1 Timothy 2:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man [in the assembly], but she should remain quiet.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies].

American Standard Version (1901)

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Common English Bible

I don’t allow a wife to teach or to control her husband. Instead, she should be a quiet listener.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to be in authority over a man, but to be in silence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

1 Timothy 2:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women should remain quiet in the assemblies. For they are not permitted to speak [i.e., in a language supernaturally, or to prophesy], but they are to be in subjection [i.e., to male leaders. See I Tim. 2:11-12], as the law also says. [See Gen. 3:16 (?)].

Titus 2:5

to be sensible, [morally] pure, [good] homemakers, kind [and] in subjection to their own husbands, so that God’s message will not be spoken against.