Women and Church Eldership

8. EVIDENCE FROM THE FALL

Moreover, AFTER THE FALL, woman's subjection to man was intensified. For God then told her: "You shall be subject to your husband, and he shall rule over you." Gen. 3:16. Of course, in Christ, the two sexes are both fully "heirs together of the grace of life." I Pet. 3:1-7. And even outside of Christ, the two genders cannot properly function without one another. Cf. I Cor.11:11-12. Indeed, the sexes are both equally saveable. For both "male" and "female" are "one IN CHRIST" (Gal. 3:26). Yet this does not in any way eliminate their functional DIFFERENCES.