16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(B)

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11 A woman[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.(A)

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Footnotes

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

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;[a] she must be quiet.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:12 Or over her husband

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves(A) to your own husbands(B) so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over(C) without words by the behavior of their wives,

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