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12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1 Timothy 2:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 9-15)

I. Here is a charge, that women who profess the Christian religion should be modest, sober, silent, and submissive, as becomes their place. 1. They must be very modest in their apparel, not affecting gaudiness, gaiety, or costliness (you may read the vanity of a person’s mind in the gaiety and gaudiness of his habit), because they have better ornaments with which they should adorn themselves, with...

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