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Discovering Biblical Equality: Biblical, Theological, Cultural & Practical Perspectives (Third Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

“There is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” The conversation about the relationship between women and men and their roles in the Christian life and the church has evolved, but the topic continues to inspire debate and disagreement. The third edition of this groundbreaking work brings together scholars firmly committed to the authority of Scripture to explore...

Although women in that time and culture could be well educated, many were less literate and educated in matters of religion, and therefore more likely to hold wrong ideas.50 This was certainly the case in Ephesus, where the prevalence of “profane myths and old wives’ tales” (1 Tim 4:7 NRSV) needed to be addressed by the author of 1 Timothy.51 Indeed, the primary issue in 1 Timothy is false teaching.52 The women, exercising their new freedom in Christ, were outspokenly causing an issue by questioning
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