refers to women generically, and thus Paul shifts to “women” plural in the latter half of the verse.272 This explanation fits with the structure of the passage as a whole, where Paul begins by speaking of women in the plural (vv. 9–10), shifts to the singular (vv. 11–15a), and then reverts to the plural.273 We may also account for the singular in v. 15a by the reference to Eve in vv. 13–14, for the latter is understood as representative of all Christian women. The discussion so far has simply established