The Spirit of a Woman’s Service 1 st Timothy 2:9-15

The Spirit of a Woman’s Service 1st Timothy 2:9-15

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The Logical Sequence: 1) Antecedent - a preceding circumstance, event, object style, phenomenon, etc… - Logic: the conditional element in a proposition. 2) Consequent - following as an effect or result

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.” – I Timothy 2:7 (KJV) *Ordained - Set Aside - Established *Antecedent

“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.” – I Timothy 2:8 (KJV) *Therefore: as a result of… *The Consequent

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.” – I Timothy 2:9 (KJV) *The Consequent

Unconverted Spouse The Classic View of Effect

The 2 Parts of v. 9 1) Modest Apparel - Modest = Orderly, decorous, and becoming - The is a clash between Greek, Roman, and Christian culture. - Many Greek women wore Stolas.

Stola: - Married women used closed stolas - “showers” would have slits from the bottom up exposing the thighs. *Entice Men

2) Shamefaced, Sobriety & Costly Array “…these are the two general rules by which dress is to be regulated; it is right and proper, when it is consistent with chastity, when it is not immodest and impudent, and more like the attire of an harlot than of a woman professing godliness; and when it is moderate as well as modest, and suitable to a person's age and station, and is not beyond the circumstances of life in which they are.” - John Gill’s Exposition

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.” – I Timothy 2:9 (KJV)

Headdresses: - Was also a practice of Jewish women (“golden city”) - I Peter 3:3-4 - What’s Missing?

Context: 1st Corinthians 11:5-6 (KJV) “But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.”

Context: 1st Corinthians 11:15 (KJV) “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.” - Not same as v. 5-6 *Perobolaian – “thrown around one.”

“For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.” – 1st Corinthians 11:10 (KJV) - Power – “of authority” Context: 1) The Fall of Lucifer 2) The Fall of Man

The references of I Timothy 2:10-11 and I Corinthians 14:34-35 refer to public (or congregational) worship.

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.” – I Timothy 2:12 (KJV) “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.” - I Corinthians 14:34 (KJV)

The Context: - In Chapter 3, Paul establishes the ecclesiastical order (of men). - In Ephesus, due to actresses and the prophetesses of Artemis, women spoke, preached, and taught publicly, without a veil causing confusion and disorder.

“And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.” – I Corinthians 14:35 “Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.” I Timothy 2:11

“Anticipation of an objection. Women may say, “But if we do not understand something, may we not ‘ask’ a question publicly so as to ‘learn’? Nay, replies Paul, if you want information, ‘ask’ not in public, but ‘at home’; ask not other men, but ‘your own particular (so the Greek) husbands.” - Jamieson, Fausett, & Brown’s Commentary

“Women were to be silent in the assembly: it was not permitted to them to speak. They were to remain in obedience and not to direct others. The law moreover held the same language. It would be a shame to hear them speak in public. If they had had questions to ask, they might inquire of their husbands at home.” – John Darby’s Synopsis

“This evidently and obviously refers to the church assembled for public worship, in the ordinary and regular acts of devotion. There the assembly is made up of males and females, of old and young, and there it is improper for them to take part in conducting the exercises. But this cannot be interpreted as meaning that it is improper for females to speak or to pray in meetings of their own sex, assembled

for prayer or for benevolence; nor that it is improper for a female to speak or to pray in a Sunday School. Neither of these come under the apostle’s idea of a church. And in such meetings, no rule of propriety or of the Scriptures is violated in their speaking for the edification of each other, or in leading in social prayer.” - Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Ephesus: - Wealthy due to large seaport - Large Population (300,000) - Cultural Center *Large theater seated 25,000 - Temple of Artemis (Diana) was considered is one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. - Ephesus evangelized by Priscilla and Aquila in 50 A.D. - Paul arrives 52 A.D.

Unconverted Spouse The Classic View of Effect

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” – I Timothy 2:12 Usurp – “…for one part of rule is to feed the church with knowledge and understanding; and for a woman to take upon her to do this, is to usurp an authority over the man.” - John Gill’s Exposition

“For Adam was first formed, then Eve.” – I Timothy 2:13 a) Adam created by God - Receives and carries out mandates (Gen. 2:16-20) b) Eve created from Man - “Helpmeet”

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” – I Timothy 2:14 Genesis 3:1-7: a) Eve was deceived - Good for Food - Pleasant to the Eyes - Make One Wise *Sins out of ignorance (Without evil intent or malice)

Genesis 3:1-7: b) Adam - Was not deceived, he sinned with full knowledge (apostasy – fell away) - Absent in Eve’s temptation *Unavailable for her “question.” - Ate the fruit *Desire to please

“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked…” – Genesis 3:6-7

In Genesis 3, the roles were reversed: Adam - Provider – Was being Fed Eve - Subordinate – Dictating

Usurp - to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right. - If a woman was “asking a question,” it was a sign of the condition of the Man (Head) of the Family. - If women were in leadership, teaching, or preaching, it was a sign of the condition of the Men of the Church.

The Consequence of this Situation: - If the Man is Weak, the Family is Weak - If the Family is Weak, the Church is Weak.

“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.” – I Timothy 2:15 - Childbearing not connected to salvation. *Barren women, unmarried? Childbearing – alludes to Genesis 3:15-16.

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.” - Genesis 3:15-16

The Spirit of a Woman’s Service 1 st Timothy 2:9-15