⁹ I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,^{(A) 10} but with good deeds,^(B) appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

¹¹ A woman^[a] should learn in quietness and full submission.^{(C) 12} I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man;^[b] she must be quiet.^{(D) 13} For Adam was formed first, then Eve.^{(E) 14} And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.^{(F) 15} But women^[c] will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love^(G) and holiness with propriety.

¹¹ In the same way, the women^[a] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers^(A) but temperate^(B) and trustworthy in everything.

¹² A deacon must be faithful to his wife^(C) and must manage his children and his household well.^{(D) 13} Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.