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2. Is the reason woman are not mentioned in passages of leadership, due to the general low view of woman during that period of time in Greece and the Middle East in general.
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Ah, the novel "cultural bound" argument! This is easily refuted by the doctrine of divine inspiration. It was the Holy Spirit Who moved the writers of the Bible to write what they did. Thus the qualifications for office are not subject to any cultural influences of the writers since they are what God has commanded be done in the churches.

But I can think of something else when I hear these cultural arguments.
If they were consistent, they would believe that entire sections of Scripture both OT & NT no longer apply. Yet even in these very sections egalitarians pick and choose what is for today and what is not for today.
It is also kind of strange that after reading 2Tim chapter 2 and saying that Paul was talking to a particular culture and isn’t the norm, then in the very next chapter, even though Paul is clearly writing to the same people, they don't interpret Paul in a cultural manner.

Tom