Don Johnson

I believe it is important to see these verses as part of a pericope, which I claim is 1 Tim 2:8-3:13 as this provides the immediate context.  A reason this is important is the generic terms used, indicating the possibility of males and females beging discussed, e.g. 1 Tim 3:1 (as you also pointed out occured earlier in 1 Tim).  Another is seeing “pistos ho logos” in 1 Tim 3:1 as referring to Christ, per Bruce Fleming and therefore the turning point of the whole pericope, before this are concerns and afer this is the vision of how things should be.

Taking a verse out of its pericope is always dangerous, as one can lose the immediate context.