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Revised Standard Version

1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was formed first, then 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.
Contemporary English Version
After all, Adam was created before 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.
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 also that women should adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire 10 but by good deeds, as befits women who profess religion. 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. 12 I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

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
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Isaiah 11:11
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant which is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

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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