Jeremy

Craig,
I’ve looked on the site and haven’t seen a good explanation of any of these verses.

Mara,
My view is based on an honest interpretation of Scripture, not on gender bias. I’ve done my homework and read the egalitarian arguments. I just don’t see any good evidence.

You write: “If, instead, women had been the gate keepers of the origianal Greek and Hebrew and were the ones who decided which verses were more important and to be lifted up and which verses were to be ignored or swept away, our understanding of the Bible and gender would be very different.”
Are you saying we should ignore or sweep away certain Scripture? I believe all Scripture is inspired by God and none should be swept away. I assume you mean that certain texts do not apply today because they were responding to socio-cultural aspects of the time, namely that women were uneducated or that it was a male-dominated society. Unfortunately, to hold that position ignores the reasons Paul gives for not allowing women to teach or exercise authority over men in 1 Timothy 2. These reasons are the creation order and Eve’s deception. These reasons are not cultural or temporal, but eternal. Therefore, his command is eternal. No?

I’m respectfully looking for answers based on accurate Bible exegesis, not appeals to gender bias.