1 Timothy 2
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Fragments showing First Epistle to Timothy 2:2-6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550. | |
| Book | First Epistle to Timothy |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 15 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
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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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ 1 Timothy 2:12
- 1 2 3 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, - 1 Timothy 2:12
- ↑ 1 Timothy 2:13