1 Timothy 2:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁰ but with good deeds, which are [more] appropriate for women who claim to be godly.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ But by doing good deeds (deeds in themselves good and for the good and advantage of those contacted by them), as befits women who profess reverential fear for and devotion to God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ They should make themselves attractive by doing good, which is appropriate for women who claim to honor God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ but in a manner proper for women who are professing piety by means of good works.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works.

1 Timothy 2:10 Cross References

Acts 9:36

Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called “Jaffa,” and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means “Gazelle”). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.

Acts 9:39

So, Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived they took him to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body lay]. All the widows [i.e., her friends] stood near Peter, crying and showing [him] the coats and [other] clothing which Dorcas had made when she was alive.

Ephesians 2:10

For we [Christians] are the product of God’s workmanship, [re-] created in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus for [the purpose of] doing good deeds. God had previously determined that this should be our practice.

1 Timothy 2:11

A woman should learn [the Scriptures] in quietness, being fully submissive.

1 Timothy 2:9

I also want the women to dress themselves in proper clothing, with modesty and discretion, not with [elaborately] braided hair, or gold [ornaments], or pearls, or expensive clothing,

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself up for us, to buy us back from [enslavement to] all [kinds of] wickedness and to purify for Himself a group of people who belong to Him and who are eager to do good deeds.

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy and I want you [in your teaching] to affirm these things with confidence, so that those people who have trusted God will be careful to devote themselves to doing good deeds. These things [i.e., just mentioned] are good and profitable for people [to do].

1 Peter 2:12

You should live such good lives before [unconverted] Gentiles, so that even though they accuse you of being evildoers, by seeing your good deeds, they will [be led to] honor God [for you] on the day He visits us again [i.e., to bring judgment].

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things are [certain] to be destroyed, what kind of persons should you be, [if not like those] living holy lives, and in a godly manner,

Revelation 2:19

I know about your deeds, your love, your faith, your service and your endurance, and that your most recent deeds are more numerous than when you first began [your Christian lives].