In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,(A) 10 but with good deeds,(B) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

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

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

14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

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14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

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15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

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15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

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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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34 Women[a] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,(A) but must be in submission,(B) as the law(C) says.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:34 Or peace. As in all the congregations of the Lord’s people, 34 women

35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

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35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:35 In a few manuscripts these verses come after verse 40.