gengwall

A generic is not a “singular plural”. This is the same misunderstanding Cheryl seems to be falling victim to. A generic individual is an individual “model” or example. There is nothing “plural” about it. When Paul says, in 1 Cor 5:5, “the one such as this” he is being generic and he is being singular. If “a woman” in 1 Tim 2:11 is generic, she is not a group. Like Cheryl always says, and I agree, “she” can not be “they”. “A woman” is an individual generic woman, not a group of women.