Note 8 at 1 Tim. 2:13: Paul reaches all the way back to Adam and Eve to verify his point about the wife being in subjection to her husband. Some people focus on the curse in Genesis 3:16, where Adam was put in authority over Eve. Since Christ redeemed us from the curse (Gal. 3:13), it seems logical that men no longer rule over their wives.

The example Paul cites goes back even farther than the fall of Adam and Eve and God's subsequent curse. God created Adam first and then Eve. Paul references that act to validate his point. Therefore, the headship of the man in marriage is not a part of the curse and still applies today. Paul refers to this same truth in other places in Scripture (1 Cor. 11:3, 7-9; Eph. 5:22-24).

Men ruling over their wives (as was and still is, traditional in some cultures) was abolished through Christ. Jesus was the best thing to ever happen to the women's rights movement. He set them free from being property and elevated them tremendously. However, the Lord still has a system of government for the home, with the husband in the position of leadership.