Big Healing Book - 1 Timothy 2:15

1 Timothy 2:15:

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

Notes on 1 Timothy 2:15:

Who are “she” and “they” in this verse? They are the husband and wife referred to above in verse 12. (“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”) This is talking about a husband/wife relationship, as the woman’s preservation through childbirth would not be dependent on others in the congregation at large. Thus, verse 12 never was a prohibition against women teachers in the church in general (like Priscilla, who taught Apollos, a man), though it has been misconstrued that way for a long time. We know this because verse 15 proves that this refers to a husband and a wife. The Greek words used for woman and man in verse 12 are also ones consistent with husband and wife although you don’t need Greek to prove the point when you can already do so in English. Also, while the Greek words can be used for husband and wife, there are places where they really do just mean a man and a woman, so you can’t prove anything conclusively from the Greek. The context (verse 15) is much stronger evidence that the people in question are a married couple, not just any man or woman in the church.

Believe it or not, this verse has been used in certain circles to promote the idea that a woman can only be saved if she has kids! This is not the intent of “saved” in this verse; it refers to being preserved so that the woman does not die in childbirth, not to being saved from hell.

This is a very difficult verse to explain, and a lengthy discussion of the problems with its interpretation may be found in the answer to the question Are Women Redeemed from Labor Pains?.