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1 Timothy 2:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness. "

1 Timothy 2:12

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10 but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.

11 Let a woman learn in quietness with full submission.

12 But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

14 Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

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1 Corinthians 14:34

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"Let the wives be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,"

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1 Corinthians 7:10

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"But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband"

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Sirach 26:14

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"A silent woman is a gift of the Lord. There is nothing worth so much as a well-instructed soul."

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Titus 2:3

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"and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,"

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2 Timothy 2:24

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"The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,"

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Colossians 3:18

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"Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord."

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1 Timothy 2:1

"I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men,"

1 Timothy 2:2

"for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence."

1 Timothy 2:3

"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,"

1 Timothy 2:4

"who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth."

1 Timothy 2:5

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,"

1 Timothy 2:6

"who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,"

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