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That is not simply this person's private interpretation. It has been the consistent interpret of the majority of Christians (no matter which denomination) since Scripture was written.
And yet Anglicans, Methodists, URCs and maybe others allow women to speak, preach and teach in church, as well as be ordained. The Salvation Army do not have ordained Ministers, but they allow women to be officers and to preach and lead.
Scripture was written so that whether a person lived in 50 AD, 500 AD, or 5000 AD, it would be equally applicable.
Not all of it.
The Jewish law is still in Scripture, yet Christ fulfilled the law and we don't keep it today.
Paul said that it was a disgrace for man to have long hair, but it isn't today. Neither is it a disgrace for women to have short hair.
Jesus told us to wash one another's feet. In those days people walked along dusty roads and their feet, even in sandals if they had them, would get very dirty. So it was the duty of a slave to greet someone at the door and wash their feet. Today we wear socks/tights and shoes and drive almost everywhere. How then do we literally obey that command of Jesus, without pinning someone down and trying to remove their footwear? I suggest we don't - we understand that to mean that someone should be prepared to do tasks which they might feel are beneath them. In the case of welcoming guests, we would take their coat, allow them to freshen up, pour them a drink and so on.
So these words aren't literally applicable to us, because we live in a different age. The truth behind them is still the same - though the comment about the hair is a cultural one - but the way we apply the truth, is different.
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