1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2 is the second chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle.^[1][2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Freerianus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 1, 9-13)
  • Codex Claromontanus (ca. AD 550)
  • Codex Coislinianus (ca. AD 550)
• This chapter is divided into 15 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• 1 Timothy 2:1-7 = Pray for All Men
• 1 Timothy 2:8-15 = Men and Women in the Church

Verse 12

New King James Version

And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.^[3]

• But I suffer not a woman to teach,

&c,] They may teach in private, in their own houses and families; they are to be teachers of good things, ( Titus 2:3 ) . They are to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; nor is the law or doctrine of a mother to be forsaken, any more than the instruction of a father; see ( Proverbs 1:8 ) ( 31:1-4 ) . Timothy, no doubt, received much advantage, from the private teachings and instructions of his mother Eunice, and grandmother Lois; but then women are not to teach in the church; for that is an act of power and authority, and supposes the persons that teach to be of a superior degree, and in a superior office, and to have superior abilities to those who are taught by them:^[4]

• nor to usurp authority over the man;

as not in civil and political things, or in things relating to civil government; and in things domestic, or the affairs of the family; so not in things ecclesiastical, or what relate to the church and government of it; for one part of rule is to feed the church with knowledge and understanding; and for a woman to take upon her to do this, is to usurp an authority over the man: this therefore she ought not to do,^[4]

• but to be in silence;

to sit and hear quietly and silently, and learn, and not teach, as in (1 Timothy 2:11).^[4]

Verse 13

New King James Version

For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^[5]

See also

• Adam and Eve
• Crucifixion of Jesus
• Jesus Christ
• Nativity of Jesus
• Other related Bible parts: Genesis 2, Genesis 3, Galatians 6, Hebrews 4, Hebrews 7, Hebrews 8

References

1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. ↑ 1 Timothy 2:12
4. 1 2 3 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, - 1 Timothy 2:12
5. ↑ 1 Timothy 2:13

External links

• 1 Timothy 2 NIV