Just as I've never heard a sermon against the Cretans, I've also never heard a sermon on 1 Timothy 2:8, in which Paul tells Timothy, "I want men everywhere to pray, lifting holy hands without anger or disputing" that included a universal dictum that all men everywhere must raise their hands whenever they pray (UPDATED NIV). But I've heard more than I can count on 1 Timothy 2:11, just three verses later, which says, "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission" that have included universal dictums that all women everywhere must submit to male authority in the church.
-- Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, p. 261
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