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Jun 6, 2001 · ANSWER: Your problem regarding headship has been raised by many people. It assumes that the Bible teaches that men are to have authority over women but not vice versa. Jesus’ teachings about authority appear in all four Gospels (which means it must have been repeated over and over). Our Lord said, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over ...
There are very good reasons for thinking Paul is referring to men and women (rather than husbands and wives) in this passage. However, if we understand Paul to be referring to “authority,” then this would imply that all men have authority over all women in the church. Such a reading is highly implausible. After all, women are said to ...
- The Setting
- Appropriate Behavior For Christian Women—Verses 5-11
- Prohibitions on The Ministry of Women—Verse 12
- The Basis of The Instruction: Creation and The Fall—Verses 13-14
- Women’s Role in A Positive Light—Verse 15
- Conclusion
Paul writes this first letter to his disciple and coworker Timothy to remind him “how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God” (1 Timothy 3:15). Paul must send this reminder because the church at Ephesus, where Timothy has been left to continue the work of ministry, is beset by false teaching (se...
In order to understand 1 Timothy 2:11-15, we need to back up and begin with verse 8, where Paul requests that “men everywhere … lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.” The word everywhere would be translated better “in every place” (en panti topo). Paul is probably referring to the various “places” (house-churches) in which Chris...
The phrase full submission is the hinge between the command in verse 11—“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission”—and the prohibitions in verse 12—“I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. The word that connects these verses is a particle (de) that usually has a mild adversative (“but”) force. But, as so often...
In verse 12 Paul prohibits women in the church at Ephesus from teaching men and having authority over them. But we now face the crucial question: Does this prohibition apply to the Christian church today? We cannot simply assume that it does. The New Testament contains many injunctions that are intended only for a specific situation, and when the s...
Before concluding, we must say something about the notoriously difficult verse 15. While we do not think that the interpretation of this verse is decisive for the meaning of the verses that precede it, the verse does conclude the paragraph and may shed some light on the whole. One view of verse 15 holds that Paul is promising that women will be kep...
We want to make a final, very important point about all attempts to limit the application of 1 Timothy 2:12. The interpreter of Scripture may validly question whether any given command or teaching is to be applied beyond the situation for which it was first given. But the criteria used to answer that question must be carefully formulated. It is sur...
Jan 31, 2015 · Both pass the blame (3:12–13). God speaks directly to both, announcing specific consequences of their sin (3:9–13, 16–19). Both are responsible for their own acts. Thus, Gen 2–3 portrays gender equality, not an “order of creation” 8 that grants men authority over women. Male hierarchy over women is not in God’s design.
Apr 19, 2023 · Paul does not prohibit women everywhere or at all times from teaching or having authority over men. 1 Timothy 2:13–15 explains Paul’s restriction: 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve was formed. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being thoroughly deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But anyone will be saved through the birth ...
- Philip B. Payne
Nov 25, 2023 · For all these things and more, a man will be judged. A husband’s authority is a jurisdictionally broad authority because it pertains to the couple’s shared dominion. Yet it should be an authority that rests very lightly on her. She should feel its weight from her engaging with the Lord more than from him.
Feb 27, 2016 · Number one: The key passage in Scripture on the value of human beings is Genesis 1:26–27. That’s where we derive human value, not on gender, not on ethnicity, but on the fact that every human being is made in the image of God. It says, “Male and female, he created them.”. So, men and women are made in the image of God.
