The prohibition is against her teaching in the public assembly of believers, it does not refer to occasions of teaching others of her own sex, or of the private teaching of the young. An instance of each is given in the case of Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:15, with 1:5; see also Titus 2:3, 4. Though the apostle words the injunction as if it were his own command, it is obvious from verses 13, 14, that he gave it by divine authority, this indeed he had made clear in verse 7. In postapostolic times the command