Lydia

‘”Perhaps you can show me where i have mentioned my understanding of authenteo in verse 12? Assumptions don’t help our discussion.”

I am afraid it is obvious. Authenteo drives the whole meaning of the passage because it is what that ONE woman was DOING.

“or does what that word mean actually help us understand the difficulties of verse 15. Verse 15 has to be understood on it’s own in relation to the context.”

Sure it helps. It is only used once in the whole NT scripture. It is a word that is used in the writings of Chrysotem where he states a husband should not authenteo his wife. It is a very bad thing that NO believer should do to another. Early on it was translated as dominate.

If the Holy Spirit had wanted to communicate authority over there are plenty of Greek words He would have inspired. But He did not. He used this obscure word.

The entire letter of Timothy is the ‘context’. Not each verse.

“n exegesis cannot be governed around one’s own opinion on what authenteo means driven into every other verse.
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In this passage, it is quite relevant. And I agree with Dave. This is becoming a waste of time. If you are not willing to even look at authenteo outside of what folks like Kostenberger and Grudem say, then we are wasting our time. I have noted that few masculinists fight for last place in the Body.