1 Timothy 2:15

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“Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.”

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BSBPD

“Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Timothy 2:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  2. Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
  3. Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  4. Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
  5. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  6. Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
  7. Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
  8. Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  9. 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
  10. 1 Timothy 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
  11. 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, 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,
  12. Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
  13. 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

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