1 TIMOTHY 2:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 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.
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