I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Paul makes this command to meet a perverse objection: some think we need only pray for believers and the Church, and why concern ourselves with strangers? He cuts through that reasoning and orders us to pray for all men without exception, not limiting our prayers to the body of the Church alone.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 2:1-15
Good works are the best ornament a Christian woman can wear; they hold great price before God, far more than fine clothes. She must learn Scripture and the principles of godliness, not imagine her sex excuses her from the learning necessary to salvation, and remain silent and submissive, as her creation and transgression both declare.
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Commenting on 1 Timothy 2:9-15
For Adam was first formed,.... Immediately by God, out of the dust of the earth; and the breath of life was breathed into him, and he became a living soul; thus wonderfully and fearfully was he made; after this he was put into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and all creatures were brought to him, to give them names; and still an help...