For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
    Finally, some have claimed that this passage only prohibits a “wife” from teaching or exercising authority over her “husband,” since the Greek words gyne and aner (translated “woman” and “man” in 1 Timothy 2:12) can also mean “wife” and “husband” in certain contexts. Given the immediate context of vv. 1 Timothy 2:8-9, however, the most likely meaning of the Greek words gyne and aner here in vv. 11–14 would seem to be “woman” and “man” (rather than “wife” and “husband”).