But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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In parallel with1 Corinthians 14:34
The ruling given to Corinth and the standing order given to Timothy are one ruling, and Paul grounds both in creation.
“let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.”
The same thread1 Timothy 3:2
The office in view is the overseer's, and its qualification is that he be good at teaching.
“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”