¹¹ A woman^[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.^{(A) 12} I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;^[b] she must be quiet.^{(B) 13} For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^(C)

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

3 Here is a trustworthy saying:^(A) Whoever aspires to be an overseer^(B) desires a noble task. ² Now the overseer is to be above reproach,^(C) faithful to his wife,^(D) temperate,^(E) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,^(F) able to teach,^(G)

⁴ He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full^[a] respect.^(A)