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11 A woman must learn quietly and be very humble.

12 I do not allow any woman to teach or to rule over a man. She must remain quiet.

13 Adam was not fooled. But the woman was fooled and did wrong.

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11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.(A) 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[b] she must be quiet.(B) 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.(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