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1 Timothy 2:12–13

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12aBut I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

13aFor it was Adam who was first formed, and then Eve.

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Cross references

  1. a1 Cor 14:34; Titus 2:5
  2. aGen 2:7, 22; 3:16; 1 Cor 11:8ff

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

NLTNew Living Translation

I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly. For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

KJV 1900King James Version

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve.