but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
Paul makes this command to meet a perverse objection: some think we need only pray for believers and the Church, and why concern ourselves with strangers? He cuts through that reasoning and orders us to pray for all men without exception, not limiting our prayers to the body of the Church alone.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 2:1-15
Good works are the best ornament a Christian woman can wear; they hold great price before God, far more than fine clothes. She must learn Scripture and the principles of godliness, not imagine her sex excuses her from the learning necessary to salvation, and remain silent and submissive, as her creation and transgression both declare.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 2:9-15
Women are to learn, not teach; they must sit, hear, and learn more of Christ in silence, never rising to speak under pretence of the Spirit's impulse. If they have objections or questions about the ministry, they ask their own husbands at home, not in public, and submit cheerfully to the Gospel's ordinances.
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