Kristen

James, that is a very odd way of taking one passage from Ephesians and laying it over the top of another in 1 Timothy– without any justification that I can see. Did Paul INTEND to have his idea of the church as the Bride, apply to 1 Timothy 2? Did he in any way remind Timothy (his original audience) of his words to a totally different audience years before in Eph. 5? Did he intend any connection to be made such that 1 Timothy 2 is supposed to be referring to the church as Bride? Not that I can see.
This kind of interpretation can lead to all kinds of problems.

Then there is the fact that Genesis 1 gives both the man and the woman dominion over the earth, not just the man. You say not to add to the word; don’t take away from it either. And it is taking away from the word to erase the woman from God’s words to male and female in Genesis 1.

And we don’t know for sure that Eve added to the word. God never told her she had sinned by adding to His words, did He? The Bible is silent on where Eve got the idea “you shall not touch.” She could have got it from God. Or not. But it is adding to the word to claim we know for certain that she added to the word.

The important thing is what the text really says, and doesn’t say.