gengwall

Too many comments to get into them all. I’ll take just one.

Patrick – “I never said Paul was stopping the truth of the gospel in verse 12, that is your assumption. I did say Paul was putting some sort of prohibition on women teaching. I never said he was stopping the truth of the gospel. The two are not necessarily compatible.”

If Paul is “putting some sort of prohibition on women teaching” and the teaching Paul is putting said prohibition on is “truth of the gospel” teaching than Paul is “stopping the truth of the gospel”.

Your argument not only implies but directly declares that Paul is “putting some sort of prohibition” (i.e. “stopping”) “on women teaching” (“the truth of the gospel”, yes?) Unless, you do not believe the teaching in question is truth but false teaching. In your view, is the teaching in verse 12 true or false teaching? If it is true teaching, then “putting some prohibition on women teaching [truth]” and “stopping the truth of the gospel [from being taught by women]” are entirely synonymous phrases. The are not only compatible, they are identical.