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Don Johnson

Don Johnson

2008-07-11

I am egal, as you know.

My understanding of what a non-egal might says is:
Paul himself says to follow what he told them and what he wrote them, in another letter.  So it is not a new rule when Paul wrote it down, however, this may be the time it was written down.
They would also say that the context of 1 Tim is about church and so the whole letter is circumscribed by that context.  It is not that a woman cannot teach a man, it is that she cannot teach a man in church.

And we can see “throughout Scripture” some positions were reserved for men, the Patriarchs, the Mosaic priests and high priest, the 12, etc.  So it is not surprising that this “principle” continues.

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Asking Right Questions

2008-07-11