1 TIMOTHY 2
OPENS WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP & PRAYER.
Verse 1 tells us Pray for all men.
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men."
First of all...does NOT refer to TIME; it refers to IMPORTANCE. What comes next is of FIRST importance in the heart and mind of Paul. Paul's broader context following is the public worship of Christians, so this begins a series of instructions for those meetings.
Supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks...These terms describe the wide categories of our communication with God.
SUPPLICATIONS...is simply asking for something. Prayer should NEVER be all asking, but it should ask in bold confidence from God's Word.
PRAYERS...is a broad word, referring to ALL communication with the Lord.
INTERCESSIONS...refer to the requests we make on behalf of others. As we pray, there should be time when the needs of OTHERS find a place in our prayer before God's throne.
GIVING OF THANKS...is an essential part of our walk with God. Those who LACK a basic sense of gratitude in their lives LACK a basic Christian virtue.
ALL MEN...This tells us whom we are to pray for with these various means of prayer. The idea is that all men, means ALL PEOPLE, MALE AND FEMALE need prayer. You have never met someone that you can not or should not pray for.
Most Christians find it easy to pray for their family, friends, and loved ones, but it should not end there. We should also pray for our enemies and for those with whom we have conflict. We should pray for those who annoy us, and for those who seem to be against us. Each of these fall into the category of ALL men.
TO PRAY FOR ALL MEN...also means to pray evangelistically. We should pray for our friends who need to know Jesus, for our coworkers, and for others we have regular contact with.
TO PRAY...also means to pray for your pastors, to pray for your church, and to pray for other ministries you know and love.
GIVING OF THANKS be made for all men...We can find something to thank God for regarding all men. Even those who persecute us and are against us have a place in the over-arching plan of God.
Verse 2 tells us to pray for those in authority.
"For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence."
For kings and all who are in authority...
DID YOU KNOW...Early Christians were often accused of undermining the state because they claimed a higher Lord other than Caesar. Yet they would point out that they supported the state by being good citizens and by praying FOR the emperor, not TO him.
We should give thanks for those who are in authority, because God has ordained government in society to keep order told to us in Romans 13:1-7.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence...We should pray for a government and rulers that would simply leave us alone and let us live as Christians.
Christians are to look for NO special favors from the government. Our goal is a LEVEL playing field, unrestricted by state intervention.
DID YOU KNOW...At the time Paul wrote this, Christianity was NOT an illegal religion YET in the Roman Empire and it was still considered a branch of Judaism. It was even more reasonable to believe that the Roman government might just leave Christians alone to live their faith.
Verses 3-4 tells us the GOAL OF PRAYER for all men: That they would be saved.
"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
Prayer for those in authority should ALWAYS have an evangelical purpose. Our real goal is that they would come under the authority of Jesus, and make decisions allowing the gospel to have free course and be glorified.
Who desires all men to be saved...On a human level, we can certainly say that God DESIRES all men to be saved. There is no one in such high authority that they do NOT need salvation in Jesus.
However, from a divine perspective, we understand there is a sense in which we can not say that God desires all men to be saved - otherwise, either all men would automatically be saved, or God would not have left an element of human response in the gospel.
God's desire for all men to be saved is conditioned by His desire to have a genuine response from human beings. He will NOT fulfill His desire to save all men at the expense of making people robots that worship Him from simply being programmed to do so. God imbued mankind with freewill choice. God wants to be CHOSEN.
Who desires all men to be saved...Because this is true (as seen from a human perspective), therefore the gospel must be presented to all without reservation. Any idea of limiting evangelism to the elect is absurd.
All men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth...Salvation is clearly associated with coming to the knowledge of the truth. One can NOT be saved apart from at least some BASIC understanding of who Jesus is and what He has done to save us.
Verses 5-7 tells us HOW all men must be saved.
"For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle; I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying; a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth."
ONE God and ONE Mediator...Through ONE Mediator, and ONE alone: The Man Christ Jesus. There is NO OTHER valid, nor acceptable way to God that does NOT come through Jesus.
This statement of Paul simply echoes what Jesus said in John 14:6: "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
It is also SIMPLY logical.
IF Jesus was at least a good and honest man, then He told the truth when He said that He was the only way to God.
IF Jesus did NOT tell the truth at this IMPORTANT point, then it is difficult to regard Jesus as even a good or honest man, much less a prophet from God.
IF Jesus was wrong then Jesus was either a liar or a lunatic.
In the modern world most people think that MANY ROADS OR ANY AND ALL road leads to God, if followed sincerely or with a good heart. The Bible argues against this idea.
WHERE?
REMEMBER LUKE 18:9-14 --- The Pharisee and the tax collector each came to God sincerely, but one was accepted and one was not.
REMEMBER LUKE 18:18-23 --- The rich young ruler came to Jesus sincerely, but was rejected because he did not give up everything to follow Jesus.
REMEMBER Leviticus 10:1-3 --- the story of Nadab and Abihu - and God's judgment upon them - makes it clear that we can not come to God any way we please, and that sincerity is not enough.
REMEMBER Proverbs 14:12 --- is instructive: "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death."
DAVID GUZIK says it well, "Many people THINK that God would be unfair or narrow minded to have ONLY ONE WAY to salvation; but the thought needs to be turned over. To say that God is unfair for this, one would have to look at Jesus dying on the cross - the spotless Son of God, came from heaven and lived humbly and died in horrific agony, both physical and spiritual - to look at Jesus on the cross and say, "Thanks God; I appreciate the gesture, but that is NOT enough. You are going to have to do a little more than that, because that is only one way and if You are fair You will make several ways."
NOW WE BEGIN TO SEE WHY ALL THESE FALSE DOCTRINES AND FALSE TEACHINGS AND FALSE WAYS TO FORGIVENESS, REDEMPTION, AND SALVATION THROUGH FALSE MAN-CREATED RELIGIOSITIES ARE AN INSULT TO ALMIGHTY GOD AND HE VIEWS THEM AS BLASPHEMOUS, AMEN?
The Man Christ Jesus...This reminds us that Jesus is still human, even as He is enthroned in heaven right now. His humanity was NOT merely a temporary phase. When the Eternal Son, the Second Person of the Trinity, added humanity to His deity, He added it FOREVER - not only for 33 years.
Jesus is still FULLY God and FULLY man, but His humanity is glorified and resurrected. It is the pattern of the humanity that we will experience in heaven.
Who gave Himself...Jesus GAVE Himself.
You can give your time without giving yourself.
You can give your money without giving yourself.
You can give your opinion without giving yourself.
You can even give your life without giving yourself.
Jesus wants us to give ourselves, just as He gave Himself.
Who gave Himself a ransom...
Jesus gave Himself as a hostage, as a payment for our sins. He put Himself in our place and received the punishment and wrath from God the Father that we deserved. This is the basic message of the gospel.
A ransom for all...There is enough in the work of Jesus on the cross for EVERYONE. No one will be turned away because Jesus ran out of love or forgiveness at the cross for them.
For which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle...
This was the message Paul preached. The message was of salvation only through Jesus, and Jesus crucified, as in 1 Corinthians 2:1-2.
A teacher of the Gentiles...
Paul began his ministry with an equal emphasis to BOTH Jew and Gentile (Acts 13), but because of continued REJECTION by Jews, Paul began to emphasize his ministry to the Gentiles.
Verse 8 tells us the role of men in leading prayer when the church gathers.
"I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting."
That the men pray everywhere...
This has the idea of "in EVERY church," and "in EVERY place." Paul's focus is on what THE CHURCH does when it comes together for meetings.
The idea that we should pray constantly and that prayer should be a normal part of our life wherever we go is good and valid; but it is NOT what Paul means here.
That the men...
Makes it clear Paul assumed men, THE HEAD SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK, would ALWAYS take the lead WITHIN THE CHURCH DURING SERMONS, AND meetings of the congregation. Since the lifting up of hands was a common posture of prayer in ancient cultures, this text speaks of men leading public prayer IN THE CHURCH - men representing the congregation IN THE CHURCH before God's throne.
IN THE CHURCH...THE HEAD PASTOR, ASSISTANT PASTOR, OR HONORED ELDERS OR DEACONS MEN ARE TO LEAD THE PRAYERS OFFERED IN THE CHURCH, AS THEY ARE THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH...not women.
JUST AS PAUL STARTED THE CHURCHES, AND THEN CALLED AND ASSIGNED ASSISTANT PASTORS, SUCH AS TIMOTHY TO HEAD IT IN HIS ABSENCE, WE NOTE THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES, WHEN PAUL SHOWED UP AT ONE OF HIS CHURCHES, HE LED THE PRAYER MEETINGS, HE TAUGHT THE SERMONS...BECAUSE AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CHURCH IN THE EYES OF JESUS.
Lifting up holy hands...
Hands that are lifted up must be holy - hands that are set apart unto God, and not given over to evil.
Without wrath and doubting...
Such prayers must be without wrath (praying "angry" prayers) and without doubting (praying without faith). When we pray angry, or pray without faith, we can do FAR MORE HARM than good - especially when the prayer is public, MEANING BEFORE THE CHURCH BODY.
Verses 9-10 tells us Women should emphasize spiritual preparation and beauty more than physical preparation and beauty.
"In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works."
In like manner also...
The word also refers back to the statement that the men pray everywhere in 1 Timothy 2:8. Paul thought the principle of 1 Timothy 2:8 should apply in various church congregations, and so should the principle in 1 Timothy 2:9.
That the women adorn themselves in modest apparel...
This is how Christian women are supposed to dress, especially at their Christian church meetings. The words propriety and moderation help explain what modest apparel is.
Propriety asks, "Is it appropriate for the occasion? Is it over-dressed or under-dressed? Is it going to call inappropriate attention to myself?"
Moderation asks, "Is it moderate? Is it just too much - or far too little?" Moderation looks for a middle ground.
The braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing Paul mentions were adornments that went against the principles of propriety and moderation in that culture.
How you dress reflects your heart. If a man dresses in a casual manner, it says something about his attitude. Likewise, if a woman dresses in an immodest manner, it says something about her heart.
We should ALWAYS strive to wear our best. We should always take the time to be clean and neat, contrary to teachings and the outrageous apparel worn and seen in the pulpit and in the congregation today, as in Paul's day, that was/is at times, like a NEON BILLBOARD saying "Look at me!" Neat and clean and respectful is FAR more important to Jesus, than wearing the latest fads, hands loaded wth gold and diamonds, and hair styles and clothing that makes a person stand out in the church, when our focus should always be on Jesus Word and praising and honoring Him, Amen?
But … with good works...
The most important adornment is good works. If a woman is dressed in propriety and moderation, with good works, she is perfectly dressed. Good works make a Christian woman FAR more beautiful than good jewelry and towering hair styles, and flashy clothing ever can.
Verses 11-12 tells us Women are to show submission, and yield to the authority of the men God has appointed to lead in the church.
"Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence."
Let a woman learn in silence...
This unfortunate translation has led some to believe that it is forbidden for women to even speak in church. Paul uses the same word translated silence in 1 Timothy 2:2, and it is translated PEACEABLE there. The idea is speak peace, without contention instead of total silence.
HOW CAN WE KNOW THIS IS TRUE?
In other places in the New Testament, even in the writings of Paul, women are specifically mentioned as praying and speaking in the church (1 Corinthians 11:5). To learn in silence has the idea of women receiving the teaching of the men God has chosen to lead in the church, with submission instead of contention.
Submission is the principle; to learn in silence describes the application of the principle.
CLARKE gives us some incite into the times of Paul, "Some have said the reason for this is because in these ancient cultures (as well as some present-day cultures), men and women sat in separate sections. The thought is that women interrupted the church service by shouting questions and comments to their husbands during the service. It was lawful for men in public assemblies to ask questions, or even interrupt the speaker when there was any matter in his speech which they did not understand; but this liberty was not granted to women."
TO GIVE US A MODERN DAY PARALLEL, that helps us to understand what Paul and Timothy were dealing with in the church of Ephesus.
When I was growing up and watching National news alerts by the President, the news media was all there, but they were respectfully silent during the announcements, and when given permission to ask questions, it was a raised hand, and it was waiting your turn, to be called and recognized.
TODAY, a NATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE, just as many church services are at best a circus and at worst a madhouse of rudeness, disrespect, bravado, and howling over each other to be seen and heard.
That is what Paul and Timothy dealt with in the church of Ephesus. The women and children who were segregated behind a shielding screen far away from the Head Pastor and his podium, while their husbands and the male elders, and male deacons had front row seats. Now the men were allowed to interrupt and ask questions or demand clarification on a whim, and it was their duty and responsibility as God's chosen head of house, to then go home and tell their wives and their children what was taught, what he learned, and for him then to answer any questions his wife and children had. Some of the men then, were failing to do so.
And just as today, we have pastors twisting and distorting, if not outright changing God's Word to suit their own preconceived ideologies, and it was into this legalism, Paul and Timothy had to face and deal with all the time.
Legalist husbands could and had divorced their wives for making a meal they did not like, or in modern times, for burning the toast.
So the women hearing the gospel by Paul, but being dismissed by their husbands who refused to teach them, explain to them the scripture, then began to shout out their own unanswered questions directed to their husbands during the church services.
It was a madhouse.
Paul demanded peace and submission when in the church and before Almighty God. And he regularly chastised the men, the elders, the heads of house for not doing their duty before God as well with their families.
JOHN MACARTHUR says, "The women who joined in the chaotic self–expression which Paul has been condemning not only added to the confusion but should not have been speaking in the first place. In God’s order for the church, women should subject themselves, just as the Law also says. The principle was first taught in the Old Testament and is reaffirmed in the New Testament in reflection of that principle, no women were permitted to speak out or shout questions at the Jewish synagogues.
The implication is present in this statement that certain women were out of order in asking questions in the church service. If they desired to learn, the church was no place for them to express their questions in a disruptive way. Paul also implies, of course, that Christian husbands should be well taught in the Word. Many women are tempted to go beyond their biblical roles because of frustration with Christian men, often including their own husbands, who do not responsibly fulfill the leadership assignments God has given them. But God has established the proper order and relationship of male–female roles in the church, and they are not to be transgressed. For a woman to take on a man’s role because he has neglected it merely compounds the problem. God often has led women to do work in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, that men have refused to do, but He does not lead them to accomplish that work through roles He has restricted to men."
PAUL is not, as some wrongly teach, saying women's silence is a broad inclusive brush within the public nor in the church. Paul did not mean total silence and submission for the times in informal church meetings, gatherings, study groups, seminars, and Bible studies where it was/is entirely proper for men and women to share equally in exchanging questions and insights. But when the church comes together as a body to worship God, to hear and learn His Word, His standards are clear: the role of leadership is reserved for men."
With all submission...
The word for submission here literally means, "To be under in rank." It has to do with respecting an acknowledged order of authority. It certainly does not mean that men are more spiritual than women or that women are inferior to men.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man...
Paul's meaning seems clear. Women are not to have the role of teaching, preaching, or being the LEAD/HEAD authority IN the church during sermons, prayers, etc.
Not all speaking or teaching by a woman is a violation of God's order of authority in the church. Whatever speaking or teaching is done by a woman must be done in submission and with permission and approval of the men God has appointed to lead the church.
In John MacArthur's church, you will notice that He INVITES and has women come give their testimony, share their outreaches, and what they are doing within the church and in the mission field. The women play a VITAL role in the Grace To You church, but when they gather the full body of the church for the sermon, you notice the choir loft is emptied from behind him. The assistant and associate pastors, elders, and ministers of music leave the stage, and the musicians leave too. It is JUST John MacArthur standing behind a large podium, with the open Bible on it being the centerpiece...the focus.
There are NO distractions. There is no one jumping up and shouting Amen!, Preach it! Or having running commentary during the hearing and studying of God's Word. There is no one falling out in the aisles, screaming, barking, vibrating, even the children in attendance are quiet and respectful. What you DO SEE is lots of OPEN BIBLES, pages turning, and people taking notes.
This is what Jesus told Paul he wanted HIS CHURCH to behave like. This is submission to and respect for Jesus and His Word, Amen?!
1 Corinthians 11:1-12 emphasizes the same principle. Women are to always act under authority in the congregation, demonstrated in Corinthian culture by the wearing of a head covering. Therefore a woman in the Corinthian church could only pray or prophesy if she demonstrated that she was under the leadership of the church, and she demonstrated this by wearing a head covering and by acting consistently with that principle.
I do not permit...
The strength of Paul's wording here makes it challenging to obey this command in today's society. Since the 1970's, our culture has rejected the idea that there may be different roles for men and women in the home, in the professional world, or in the church. In this text (among others), the Holy Spirit clearly says there is a difference in roles.
But the cultural challenge must be seen in its true context - not just a struggle between men and women, but as a struggle with the issue of authority in general. Since the 1960's, there has been a massive change in the way we see and accept authority.
- Citizens do not have the same respect for government's authority.
- Students do not have the same respect for teacher's authority.
- Women do not have the same respect for men's authority.
- Children do not have the same respect for parental authority.
- Employees do not have the same respect for their employer's authority.
- People do not have the same respect for the police's authority.
- Christians no longer have the same respect for church authority.
- Christians no longer respect Sola Scriptura of God's Word either.
SADLY, There are not many who would say that these changes have been good. Generally, people do not feel safer and there is less confidence in the culture. Television and other entertainment get worse and worse. In fact, our society is presently in, and rushing towards, complete anarchy - the state where no authority is accepted, and the only thing that matters is SUBJECTIVE MORALITY...meaning doing only what one wants to do.
As the Bible says, "Men doing what is right in their own eyes."
It is fair to describe our present moral state as one of anarchy. There is no moral authority in our culture. When it comes to morality, the only thing that matters is what one wants to do. And in a civil sense, many neighborhoods in our nation are given over to anarchy. The government's authority is not accepted in gang-infested portions of our cities. The only thing that matters is what one wants to do.
We must see the broader attack on authority as a direct Satanic strategy to destroy our society and millions of individual lives. He is accomplishing this with two main attacks.
FIRST, the corruption of authority.
SECOND, the rejection of authority.
This idea of authority and submission to authority are so important to God that they are part of His very being.
The First Person of the Holy Trinity is called the Father.
The Second Person of the Holy Trinity is called the Son.
Inherent in those titles is a relationship of authority and submission to authority.
The Father exercises authority over the Son, and the Son submits to the Father's authority - and this is in the very nature and being of God.
Our failure to exercise Biblical authority, and our failure to submit to Biblical authority, is not just wrong and sad - it sins against the very nature of God.
1 Samuel 15:23 speaks to this same principle: "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft."
I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man...
Paul's focus here is the public worship of the church IN THE CHURCH. God has established a clear chain of authority in both the home and in the church, and in those spheres, God has ordained that men are the "head" - that is, that they have the place of authority and responsibility.
Our culture, having rejected the idea in a difference in role between men and women, now rejects the idea of any difference between men and women. The driving trends in our culture point towards men who are more like women, and women who are more like men. Styles, clothes, perfumes, and all the rest promote this thought.
The Bible is just as specific that there is no general submission of women unto men commanded in society; ONLY in the spheres of the home and in the church. God has NOT commanded in His word that men have exclusive authority in the areas of politics, business, education, and so on.
It also does not mean that every woman in the church is under the authority of every man in the church. Instead it means that those who lead the church - pastors and ruling elders - must be men, and the women (and other men and the general congregation of the church) must respect their authority and work with and under their counsel and authority...because JESUS holds THESE MEN responsible for HIS CHURCH.
The failure of men to lead in the home and in the church, and to lead in the way Jesus would lead, has been a chief cause of the rejection of male authority.
Some feel this recognition and submission to authority is an unbearable burden.
They WRONGLY feel that it means, "I have to say that I am inferior, that I am nothing, and I have to recognize this other person as being superior."
Yet inferiority or superiority has NOTHING to do with this.
We remember the relationship between God the Father and God the Son - they are completely EQUAL in their being, but have different ROLES when it comes to authority.
Some may say that the church can NOT work (or can NOT work well) unless we go along with the times and put women into positions of HEADSHIP AND LEADERSHIP of spiritual and doctrinal authority in the church ABOVE men. From the standpoint of what works in our culture, they may be right. Yet from the standpoint of pleasing God by doing what He says in His word, they are wrong.
Verses 13-14 tells us REASONS for God's recognition of male authority in the church.
"For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression."
For Adam was formed first...
The FIRST reason for male authority in the church is order of creation. Adam (man) was created first, and given original authority on earth and over the earth and all its creation.
The FIRST command God gave to the human race is found in Genesis 2:16-17: "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
This command was NOT given to woman at all. At the time that command was given, Eve was NOT yet created from Adam.
Therefore, Adam received his command and his authority from God, and Eve received her command and authority from Adam.
The woman being deceived...
The SECOND REASON is the difference in the sin of Adam and Eve, as connected to their difference in authority.
Both Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, and Eve clearly sinned first.
Yet, the Bible NEVER blames Eve for the fall of the human race, but always blames Adam (through one man sin entered the world, Romans 5:12).
Adam is RESPONSIBLE because there was a DIFFERENCE of authority.
Adam had an authority Eve did not have; therefore he also had a responsibility Eve did not have. Adam failed in his responsibility in a far more significant way than Eve did.
As well, Eve was deceived, and Adam was not deceived.
IN OTHER WORDS, Eve was tricked; but Adam sinned KNOWING exactly what he was doing when he rebelled.
This means that though Adam's sin was worse, Eve's ability to be more readily deceived made her MORE dangerous in a place of authority.
Generally speaking, it may be observed that women seem to be more spiritually sensitive than men - but this can be true for good or evil.
Significantly, these reasons are NOT dependent upon culture. Those who say "Paul was a sexist man in a sexist culture," and discount these words, are simply not reading what the Holy Spirit says in the Scriptures here.
Verse 15 tells us being a Christian woman in light of Eve's curse.
"Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control."
Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing...
DID YOU KNOW...
Many people regard this as one of the most difficult passages in the whole Bible. On the surface, it could be taken to mean that if a woman continues in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control, that God will bless her with survival in childbirth - which was no small promise in the ancient world.
Yet this interpretation leaves many difficult questions, does it not?
Is this an absolute promise?
What about godly women who have died in childbirth?
What about sinful women who have survived childbirth?
Does NOT this seem like just a reward for good works, and not according to God's grace and mercy?
Saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self control...
Some approach this passage saying saved refers to gaining eternal life.
Yet this interpretation is even more difficult.
Are women saved eternally by giving birth to children - but only if they continue with godly virtues?
What about women who can't have children?
Are they denied salvation?
She will be saved in childbearing...
A better way to approach this passage is based on the grammar in the original Greek language. In the original, it says she will be saved in the childbirth. This has the sense, "Even though women were deceived, and fell into transgression starting with Eve, women can be saved by the Messiah - whom a woman brought into the world."
PAUL means and gives us the idea here is that even though the "woman race" did something bad in the garden by being deceived and falling into transgression, the "woman race" also did something FAR greater, in being used by God to bring the saving Messiah into the world.
PAUL'S summary to Timothy is this: Do NOT blame women for the fall of the human race; the Bible does NOT. Instead, thank women for bringing the Messiah to us.
Faith, love, and holiness, with self-control...
Most of all, we should note these positives. They are all qualities God wants to be evident in women, and that women have effectively nurtured in their children through generations.
IN ALMIGHTY GOD'S PERFECT PLAN FOR MAN AND WOMAN, EACH HAS UNIQUE ROLES...UNIQUE AUTHORITIES...UNIQUE GIFTS TO PASS DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS.
THE MAN, THE HUSBAND, THE FATHER, THE HEAD OF CHURCH AND HOUSEHOLD IS TO LEAD, TEACH, PROTECT, AND DEFEND HIS FAMILY, HIS CHILDREN AND HIS CHURCH.
THE WOMAN, THE WIFE, THE MOTHER, AND THE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH IS TO BE THE NURTURER, THE HELPMATE, THE TEACHER AND DEMONSTRATOR OF FAITH, LOVE, HOLINESS, AND SELF-CONTROL.
AND BOTH, MEN AND WOMEN ARE TO SHOW AND REFLECT TOTAL SUBMISSION, HUMILITY, RESPECT, AND REVERENCE TO THEIR CREATOR AND THE LOVER OF THEIR SOULS, OUR PRECIOUS JESUS CHRIST.