1 Timothy 2:11-12
What is written? (ESV)
Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
What does it say?
Let a woman learn quietly while being submissive. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, rather she is to remain quiet.
What is its immediate context?
Paul, appointed as preacher and apostle in “faith and truth” (vs 7), is instructing the young preacher Timothy in various matters of his personal faith, and in this chapter turns specifically to instructions for members of the church. He begins with more general instructions (vss 1-6) before turning to specific roles within local assemblies. First for men (vs 8), women (vss 9-15), elders (3:1-7), and deacons (3:8-13).
His instructions regarding women are based on scripture going back to the creation account, specifically that “Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.” (vss 13-14)
How 1 Timothy 2:11-12 is applied across Bible answers
Did Priscilla teach Apollos?
Paul's giving instruction to women not to teach or "remain quiet" within the context of their God-ordained relationship to men (both generally and specifically regarding their role in the church assembly). Women are not to exercise authority over men.
What does saved through childbearing mean (1 Timothy 2:15)?
The continuation of Paul's address to women in the church/assembly (e.g. Christian women) with specific instruction to learning/teaching, still with the main point of submissiveness in focus and consistent with other instruction.4
What does worship to God look like?
Continuing in the same context10, women are not to "exercise authority" over men and to "remain quiet".
