Cheryl Schatz

Kristen,
I also think it is good to not make Paul (and the Scripture!) say more than it says and it is wisdom to be careful. That is why I wanted to make sure that we weren’t giving a foothold to the comps who make Paul say waymore than he actually has said.

I still think it means that because Adam was created first, he had more learning (ie, experience) than Eve and thus was not deceived: hence the instruction that this woman needs to learn [before she can teach]. Is that your understanding too, Cheryl?

Absolutely! Yes, this is what I believe. Paul is contrasting knowledge with deception hence the need to learn to combat deception. I don’t believe that Paul was saying that she could never teach, but that her error needed to be taken care of first by learning correct doctrine and once she was truly in the faith with a correct understanding then she could be like all the rest who should progress to maturity.