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1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2:14

Instructions to Women · 1 Timothy 2:9–15
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Translations

Modern
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Traditional
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Literal
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, has come into transgression.
Latin
…et Adam non est seductus: mulier autem seducta in prævaricatione fuit.

Original

Greek
English
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Notes

1 Timothy 2:11–15

Paul continues discussing women in the church, focusing on their role in public teaching (see also 1 Corinthians 11:2–16; 14:33–36; 2 Corinthians 11:3).

1 Timothy 2:1–15

This passage first covers prayer and then the behavior of men and women (2:1–7; 8–10). It ends with the topic of women and teaching (2:11–15).

1 Timothy 2:1–3:13

Paul addresses how false teachers influenced behavior in God's household, the church (3:15). Corruption had influenced worship, roles related to gender, and leadership within this community (2:1–15; 3:1–13).

People

Adam: The first man, created by God

Glossary

Adam (Person) Eve Genesis, Book of Timothy, First Letter to

Topics

Adam: The First Man Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Eve: Beguiled by Satan Fall of Man: General Scriptures Concerning The Fall of Man: Through Temptation of the Devil Woman: Deceived by Satan Women: Eve, in Yielding to Temptation and Seducing Her Husband Women: Fall of, and Curse Upon Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To