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For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Timothy 2:13 · World English Bible
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  • KJV For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
  • BSB For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
  • NKJV For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
  • NASB For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
  • NLT For God made Adam first, and afterward he made Eve.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 5

  • Gen 2:18Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
  • 1 Cor 11:8–9For man is not from woman, but woman from man;
  • Gen 2:22Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
  • Gen 1:27God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
  • Gen 2:7Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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  • VideoBibleProject — 1 Timothy videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on 1 TimothyMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

There is 'one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all' — the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh.

How 1 Timothy 2:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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