The First Epistle To Timothy - Executable Outlines

CONCLUSION
Mark A. Copeland
through the perilous time, and be delivered out of it...” - Gill
2) “...for though this is generally the case, yet not always, nor always the case of good
women. Rachel died in child bed.” - ibid.
b. But though subject to man, with no leadership role in the church, and susceptible to
bearing children in pain and sorrow (cf. Gen 3:16), a woman can be saved as well as a
man - cf. Ga 3:28
c. She can be saved even in this function (childbearing), not by means of it - RWP
1) Paul is not saying women must bear children to be saved, for he teaches elsewhere
the value of the single life - cf. 1 Co 7:32-35
2) Yet generally speaking, this is God’s creative purpose for women (motherhood)
d. “Provided they continue in faith and love and holiness, with modesty (self-restraint)”
1) Faith, love, holiness - virtues necessary for salvation
2) Modesty (self-restraint) - virtue necessary for submission
1. In a world obsessed with fashion and equality, it is not easy to be a ‘daughter of Sarah’ today
2. But for women ‘making a claim to godliness’...
a. Their adornment will be modest and discreet, accompanied with good works
b. Their service will be faith, love, and holiness, accompanied by submission and self-restraint
In the words of Peter, such conduct is “...very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former
times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves...” - 1 Pe 3:4-5
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