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11 Let a woman be learning in quietness with all submission. 12 And I do not permit a woman to teach nor have-authority-over[a] a man, but to be in quietness. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived[b], but the woman, having been completely-deceived, has come-to-be in transgression. 15 But she[c] will be saved by[d] The Childbearing, if they[e] continue in faith and love and holiness with sound-mindedness.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:12 Or, have independent rule over; or, domineer over.
  2. 1 Timothy 2:14 Adam sinned by deliberate choice.
  3. 1 Timothy 2:15 That is, the generic ‘woman’ of v 11, 12; or, Eve, v 14.
  4. 1 Timothy 2:15 Or, through. That is, directly and independently through Christ, just like the men. Or, through her childbearing; that is, while living in her childbearing role, just as men are saved in their toil, Gen 3:16-17.
  5. 1 Timothy 2:15 That is, the individual women represented by ‘she’ earlier in the verse.

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