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Let him conclude by inquiring of those who nicely set aside the commandment of God by traditions of men: If the New Testament instructions to women in the churches applied only, in their literal sense, to the specific addressees, in view of certain cultural exigencies, where can the sisters today find authoritative instruction in light of our own cultural emergency? Was the need in first-century Corinth greater than today, with gender roles so hopelessly confused and godly womanhood under concerted and vicious attack such as the world has never seen? If a clear word from the Lord was necessary then, is it not more so now? Indeed it is. And those who are joyfully submitting to the teaching of Scripture in this area are shining like lights in the world in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
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