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Education-level argument: women were uneducated so Paul restricted them temporarily

ALL The Debates Over 1 Tim 2_11-15: Women in Ministry part 12 (it took me a year to make this) 09:00:00 – 09:12:09

Mike addresses the claim that Paul restricted women because they lacked education, and once educated, the restriction would lift.

Some egalitarians argue that women in the ancient world had less education than men, so Paul restricted them from teaching until they could be properly trained. Mike rebuts: (1) Paul does not mention education as the reason — he cites creation order; (2) Some women in the ancient world were well-educated (Priscilla, Lydia, wealthy women); (3) If education were the issue, Paul would have restricted uneducated men too, since many male converts were also uneducated; (4) Paul never says 'once educated, a woman may teach' — there is no sunset clause; (5) The restriction is gender-based ('a woman'), not education-based ('the uneducated'); (6) 'Let a woman learn' (v.11) actually presupposes women will be educated, yet the restriction remains alongside the command to learn.

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