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Contemporary English Version

1 Timothy 2:13

After all, Adam was created before Eve,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adam;   Eve;   Minister, Christian;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Adam;   Eve;   The Topic Concordance - Men;   Salvation;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Woman;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eve;   Men;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eve;   Fall, the;   Genesis, Theology of;   Sexuality, Human;   Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eve;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Eve;   Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adam and Eve;   Eve;   Marriage;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Titus, Epistle to;   Woman;   1 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adam in the Nt;   Eve;   Marriage;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adam ;   Eve;   Form;   Parousia;   Salutations;   Soberness Sobriety;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eve;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Fall of Man;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Temptation, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adam in the New Testament;   Eve in the New Testament;   Form;   Woman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
King James Version (1611)
For Adam was first formed, then Eue:
King James Version
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
English Standard Version
For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
New American Standard Bible
For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
New Century Version
because Adam was formed first and then Eve.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
Legacy Standard Bible
For it was Adam who was first formed, and then Eve.
Berean Standard Bible
For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
Complete Jewish Bible
For Adam was formed first, then Havah.
Darby Translation
for Adam was formed first, then Eve:
Easy-to-Read Version
because Adam was made first. Eve was made later.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Adam was first formed, then Eue.
George Lamsa Translation
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
Good News Translation
For Adam was created first, and then Eve.
Lexham English Bible
For Adam was formed first, then Eve,
Literal Translation
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
Amplified Bible
For Adam was formed first [by God from the earth], then Eve;
American Standard Version
For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
Bible in Basic English
For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
Hebrew Names Version
For Adam was first formed, then Havah.
International Standard Version
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.Genesis 1:27; 1 Corinthians 11:8-9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For Adam was formed first, then Hava;
Murdock Translation
For Adam was first formed, and then Eve.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For Adam was first fourmed, then Eue.
English Revised Version
For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
World English Bible
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
Weymouth's New Testament
For Adam was formed first, and then Eve;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Adam was first formed, aftirward Eue;
Update Bible Version
For Adam was first formed, then Eve;
Webster's Bible Translation
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
New English Translation
For Adam was formed first and then Eve.
New King James Version
For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
New Living Translation
For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve.
New Life Bible
Adam was made first, then Eve.
New Revised Standard
For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, Adam, first was formed, then Eve,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Adam was first formed; then Eve.
Revised Standard Version
For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For Adam was fyrst formed and then Eve.
Young's Literal Translation
for Adam was first formed, then Eve,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Adam was first formed, and the Eue:
Mace New Testament (1729)
for Adam was the first that was form'd, then Eve.
Simplified Cowboy Version
There is a way of doing things. God made Adam first and then Eve.

Contextual Overview

9 I would like for women to wear modest and sensible clothes. They should not have fancy hairdos, or wear expensive clothes, or put on jewelry made of gold or pearls. 10 Women who claim to love God should do helpful things for others, 11 and they should learn by being quiet and paying attention. 12 They should be silent and not be allowed to teach or to tell men what to do. 13 After all, Adam was created before Eve, 14 and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned. 15 But women will be saved by having children, if they stay faithful, loving, holy, and modest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:22, 1 Corinthians 11:8, 1 Corinthians 11:9

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For Adam was first formed,.... Immediately by God, out of the dust of the earth; and the breath of life was breathed into him, and he became a living soul; thus wonderfully and fearfully was he made; after this he was put into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and all creatures were brought to him, to give them names; and still an help meet or a companion was not found for him. All this while Eve was not as yet formed, but after this,

then Eve. She was formed out of him, was made out of one of his ribs; and was formed for him, for his use, service, help and comfort; and here lies the strength of the apostle's reason, why the woman should be in subjection to the man; not so much because he was made before her; for so were the beasts of the field before Adam; and yet this gave them no superiority to him; but because she was made out of him, and made for him, see 1 Corinthians 11:8. So that the woman's subjection to the man is according to the laws of nature and creation; and was antecedent to the fall; and would have been, if that had never been; though that brought her into a lower, and meaner, and more depressed estate; which the apostle next mentions. The words may be rendered, "the first Adam", or "Adam the first was formed, and then Eve". See 1 Corinthians 15:45.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For Adam was first formed, then Eve - The apostle, in this verse, and the following, gives reasons why a woman should occupy a subordinate situation, and not usurp authority. The first is, that she was second in the act of creation, or was made subsequent to man. The reason here assigned cannot be understood to be merely that of priority of existence - for then it would give every old person authority over a younger one; but it must refer to the circumstances of the case as detailed in the history of the creation; Gen. 1–2. Man was made as the lord of this lower creation and placed in the garden, and then the woman was made of a rib taken from his side, and given to him, not as a lord, but as a companion. All the circumstances combine to show the subordinate nature of her rank, and to prove that she was not designed to exert authority over the man; compare notes on 1 Corinthians 11:8-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. — And by this very act God designed that he should have the pre-eminence. God fitted man, by the robust construction of his body, to live a public life, to contend with difficulties, and to be capable of great exertions. The structure of woman's body plainly proves that she was never designed for those exertions required in public life. In this the chief part of the natural inferiority of woman is to be sought.


 
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