When we look at Paul's commands to women, we see that he grounds them all in the creation order,
either of the old creation or the new creation.
His command that "women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,
but must be in submission, as the Law says ("your husband shall rule over you").
If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church (1Co 14:33-35)," is grounded in God's law in Ge 3:16.
His command that women should wear a sign of authority over them is grounded in the creation order where "the man is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man (1Co 11:7-9)."
His command that wives submit to their husbands, "For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is head of the church, his body (one flesh of marriage), of which he is the savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything, (Eph 5:23-24)" (including learning) is grounded in the new creation order.
And his command that "a woman should learn in quietness and full submission" (1Ti 2:11), grounded in the creation order (vv. 13-14), is also consistent with Peter's statement that a woman's beauty "should be that of her inner self, the unfading beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit. . .as the holy women of the past were submissive to their own husbands" (1Pe 3:3-5).
So we know that these commands from Paul are more than just local custom, for he grounds them in the orders of both God's old creation and new creation
either of the old creation or the new creation.
His command that "women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,
but must be in submission, as the Law says ("your husband shall rule over you").
If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church (1Co 14:33-35)," is grounded in God's law in Ge 3:16.
His command that women should wear a sign of authority over them is grounded in the creation order where "the man is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man (1Co 11:7-9)."
His command that wives submit to their husbands, "For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is head of the church, his body (one flesh of marriage), of which he is the savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything, (Eph 5:23-24)" (including learning) is grounded in the new creation order.
And his command that "a woman should learn in quietness and full submission" (1Ti 2:11), grounded in the creation order (vv. 13-14), is also consistent with Peter's statement that a woman's beauty "should be that of her inner self, the unfading beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit. . .as the holy women of the past were submissive to their own husbands" (1Pe 3:3-5).
So we know that these commands from Paul are more than just local custom, for he grounds them in the orders of both God's old creation and new creation
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