Well... You tell me... Why did the Apostle Paul say...
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. - 1 Timothy 2:12
Simple. It's missing a comma. In the koine Greek text from which the verse is translated into English, no such punctuation exists, and there is simply a comma missed in the printing of the currently used edition, as is also the case for Luk. 23:43.
Consider (in brief, a whole lot more may be provided as needful):
1Ti 2:12 γυναικι δε διδασκειν ουκ επιτρεπω ουδε αυθεντειν ανδρος αλλ ειναι εν ησυχια
Any may see an interlinear (if they need one) here -
1 Timothy 2:12 Interlinear: and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,
In other words, the text correctly (and in context, and in harmony with everything else in scripture, including Paul's other statements on the matter) reads,
1 Ti 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority, over the man, but to be in silence.
Thus, reads:
But I [Paul] suffer not [do not allow]
a woman ro teach ... over the man
But I [Paul] suffer not [do not allow], ... nor to
a woman ... to usurp authority, over the man,
but to be in silence [why? context of the issues]
consider the parallelism Paul is making:
1Ti 2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
1Ti 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
Should Kings be spoken over by those not in the same authority in the common sense? Should Christians just go around willy-nilly speaking over a King's authority? If so, where is Jesus' example of this? (I am not saying that Kings cannot be rebuked at proper times, but in the proper way, this is speaking in generalities).
Thus, since the Husband, and Eldership (Males) of the churches similarly hold such authority within the churches, women (and / or wives) have their proper place as well, not to be authoritatively over the Husbands or Eldership in the general sense (it does not mean that individuals cannot properly correct if such persons are in error, see 1 Tim. 5:1). Consider Anna (Luk. 2:36 KJB) in the Temple, in her proper sphere speaking of the Gospel to those in the Temple. Other examples may be provided as needful.
Thus, in scripture, as a people of God (the rightful Highest King), they are likened unto a woman as a whole (as the church is), and should be subject (in proper lawful arrangement; Rom. 13; 1 Pet. 2:17) to that King. Peter (as a member of that 'woman', church) tried to teach Jesus, and be authoritative over Jesus:
Jesus said / taught authoritatively:
Mat 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Peter said in response, publically:
Mat 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
Jesus then immediately said in response:
Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Peter (as a member of the 'woman' / church)
misappropriated authority, he was not to have with Jesus (KING of kings). The zealots and those that tried to overthrow the Kings, misappropriated authority.
The text / and surrounding passages of 1 Tim. 2:12, as elsewhere in all of scripture, does not say that a woman cannot, in their proper sphere, teach men. It is speaking, contextually about
mishandled / misapropriated authority, like as when Miriam (a prophetess), along with Aaron, tried to rebuke Moses, and God made an example of both, but morso of Miriam, since she was a woman (leprosy and put out of the camp a while).
Can women be teachers in the church? Yes.
Tit_2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
The problem with Eve, was she stepped out of her line, and proper sphere of authority, as also with Miriam, as others, also have (like Peter with Jesus), and thus lead to confusion and sin.
Many more examples may be provided.
