Focused Passage

1 Timothy 2:8-15

Prayer, Gospel Witness, and Ordered Worship in the Household of God

Paul moves from universal prayer for all people and rulers, to the universal gospel grounded in Christ the one mediator, to ordered conduct for men and women in public worship.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

9 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

10 but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

11 A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.

14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

15 Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

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References and Original Words

Verse 8

Original words

Therefore οὖν G3767 Conjunction I want Βούλομαι G1014 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular the τοὺς G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Plural men ἄνδρας G435 Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural vvv ἐν G1722 Preposition vvv παντὶ G3956 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular everywhere τόπῳ G5117 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular to pray προσεύχεσθαι G4336 Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive lifting up ἐπαίροντας G1869 Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural holy ὁσίους G3741 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural hands χεῖρας G5495 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural without χωρὶς G5565 Preposition anger ὀργῆς G3709 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular [or] καὶ G2532 Conjunction dissension διαλογισμοῦ G1261 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or in every place (of worship)
Verse 9

Original words

Likewise Ὡσαύτως G5615 Adverb [I want] καὶ G2532 Conjunction [the] women γυναῖκας G1135 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural to adorn κοσμεῖν G2885 Verb - Present Infinitive Active themselves ἑαυτάς G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Plural with ἐν G1722 Preposition respectable κοσμίῳ G2887 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular apparel καταστολῇ G2689 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular with μετὰ G3326 Preposition modesty αἰδοῦς G127 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction [with] self-control σωφροσύνης G4997 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular not μὴ G3361 Adverb with ἐν G1722 Preposition braided hair πλέγμασιν G4117 Noun - Dative Neuter Plural or καὶ G2532 Conjunction gold χρυσίῳ G5553 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular or G2228 Conjunction pearls μαργαρίταις G3135 Noun - Dative Masculine Plural or G2228 Conjunction expensive πολυτελεῖ G4185 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular clothes ἱματισμῷ G2441 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 10

Original words

but ἀλλ’ G235 Conjunction with δι’ G1223 Preposition good ἀγαθῶν G18 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural deeds ἔργων G2041 Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural [as] G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular is proper πρέπει G4241 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular for women [who] γυναιξὶν G1135 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural profess ἐπαγγελλομέναις G1861 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Feminine Plural to worship God θεοσέβειαν G2317 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 11

Original words

A woman Γυνὴ G1135 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular must learn μανθανέτω G3129 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition quietness ἡσυχίᾳ G2271 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular [and] ἐν G1722 Preposition full πάσῃ G3956 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular submissiveness ὑποταγῇ G5292 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or wife; also in verse 12
Verse 12

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb I do not permit ἐπιτρέπω G2010 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular a woman γυναικὶ G1135 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular to teach διδάσκειν G1321 Verb - Present Infinitive Active [or] οὐδὲ G3761 Conjunction to exercise authority over αὐθεντεῖν G831 Verb - Present Infinitive Active a man ἀνδρός G435 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular - ἀλλ’ G235 Conjunction she is to remain εἶναι G1510 Verb - Present Infinitive Active - ἐν G1722 Preposition quiet ἡσυχίᾳ G2271 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or over her husband
Verse 13

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction Adam Ἀδὰμ G76 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular was formed ἐπλάσθη G4111 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular first πρῶτος G4413 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular and then εἶτα G1534 Adverb Eve Εὕα G2096 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 14

Original words

And καὶ G2532 Conjunction [it was] not οὐκ G3756 Adverb Adam Ἀδὰμ G76 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular [who] was deceived ἠπατήθη G538 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular but δὲ G1161 Conjunction the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular woman γυνὴ G1135 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular [who] was deceived ἐξαπατηθεῖσα G1818 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular [and] fell γέγονεν G1096 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular into ἐν G1722 Preposition transgression παραβάσει G3847 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 15

Original words

vvv δὲ G1161 Conjunction Women, however, will be saved σωθήσεται G4982 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular through διὰ G1223 Preposition - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular childbearing τεκνογονίας G5042 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular if ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction they continue μείνωσιν G3306 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural in ἐν G1722 Preposition faith πίστει G4102 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction love ἀγάπῃ G26 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction holiness ἁγιασμῷ G38 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular with μετὰ G3326 Preposition self-control σωφροσύνης G4997 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Literally She, however, will be saved

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