1 Timothy 2:10 (ASV)

Passage

but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

1 Timothy 2:10 but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

1 Timothy 2:11 Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

1 Timothy 2:12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good works", "becometh", "women", "professing", "godliness", and "through". 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 that women adorn themselves..." into verse 11's "Let a woman learn in quietness 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.