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1 Timothy 2:11–12

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11–15I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do. They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A woman is to learn quietly with full submission. I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet.

NLTNew Living Translation

Women should learn quietly and submissively. I do not let women teach men or have authority over them. Let them listen quietly.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A woman must learn in quietness with all submission. But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

KJV 1900King James Version

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