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The Context of 1 Timothy 2:12: Is It All About the Worship Service?

Many scholars and complementarians assume that 1 Timothy 2:1-15 is about the worship service (Denis Burk[1], Rachel Green Miller[2] , and Kevin DeYoung[3] are recent examples). This would mean that Paul is preventing women from teaching men during the worship service and could therefore not preach or be pastors or elders in our churches today.  I will discuss several reasons …

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