1 Timothy 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Women should be silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be subordinate, as the law also says.

to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.