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 Women should learn quietly and submissively. 12 I do not let women teach men or have authority over them.[a] Let them listen quietly. 13 For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result. 15 But women will be saved through childbearing,[b] assuming they continue to live in faith, love, holiness, and modesty.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 Or teach men or usurp their authority.
  2. 2:15 Or will be saved by accepting their role as mothers, or will be saved by the birth of the Child.