Neither is it convincing to say that permission to learn implies that women can teach once they have sufficient learning.99 Such exegesis overlooks what we have just pointed out, that the command concentrates not on the fact that women should learn but on the manner in which they should do so. Moreover, Paul could easily have said in v. 12, “But I do not permit a woman to teach a man until she is sufficiently educated.” Instead, v. 12 says that women should not teach or exercise authority over men.