Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 1 Timothy 2:14

"and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:" — 1 Timothy 2:14 (ASV)

The apostle adds that the wife’s role of submission to her husband is inherent in creation. Adam was created first, and then Eve (the story of Ge 2:21– 23, where God made Eve from a rib taken from Adam). Many commentators have noted regarding this story that Eve was not made out of Adam’s head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him and near his heart to be loved by him. This expresses perfectly the ideal of a happy married life. The husband who has this concept will usually find his wife eager to please him.

Paul makes one further point. It was the woman who was deceived by Satan and who disobeyed God (cf. Genesis 3:1–6). Since she was so easily deceived, she should not be trusted as a teacher.