0 According to 1 Timothy, why are women not allowed to teach or have authority over men?

This is the word of the LORD ... In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field. 2 Kings 9:36

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According to 1 Timothy, why are women not allowed to teach or have authority over men?


Because Adam was made first and Eve was deceived.

I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2:12
I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2:12

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