12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[a] she must be quiet.(A) 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.(B) 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.(C) 15 But women[b] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love(D) and holiness with propriety.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:12 Or over her husband
  2. 1 Timothy 2:15 Greek she

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

13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

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