12 (A)But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

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11 (A)A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12 (B)But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 (C)For it was Adam who was first [a]created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but (D)the woman was [b]deceived and [c]became a wrongdoer.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:13 Or formed
  2. 1 Timothy 2:14 Or thoroughly deceived
  3. 1 Timothy 2:14 Lit has become

34 the women are to (A)keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but (B)are to subject themselves, just as (C)the Law also says.

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