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1 TIMOTHY 2:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
1 Tim 2:141 Tim 3
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Yet she will be saved through childbearing — if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control — the cryptic promise (sōthēsetai) of salvation through childbearing must be read through the lens of perseverance in virtue. The conditional clause emphasizes that women's salvation depends not on gender but on faith, love, holiness, and self-control.
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Priya SharmaNote1mo ago
Saved Through Childbearing
I'm a woman and I've wrestled with this verse because it seems to tie my salvation to reproduction, which feels limiting and strange. But I've started hearing it differently. Maybe it's about how God...
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