Does Paul or any other New Testament writer ever portray women as teaching?
Yes. Paul uses the Greek word kalodidaskalos, “teacher of good things,” to refer to what the aged women were to be in the instruction they gave to younger women (Titus 2:3, 4). On the other hand, the Greek verb used for the authoritative teaching role that Paul assigns to the elders is didasko, “to teach.” The only place in the New Testament where didasko is an action of a woman is in Revelation 2:20, where the church at Thyatira is reprimanded because “you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who . . . is teaching.” Is it true that Paul’s argument about the priority of Adam’s creation (“For Adam was formed first, then Eve,” 1 Tim. 2:13) is faulty because it is based on the wrong creation account (Genesis 2 instead of Genesis 1) and because it attaches significance to the fact that man was created before woman? Accusing Paul of being “faulty” can have serious consequences. If we say that Paul made a mistake in interpreting the meaning of Genesis in respect to the role relations between men and
