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</html><description>&#xA0; Paul&#x2019;s use of &#x201C;I am not allowing&#x201D; in 1 Timothy 2:12 has caused a lot of speculation regarding his reasons for disallowing certain activities. In this post we are going to look at this phrase very carefully. The first thing that we can note is that Paul is not appealing to an existing law. &#xA0;Paul does not say &#x201C;God&#x2019;s law is not allowing&#x201D; as if God had already set up a law that restrained women from using their spiritual... Read More Read More</description><thumbnail_url>http://www.mmoutreach.org/wim/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/using-authority.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
