fighting the good fight

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fighting the good fight
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• 1 Timothy 28-15
• Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray,
  lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
  I also want the women to dress modestly, with
  decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not
  with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or
  expensive clothes, but with good deeds,
  appropriate for women who profess to worship God.

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• A woman should learn in quietness and full
  submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or
  to assume authority over a man she must be
  quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And
  Adam was not the one deceived it was the woman
  who was deceived and became a sinner. But women
  will be saved through childbearing if thy
  continue in faith, love and holiness with
  propriety.

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I want men everywhere to pray (vs 8)

• Only men?
• Holy hands (cf Psalm 244)
• Without anger or disputing (cf 33)

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Christian dress-sense (vs 9-10)

• Dressing modestly (cf 1 Peter 31-6)
• Getting priorities straight
• The church as a beauty contest

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A womans place? (vs 11-15)

• What problem is Paul addressing?
• Quietness (cf 22)
• Full submission (cf Ephesians 521)
• The teaching ministry (cf 1 Corinthians 1426,
  Acts 1826)
• Vs 12-13 - illustrative or determinative?
• Saved through childbearing?

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Application

• Gender roles according to the NT
• Men (and women) of prayer
• Modesty in appearance
• Extravagance in good deeds

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fighting the good fight