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The Role of Women in the Church
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The proper role of men and women in situations
that involve leadership.
  • The contrast between "men" and "women" suggests
    that Paul is assigning roles.
  • These passages concern situations where both
    women and men are present together.
  • The exhortations are built upon the order of
    headship and submissiveness that was enjoined
    upon man and women from the creation itself.

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The men are to pray, v. 8.
  • The men ("aner, males) are to lead in prayer!
  • The expression in every place points
    specifically to Christian gatherings such as the
    assembly where disciples came together.
  • Lifting up holy hands (unpolluted) without wrath
    (anger toward others) and dissension
    (dialogismos), wrong thoughts.

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The women are to dress modestly, v. 9.
  • This command sets forth the unobstrusive role
    women should manifest in gatherings with men.
  • A woman's clothing should be well-arranged
    (kosmios, kosmein), something like adorning
    herself with adorning dress, arranging herself
    with well-arranged clothing.

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  • The kind of clothing Paul has in mind in mixed
    gatherings involves display of wealth and the
    undue attention to physical beauty.
  • Aidos means shamefastness, moral sensibility that
    shrinks back from transgressing the limits of
    propriety.
  • Sobriety--sophrosune (self-control).

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The women are to learn in quietness, v. 11.
  • Men are to be the teachers in mixed gatherings.
  • The woman is urged to manifest "entire
    submissiveness" in her learning. Hupotage
    means to arrange oneself under another,
    respecting the divinely assigned roles of
    leadership.

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  • With quietness (hesuchia).
  • Tranquility arising from within causing no
    disturbance to others.
  • Not a prohibition to women to speak in mixed
    gatherings for the purpose of learning.
  • Hesuchia means quietness and not absolute
    silence (Cf. v. 2)

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The women are not to teach or exercise dominion
over men, but to remain quiet, v. 12.
  • Does not forbid women teachers or Bible classes.
  • The Greek word "oude" has this contextual sense
    I suffer not a woman to teach (nor in any other
    way) exercise dominion over the man.
  • Paul is talking about teaching that involves the
    exercise of dominion over men.

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  • Notice that the Greek word here is signao
    meaning silence.
  • As a teacher (exercising dominion) a woman is
    commanded to silent.
  • As a student (not exercising dominion) a woman
    is commanded to be quiet.

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What kind of teaching arrangements demand silence?
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It is not ordinary personal conversation between
a man and a woman.
  • If so, a woman could never discuss the Bible with
    a man (Mt. 2820).
  • She could not encourage with Scripture any
    Christian brother who has fallen from the faith
    (Gal. 61).

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It is not group conversation or discussion
(whether assembly or class).
  • If every time men and women got together and a
    woman spoke in the group, she would be exercising
    dominion, then a woman could never speak in any
    group of people where the truth was being
    discussed.
  • Yet Priscilla taught in a group of three (Ac.
    1826).

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It is teaching where one has authority over all
others.
  • It would certainly include exercising a
    leadership role in the proclamation of the word
    in the assembly.
  • Woman may not teach in any other teaching
    arrangement other than the assembly where the
    arrangement is of the same nature whether the
    whole church is present or not.

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  • A woman may not be the teacher in a mixed Bible
    class because the teacher controls, leads, and
    directs the class.
  • A woman may speak as a student in such an
    arrangement, if her intention is to learn in
    quietness.

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A woman may not exercise dominion over men in
other ways.
  • A woman could not Scripturally occupy a
    leadership role like an elder or someone who
    leads in a mixed gathering to discuss church
    work.
  • The woman may not lead a church meeting to
    discuss church business, but she may certainly
    respond to those leading concerning church work
    in just the same way she might speak in a
    teaching situation (with quietness and
    submissiveness).

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  • A woman could not Scripturally lead a mixed group
    of men and women in worship, since leading in
    worship is a male role.
  • A woman may not lead the church in prayer, but
    she may respond to one leading by bringing before
    the congregation prayer requests.

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Correct diagram of 1 Tim. 212
To teach
I
do allow
woman
man
To exercise authority over
or
not
a
a
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