1 TIMOTHY 2:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”
For Adam was formed first, then Eve — the appeal to creation order (Adam's priority, Eve's subsequent creation) grounds female subordination in primordial design. The argument from creation rather than redemption suggests Paul views gender relations as rooted in God's creative will.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 2:13
Great modesty and great propriety does the blessed Paul require of women, and that not only with respect to their dress and appearance: he proceeds even to regulate their speech. And what says he? “Let the woman learn in silence”; that is, let her not speak at all in the church; which rule he has also given in his Epistle to the Corinthians, where he says, “It is a shame for women to speak in the church” 1 Corinthians 14:35; and the reason is, that the law has made them…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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