1 Timothy 2:9-15 NIV

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 2:9

In like manner also ,.... Let the women pray likewise; though they are not to lead in prayer, or be the mouth of the church, which would be indecent, yet they are to join with the church in public prayer; see Acts 1:14 and in like manner as the men, with purity of heart and hand, without murmuring and impatience towards God, and without wrath and anger towards others, and in faith, without doubting and distrust: and the apostle proceeds to point out what sort of dress he would have them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:10

But (which becometh women professing god likeness) ,.... By which is meant not any particular grace, was it, the fear of God might be designed, and so the Syriac version renders it; nor the whole of internal religion only; nor the form of godliness, or the whole scheme of Gospel truth, which is according to godliness; nor only outward holiness of life and conversation; but the whole of all this, all religion, internal and external, the whole of godliness, both in a doctrinal and in a... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was first formed ,.... Immediately by God, out of the dust of the earth; and the breath of life was breathed into him, and he became a living soul; thus wonderfully and fearfully was he made; after this he was put into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and all creatures were brought to him, to give them names; and still an help meet or a companion was not found for him. All this while Eve was not as yet formed, but after this, then Eve . She was formed out of him, was made out of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:14

And Adam was not deceived ,.... There is no need to say with interpreters, that he was not deceived first; and that he was not deceived immediately by the serpent, but by Eve; and that he is never said in Scripture to be deceived, as Melchizedek is never said to have a father or mother. The apostle's positive assertion is to be taken without any such limitations or qualifications; Adam never was deceived at all; neither by the serpent, with whom he never conversed; nor by his wife, he knew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved ,.... Not Eve, though no doubt she is saved; since she had a sense of her sin, and shame for it, a revelation of the Messiah to her, and faith in him; see Genesis 3:7 . But rather any woman, particularly such as profess godliness, who shall be saved in childbearing ; which is to be understood not of a temporal salvation, or being saved through childbearing, through the perilous time, and be delivered out of it; for though this is generally the case,... 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 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:10

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 2:15

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