1 Timothy 2:8-15 - Instructions To Men And Women

⁸ My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy. ⁹ I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing, ¹⁰ but--as is proper for women who profess to be religious--with good actions. ¹¹ A woman should listen silently to her teachers, and show them all deference. ¹² I do not consent to a woman's becoming a teacher, or exercising authority over a man; she ought to be silent. ¹³ Adam was formed first, not Eve. ¹⁴ And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin. ¹⁵ But women will find their salvation in motherhood, if they never abandon faith, love, or holiness, and behave with modesty.