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Passage 1 Timothy 2:11-12 I. Statement of the problem This passage is on of the most controversial passage from the Scriptures because it talks about the woman’s role in the Church. There are two proposed solutions: some consider that woman has the right to exercise teaching and preaching in the Church while others totally disagree with this view. Proposed Solutions A. Egalitarian: The Egalitarian view says that men and women should be regarded as equals in authority in the home and given equal access to all positions of leadership in the church. The egalitarians claim that the verses in 1 Timothy that says that women cannot be teachers in the church really meant that this was because the women there in Ephesius all happened to be unlearned and ignorant women. The problem was not their gender, it was their lack of education. Now that women are permitted to graduate from seminary, they can become pastors since they are not unlearned anymore. A common explanation runs along the lines of women cannot have authority because of Eve's mistake. God punished Adam and Eve, and one way of punishing humanity for what they did was to set up male dominance along with slavery to sin. As Christ sets us free fro