Cheryl Schatz

gengwall,
You are also a wealth of information. Thanks!

Frank,
I have missed your comments of late. It is always nice to have as many men around as possible who are precious souls who do not see themselves as an authority over (or better than) their sisters in Christ.

When I read Grudem’s work, I see blinders on his eyes because the evidence to the contrary is there. In fact to have verses 34 & 35 as Paul’s own words instead of a quote from the Judaizers in Corinth, would mean that Paul has contradicted himself both before and after the two “silencing of women” verses. Also no one has yet pointed to a judicial law in the Old Testament that orders the silencing of women in the assembly. The problems in this passage are overwhelming if one thinks that Paul was appealing to a law to silence women just after telling the whole congregation to desire to prophesy and allowing them all to do so. The contradictions are many and Grudem pits egalitarians against scripture as if our believing that Paul was quoting the Judaizers makes us against scripture. I for one am very glad that Paul quoted the false teaching and then promptly refuted it in verse 36 so that we can know for sure what is God’s commandments and what is not. Those who side with the Judaizers on this issue are standing in opposition to God whether they believe it or not.