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10 Instead, they should do good deeds, which is right for women who say they worship God.

11 Let a woman learn by listening quietly and being ready to cooperate in everything. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to listen quietly,

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10 but with good deeds,(A) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.(B) 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:11 Or wife; also in verse 12
  2. 1 Timothy 2:12 Or over her husband