Timothy 2:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:1-15

2:1-4:16 CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND TEACHINGConduct in church meetings (2:1-15)Teachers of the kind Paul has described in Chapter 1 are usually narrow in their outlook and pray only for those of their own group. Christians should avoid such selfishness. They should pray for all without distinction, for God wants all to be saved (2:1-4). This salvation comes through the death of Jesus Christ. Paul rejoices that God has appointed him an apostle and teacher to make known this good news to the Gentiles... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 2:12

nor. Greek. oude , usurp authority. Greek. authenteo . Only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.To teach ... refers to public teaching in the worship. As Nute said:This prohibition in no way contradicts Titus 2:2,3; it relates to teaching in the church in the presence of men and to the fact that authority in matters concerning the church is not committed to women.[23] It is upon this verse that the office, either of elder, deacon, or evangelist, must, in the light of New Testament teaching, be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:12. I suffer not a woman to teach,— The apostle must be understood as limiting this restraint to public assemblies. See 1 Corinthians 14:35. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

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

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 2:12

(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

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