Fragment: Man's Failure - God's Divine Grace

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“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” (1 Tim. 2:11-1411Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. (1 Timothy 2:11‑14) JND).
A woman was forbidden to teach or to exercise authority over men; she was to abide in quietness and silence. The reason given is remarkable and shows how, in our relations with God, everything depends on the original starting point.
In innocence Adam had the first place; in sin, Eve. It was Eve who, being deceived, brought in transgression. Adam was not deceived, guilty as he was of disobeying God. United to his wife, he followed her, not deceived by the enemy but weak through his affection for her.
Without the weakness, it was this which the last Adam (our blessed Lord Jesus Christ) did in grace; He followed His deceived and guilty bride, but in order to redeem and deliver her by taking her faults upon Himself.
J. N. Darby (from Synopsis on 1 Timothy 2)