Cheryl Schatz

Craig #81,
You said:

if comps take this line- that women sinned “in Eve”, I wonder what happens to their Federal headship of Adam?? I didn’t think to ask this at the time.

This becomes a big problem if they are going to say that Eve represents all women as Adam represents all of mankind. Eve is NEVER said to be a representative of all women. A person cannot give 1 Timothy 2:15 as proof that Eve represents all women by interpreting the “she” as Eve. This is circular reasoning. Also the fact that verse 15 is future tense rules out all women who are dead at the time of the writing of 1 Timothy. A dead woman, Eve included, cannot be saved by what other people do with their faith.

The only other time that Eve is mentioned in the new testament is 2 Cor. 11:3.

2 Corinthians 11:3 (NASB95)
3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

In this verse, Eve is not named as a representative of anyone, but she is used as an example of being led astray. Thus anyone (male or female) can be in the same position as Eve was, if they allow themselves to be led away from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

So for anyone who claims that Eve represents all women, ask them to show you this from the Scripture. Both 1 Timothy 2:14 and 15 have grammar that excludes Eve from being “the woman” or “she” and no other verse in the Scriptures ever say that Eve represents all women.