Better seen and not heard??? (Again)

The reason Paul says a woman is not to have authority over men is because...

For Adam was formed first, then Eve. (1 Timothy 2:13)

Paul is showing that the order in the church is patterned after the order of creation. God chose to create them in a particular order, it was not arbitrary.

And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived... (1 Timothy 2:14)

Paul, then, makes this statement addressing the problem which occurs when men allow their authority to be usurped. Eve was deceived in her sin. Adam sinned knowingly. In allowing women to usurp the role of overseer (see Monday, December 8 blog), they step into the trap that plunged our first parents into sin.