Talk:Women, Teaching, and Authority in 1 Timothy 2

Research note

Research date: 24 October 2026. The complete text of 1 Timothy, Titus, and Genesis 1–3 was inspected in the KJV. The principal specialist sources inspected were Al Wolters, “A Semantic Study of αὐθέντης and its Derivatives,” JGRChJ 1 (2000), especially pp. 170–171, and Cynthia Long Westfall, “The Meaning of αὐθεντέω in 1 Timothy 2.12,” JGRChJ 10 (2014), especially pp. 140–141 and 167–173. The journal PDFs were inspected directly, not inferred from search snippets. The Crossway interview with Köstenberger and Schreiner was read as the authors’ own summary of their argument; their full edited monograph was not inspected and is not cited as if it had been. The article’s discussion of disputed syntax is framed as an interpretive question rather than a claim of an independently completed corpus study.

Editorial note

The original ancient witnesses cited in the linguistic articles have not all been independently re-collated. Their conclusions are attributed to the respective scholars. The historical authorship of the Pastorals remains outside scope. Reconstructions involving Artemis, women’s education, or a specific Ephesian counter-creation myth are not treated as established. The article identifies several interpretations of 2:15 without declaring one demonstrably conclusive. It addresses biblical eligibility; a conclusion concerning sacramental nullity would require further premises. No current canonical policy is asserted.

Suggested categories

Suggestions only: Holy Orders; Biblical interpretation; Ordination of women; Anglican theology.