11 A woman is to learn quietly with full submission.(A) 12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.(B) 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.(C) 15 But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness,(D) with good sense.

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11 A woman must learn in quietness with all submission. 12 But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet[a]. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve, 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she[b] was deceived, came into transgression. 15 But she will be saved through the bearing of children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:12 Literally “to be in quietness”
  2. 1 Timothy 2:14 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was deceived”) which is understood as causal