Don

Chris,

Thanks for pointing out the terms Wallace uses. You point out another option for aner/gyne, namely husband/wife. One context clue is when both are mentioned, altho this is not conclusive.

Given that we are not Timothy (an understatement but a true one), I think we need to be gracious and not dogmatic on our understandings of some puzzling passages in 1 Tim. Some text is simply not as clear as we might wish and believers can come to different conclusions and still be faithful. Given this, I do not use such verses to restrict half the believers, as I do not see it as a requirement to do so.