1 Timothy 2:10

1 Timothy 2:10. Becometh. The same reference to a standard of decorum at once conventional and real, as in 1 Corinthians 11:13.

Professing godliness. The usual meaning of the verb is simply ‘promise;' but here and in 1 Timothy 6:21, it is the promise implied by outward act, and is therefore rightly rendered by ‘professing.' The Greek for ‘godliness' (θεοσέβειαν) occurs here only in the New Testament, and is somewhat stronger than the εύσεβεία commonly so rendered; ‘reverence for God ‘would express its meaning fairly.