I said nothing about it being a prominent heresy among first-century Jews to whom Paul was writing. Where did you get all that?
Paul was not writing to first-century Jews; he was writing to Timothy, a half-Jewish Christian leading the church in Ephesus (a pagan city, not a Jewish city), advising him on how to deal with specific concerns he was facing.
My mistake. I forgot that Timothy was pastoring at Ephesus.
What is your source for this "Eve created before Adam" heresy being prominent in 1st century Ephesus? (I want to be on the same page as you).
Commands come with punishments for violation.
I don't accept that James' statement is a command.
Do you know what the "imperative tense" means in a Greek phrase like this? When a Biblical writer uses the imperative tense this way, it indicates that this is
required of us, entailing
necessity, and expectation to fulfill.
So as I was saying,
Here are some examples of
this usage of the imperative tense:
2nd person imperatives are always commands.
As I was saying, If you didn't
understand James' command to count trials as joy, does that mean you won't accept it until you understand why he said that?
Similarly, Paul used the imperative tense in his statement about not letting women teach. Although our English translations don't reflect that, they can be hard to miss without careful inspection. It is, indeed, required of us to follow his example from his tone to Timothy. Additionally, In another place, he tells us to imitate him.
