Instructions to Women
1 Timothy 2:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.Or over her husband
- KJV
- But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
- WEB
- But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
- ASV
- But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
- LSV
- and I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
- YLT
- and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
- DBY
- but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;
- DRC
- But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
- GNV
- I permit not a woman to teache, neither to vsurpe authoritie ouer the man, but to be in silence.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place διδάσκειν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place γυναικὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read Γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός, ἀλλʼ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ.
- RP2018
- Γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός, ἀλλ’ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ.
- TR-Boyd
- Γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός, ἀλλ᾿ εἶναι ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ.
- SCR1894
- γυναικι δε διδασκειν ουκ επιτρεπω ουδε αυθεντειν ανδρος αλλ ειναι εν ησυχια
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 14:34Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
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