1 Timothy 2:11

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. LEARN - not "teach" (). She should not even put questions in the public assembly (1 Corinthians 14:34). WITH ALL SUBJECTION - not 'usurping authority' (). She might teach, but not in public (). Paul probably wrote this from Corinth, where the precept was in force. A canon of the Council of Carthage (A.D. 398 AD) renewed this prohibition. Women might privately teach those of their own sex....

11_Let a woman learn in quietness_. After having spoken of dress, he now adds with what modesty women ought to conduct themselves in the holy assembly. And first he bids them learn quietly; for _quietness _means silence, that they may not take upon them to speak in public. This he immediately explains more clearly, by forbidding them to teach....

8-15 Under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where. We must pray in our closets, pray in our families, pray at our meals, pray when we are on journeys, and pray in the solemn assemblies, whether more public or private. We must pray in charity; without wrath, or malice, or anger at any person. We must pray in faith, without doubting, and without disputing. Women who profess the Christian religion, must be modest in apparel, not affecting gaudiness, gaiety, or costliness. Good works are the best ornament; these are, in the sight of God, of great price. Modesty and neatness are more to be consulted in garments than elegance and fashion. And it would be well if the professors of serious godliness were wholly free from vanity in dress. They should spend more time and money in relieving the sick and distressed, than in deco...

Verse 11. _LET THE WOMAN LEARN IN SILENCE_] This is generally supposed to be a prohibition of women's preaching. I have already said what I judge necessary on this subject in the notes on _"_1 Corinthians 11:5_"_, c., and 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 14:35 to which places I beg leave to refer the reader....

LET THE WOMAN LEARN IN SILENCE - Listen attentively to instruction, without attempting to teach in public; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 14:35. WITH ALL SUBJECTION - With due subjection to those who are in authority, and who are appointed to minister in holy things; notes, 1 Corinthians 14:34....

EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 2:1 _First of all_,_ that _for _that_,_ first of all_,_ _A.V.; _thanksgivings _for _and giving of thanks_._ _A.V. I EXHORT THEREFORE. The insertion of the connecting particle "therefore" marks that this arrangement of Church prayers is a part—as the following words, first of all, mark that it is the first part—of that charge or administration which was now committed to Timothy. SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, THANKSGIVINGS (see the Prayer for the Church Militant). The question naturally arises whether the first words here used—δεήσις προσευχάς, and ἐντεύξεις—have any distinctive meaning, or are merely accumulated, like synonyms m legal documents, or various phrases in rhetorical addresses, to ensure completeness and to add force. It

LET THE WOMAN LEARN IN SILENCE,.... The apostle goes on to give some other instructions to women, how they should behave themselves in public worship, in the church of God; he would have them be learners and not teachers, sit and hear, and learn more of Christ, and of the truth of the Gospel, and to maintain good works; and he would have them learn in silence, and not offer to rise and speak, under a pretence of having a word from the Lord, or of being under an impulse of the Spirit of the Lord, as some frantic women have done; and if they should meet with anything, under the ministry of the word, they did not understand, or they had an objection to, they were not to speak in public, but ask their own husbands at home; see 1 Corinthians 14:34. And thus, they were to behave WITH ALL SUBJECTION; both to the ministers of the word, and to their own husbands; obe

II. CONCERNING PRAYER CHAPTER 2 __ 1. Prayer for all men and for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1) 2. The place for the man and the woman (1 Timothy 2:8) 1 Timothy 2:1 Instructions are now given by the apostle. The first concerns prayer. “I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty (literally, gravity). For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.” The God who is our Father is also the Sav

THE BEHAVIOUR OF WOMEN. Public prayer, characterised by the right spirit, must be offered only by _men._ Women's part is to dress modestly, finding their chief adornment in good works. They may neither teach in public nor rule. Their's is the inferior position (_a)_ because woman was created later than man; (_b)_ because, while his first sin was deliberate, hers was due to the ease with which she was deceived a proof of her unfitness to guide others. Nevertheless, exhibiting the Christian virtues in her natural sphere and functions, woman shall thereby work out her salvation. _Cf._ p. 650. 1 TIMOTHY 2:8. LIFTING, etc.: this attitude, pagan as well as Jewish and Christian, denoted expectation of blessing. 1 Timothy 2:9. _ Cf._...

THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE GOSPEL (1 Timothy 2:1-7)...