1 Timothy 2:10 “but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God…”

1 Timothy 2:10

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

World English Bible

but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.

American Standard Version

but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

Geneva Bible 1599

But (as becommeth women that professe the feare of God) with good workes.

Darby Translation

but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works.

Young's Literal Translation

but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.

Bible in Basic English

But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

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Cross references

“women”

1 Peter 3:3–5 2 Peter 3:11

1 Peter 3:3–5 · BSB

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

2 Peter 3:11 · BSB

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness

“with”

1 Peter 2:12 Proverbs 31:31 Acts 9:36 Revelation 2:19 Ephesians 2:10 Titus 3:8

1 Peter 2:12 · BSB

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

Proverbs 31:31 · BSB

Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.

Acts 9:36 · BSB

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

Revelation 2:19 · BSB

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.

Ephesians 2:10 · BSB

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Titus 3:8 · BSB

This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

11A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.

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