2:13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. Paul uses the Adam and Eve story of Gen 2 and 3 to support his earlier admonitions. He bases his argument on the created order, something of the very nature of man and woman. Paul’s argument here is very similar to the argument of Jesus regarding the permanence of marriage (Matt 19:4–6). As Knight has noted, Paul’s concern in “for … then” goes beyond “mere chronology” but “what is entailed in this chronology.”39 Paul’s concern is the headship of man and the