1 TIMOTHY 2:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to remain quiet — the prohibition on teaching (didaskō) and exercising authority (authentein — a hapax of debated meaning, possibly 'to domineer' or 'to exercise independent authority') represents one of Christianity's most contested texts. Silence (sigaō) reinforces subordination and may reflect either cultural accommodation or theological conviction about ordering.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2:12
Great modesty and great propriety does the blessed Paul require of women, and that not only with respect to their dress and appearance: he proceeds even to regulate their speech. And what says he? “Let the woman learn in silence”; that is, let her not speak at all in the church; which rule he has also given in his Epistle to the Corinthians, where he says, “It is a shame for women to speak in the church” 1 Corinthians 14:35; and the reason is, that the law has made them…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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