Social-educational Responsibilities of Women, According to the First Epistle to Timothy of the Apostle Paul
Social-educational Responsibilities of Women, According to the First Epistle to Timothy of the Apostle Paul

Summary/Abstract: Our study examines the recommendations addressed to the women of Ephesusin Paul's first letter to Timothy. For a proper understanding of the circumstances in which theseexhortations were made, a brief description of the cultural, social, economic and religious context ofEphesus was made in the first century AD. Issues related to women's clothing and how they shouldhave been shown in society are addressed. In addition, it analyzes the recommendations that SaintPaul made to women in the city in an attempt to counter extravagance and elitism. Women shouldconsider the work of spreading the gospel and of dealing with the ministers who have been entrustedwith this sacred mission, stating that it excludes the possibility that the analyzed fragment isinterpreted as an argument for men's support for women. It is emphasized the importance ofmaternity, against which the women of Ephesus showed themselves with restraint, being influencedby the heresy of the victims. Salvation is not conditioned by the birth of children, unless salvation isunderstood as a denial of heretical doctrine; therefore, recommendations addressed to womenhighlight aspects of the genuine living experience of the Christian doctrine that they have assumed inthe past, but abandoned it in favor of heresy.

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