1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Words Then and Now
- suffer to allow; to permit (also to undergo) Still heard today: doesn’t suffer fools gladly, won’t put up with foolishness (from 2 Corinthians 11:19) Webster’s 1828 · Suffer
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
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Cross References
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
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Topics
- Commandments Precepts of Paul. explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
- Minister, Christian Charge delivered to
- Women Unclassified scriptures relating to
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The First Epistle to Timothy
Greek and Strong’s
- But δὲ de δέ Conjunction
- I suffer ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō ἐπιτρέπω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
- not οὐκ ouk οὐ Conjunction
- a woman Γυναικὶ Gynaiki γυνή Noun · dative feminine singular
- to teach διδάσκειν didaskein διδάσκω Verb · present active infinitive
- nor οὐδὲ oude οὐδέ Conjunction
- to usurp authority αὐθεντεῖν authentein αὐθεντέω Verb · present active infinitive
- over the man ἀνδρός andros ἀνήρ Noun · genitive masculine singular
- but ἀλλʼ all’ ἀλλά Conjunction
- to be εἶναι einai Verb · present active infinitive εἶναι eînai
- in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- silence ἡσυχίᾳ hēsychia ἡσυχία Noun · dative feminine singular
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