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@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam wasn't deceived but Eve was. This wife in Ephesus was teaching heresy, but was deceived. How? /8

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@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam wasn't deceived but Eve was. This wife in Ephesus was teaching heresy, but was deceived. How? /8

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