Kristen

TaWanda, if God created Eve to be a “help” to Adam, and that meant she was subservient to him, then what do we do with a passage like this?
But here’s another passage: “I commend to you Phoebe our sister. . . that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and help her. . .” Romans 16:1-2.
If to “help” someone means to be subordinate to them, then Paul is telling the church at Rome to subordinate itself to Phoebe, isn’t he? But if to “help” does not imply becoming subordinate, then the fact that Eve was Adam’s “help” doesn’t imply subordination. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.