The First Epistle To Timothy - Executable Outlines

Mark A. Copeland
A. “LEARN IN SILENCE WITH ALL SUBMISSION...TO BE IN SILENCE”
1. The word “silence” (NKJV, ASV, NRSV) - 1 Ti 2:11-12
a. Translated “quietness” (KJV), “quietly” (NASB)
b. Found here and in Ac 22:2 (“all the more silent”) and 2 Th 3:12 (“work in quietness”)
c. Related to the word used in 1 Ti 2:2 (“peaceable life”)
2. “The apostle goes on to give some other instructions to women, how they should behave
themselves in public worship, in the church of God;” - Gill
a. “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;” - ibid.
b. “and he would have them learn in silence, and not offer to rise and speak, under a
pretense 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;” - ibid.
c. “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 Co 14:34.” - ibid.
d. “And thus, they were to behave with all subjection; both to the ministers of the word,
and to their own husbands; - ibid.
3. Thus women should “listen attentively to instruction, without attempting to teach in public”
- Barnes
B. “DO NOT PERMIT A WOMEN TO TEACH OR TO HAVE AUTHORITY...”
1. Note that this pertains to “over a man”
a. Compare his comments with those in 1 Co 14:34-37
b. Women may certainly teach other women, children - cf. Ti 2:3-4
2. Both 1 Ti 2:11-12 and 1 Co 14:34-37 appear to deal with the conduct of women in the
public assemblies and worship of the church
C. REASONS AND REASSURANCES FOR SUCH CONDUCT...
1. Reasons for the submission of women in the church - 1 Ti 2:13-14
a. Adam was formed first, then Eve
1) “Man was made as the lord of this lower creation and placed in the garden, and
then the woman was made of a rib taken from his side, and given to him, not as a
lord, but as a companion.” - Barnes (cf. Gen 2:7-23)
2) “All the circumstances combine to show the subordinate nature of her rank, and to
prove that she was not designed to exert authority over the man; compare notes on
1 Co 11:8-9.” - ibid.
b. Adam was not deceived; Eve being deceived, fell into transgression
1) Neither the serpent nor Eve deceived Adam; he allowed himself to be persuaded by
Eve after she ate - cf. Gen 3:17
2) Eve was deceived by the serpent, which she readily acknowledged - Gen 3:13
3) The woman’s susceptibility to deception is thus offered as a reason why women are
not to have a leadership role over men in the church
2. Reassurances for women who learn in submission - 1 Ti 2:15
a. “She will be saved in childbearing” (NKJV)
1) “To be understood not of a temporal salvation, or being saved through childbearing,
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