1.      11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to

teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

2.      13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

3.      15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

Why not accept it at face value?

1.       Different culture

2.      Paul used women in his ministry.

-Priscilla (name is first) - Apollo

-Lydia

-Romans 16

-Chloe

3.      Doesn’t sound right

4.      Tim nurtured by women

5.      Women not submissive – woman at well

Woman who touched hem of His garment

Woman and crumbs from table

6.      OT women leaders

-Miriam

-Debra (Judges 2)

-Huldah

-Esther

-Abigal – wife of Nabal

-Ruth

7.      Proverbs 1- wisdom – female

8.      Resurrection – women first to tell the story

9.      Spiritual gifts

10.  Galatians 3:28

11.  How far does it go?

12.  Missions – contradiction

13.  Importance of teaching children – open, impressionable; when is the son too old

 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

-Adam not deceived and went deliberately against God.

-Roman 5

15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

-salvation by grace

1.     Context matters.

2.     What did it mean to those to whom it was first written?