But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
    Women teaching other women, and women teaching children, are not in view here, and both are encouraged elsewhere (on women teaching women, cf. Titus 2:4; on women teaching children, cf. 2 Timothy 1:5). Nor does this passage have in view the role of women in leadership situations outside the church (e.g., business or government).