1 Timothy 2:10 (KJV)

Passage

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

1 Timothy 2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

1 Timothy 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good works", "becometh", "women", "professing", and "godliness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good works" and "becometh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "In like manner also that women adorn..." into verse 11's "Let the woman learn in silence with...", so "good works" and "becometh" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "good works" and "becometh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.