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1 Timothy 2:12

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But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:10

    But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

  2. 1 Timothy 2:11

    Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

  3. 1 Timothy 2:13

    For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

  4. 1 Timothy 2:14

    And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.