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….and so, I have a new paraphrase (*fanfare plays in background*)

vs. 11 (notwithstanding all I have just said) make sure a certain woman (you know who I am talking about) learns in silence and subjection. Yet, I do not allow such a woman to teach or to “Lord it over” a man, but to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve*. And Adam was not deceived. But this woman has been deceived and has fallen into sin. Still, she can be restored through The Birth! That is if they continue seriously in faith, charity, and holiness.

*One possible theory for the inclusion of the creative order is that the specific false teaching of this woman, influenced by the Dianic cult that was centered in Ephesus, was that Eve was created first or had priority over Adam.