1 Timothy 2:10 (YLT)

Passage

but--which becometh women professing godly piety--through good works.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 2:8 I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

1 Timothy 2:9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

1 Timothy 2:10 but--which becometh women professing godly piety--through good works.

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

1 Timothy 2:12 and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good works", "but--which", "becometh", "women", "professing", "godly", and "piety--through". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good works" and "but--which", 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 the women in..." into verse 11's "Let a woman in quietness learn in...", so "good works" and "but--which" 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 "but--which" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.