1 Timothy 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

Learn - not "teach" (1 Timothy 2:12). She should not even put questions in the public assembly (1 Corinthians 14:34-35).

With all subjection - not 'usurping authority' (1 Timothy 2:12). She might teach, but not in public (Acts 18:26). 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.

1 Timothy 2:11

11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.