Craig

Hi Jeremy,

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

I’ve done my homework and read the egalitarian arguments.

If you have thoroughly looked over the site, and read the egalitarian arguments, and don’t see any good evidence, then you have had a different reaction to me. It was due to problems with the comp exegesis of the bible that I decided to investigate the egal position. Both positions have godly evangelical advocates and it is not an easy issue to decide on. I can honestly still see why comps believe what they do, but generally I find the egal arguments more persuasive. The questions I still have over egalitarianism are “smaller”.
For instance, with 1 Tim 2, I agree with you that the prohibition of v 12 is related to “the creation order and Eve’s deception”. Often comps however don’t seem to acknowledge how much they are assuming. There is a very real question over what Paul meant by “teach or exercise authority over”, and there is a very real question that Paul would want men to do whatever he is saying for “a woman” not to do. There are other possibilities that seem more likely to me than the usual comp answers.