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Struggles for Power in Early Christianity Christian Living_ Faith and to know God asLet a woman learn in silence with full submission. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent. (1 Tim 2: 11 12) The First Letter to Timothy is a troubling textespecially for those concerned about the marginalization of women in the church. 1 Timothy, which seems to model the church after the structure of a patriarchal household, has served for centuries to reinforce patriarchal structures in the family, society,