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Ben Witherington III's (1981) two arguments against over-reading the Genesis allusion

The Egalitarian "Silver Bullet" Bible Verse: Women in Ministry part 7 00:17:54 – 00:19:25

Mike cites Witherington's earlier work to push back against the creation/new-creation dichotomy.

In 'Rite and Rights for Women: Galatians 3:28' (1981), Witherington (an egalitarian scholar) argues against Stendahl's view with two reasons: (1) Nowhere else in Paul's letters does he indicate that gender distinctions are obliterated — if this were a major principle, he would say it elsewhere. (2) Paul uses Genesis 1-2 repeatedly to support gender distinctions in NT times (1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 6). Mike adds 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 to Witherington's list.

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@TheBerean777 @EllaFlash @Maranatha7774 1 Tim 2:11-15 has been taken out of context. I don't blame people, but if you carefully consider the grammar, the purpose of this personal letter to Timothy and the reference to Genesis 1-2, it will make much ...

@TheBerean777 @EllaFlash @Maranatha7774 1 Tim 2:11-15 has been taken out of context. I don't blame people, but if you carefully consider the grammar, the purpose of this personal letter to Timothy an

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