Graphic Bible · Scene 6 of 8

An anonymous woman listens across a low table while an anonymous man gestures near a closed scroll.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

1 Timothy 2:11-12

Quiet Learning and Authority

Prayer, Dignity, and Faithful Learning · 1 Timothy 2

Story guide: Visual essay: Quiet attentive learning accompanies the passage’s instruction about teaching and authority.

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11A woman must learn in quietness, in all submission.

12But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; instead, she is to be in quietness.

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