I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent. In this approach, the author of 1 Timothy continues writing about this specific, anonymous woman:the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 1 Timothy 2.13-15One should be suspicious about this interpretation – there is no allusion in the letter to such a specific, anonymous woman prior to these verses. Similarly, the teaching that women keep silent in church is no longer applicable, appropriate, or binding in our contemporary context. If God, in His almighty inspiration, cannot take into account our sinfulness and imperfection, then the Bible simply isn’t fit for purpose, and Almighty God has made a very poor job of this.