Did Paul Silence Women?
Did Paul Silence Women? The Greeks say it’s More Complicated Than That. What If Paul Never Said What We Think He Said About Women? Before you stop reading, let me be clear: This is not an attack on Scripture. Or even another denomination. This is not an attack on the King James Version. And this is not an attempt to make the Bible fit modern culture. This is a challenge to do what faithful Christians have always been called to do: Go back to the text. Go back to the languages. Go back to the context. Some refuse to do so. The Reformers called it ad fontes—“back to the sources.” Ironically, some of the same Christians who celebrate the Reformation’s return to the original languages become uncomfortable when those original languages challenge long-held assumptions. Yet returning to the Greek and Hebrew is not liberalism. It is Reformation Christianity at its best. Translation matters. Not because Scripture changes. But our understanding of S...