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1 Timothy 2:12

American Standard Version

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

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1 Timothy 2:12 in other translations

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 · World English Bible

1 Timothy 2:12 in context

  1. 10but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.
  2. 11Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
  3. 12But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.
  4. 13For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
  5. 14and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression: