tiro

I really appreciate the time you take to explain these verses to us, Cheryl. And I especially appreciate the ‘can nots’.

1. The ‘they’ cannot refer to Eve or Adam, as they are dead.
2. The she vs. they is incorrect grammar to be referring to all women.
3. Also, the specific switch from plural to singular in vs. 11 is of note.

Some of the problem that we as English speakers have is that in this era we do mangle tenses, which is something that was not allowed in say 50 years ago (except maybe for hillbilly’s and cowboys who talked any way they wanted). As well it was not done in other languages. And Paul was a scholar of the highest caliber. He just didn’t do that.