1. Paul's View of Women in the Church
... a problem with false teachers. And evidently the women were especially susceptible to the false teaching, because they did not have enough biblical knowledge to discern the truth . Paul was telling Timothy not to put anyone (in this case, women) into a position of leadership who was not yet mature in their faith . Furthermore, the philosopher Peter Richardson would argue that Paul "does not ... require absolute passivity in women,"" but instead names women as "important ministers of the gospel."" The two most important instances are in Romans 16:1 when Paul cites Phoebe from Cenchreae a...
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