This work provides a biblical defense of the traditional complementarian position. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to make the book’s substantive arguments more accessible, and a new chapter of pastoral application has been added. Contributors include S. M. Baugh, H. Scott Baldwin, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Thomas R. Schreiner, Robert W. Yarbrough, and Dorothy Patterson.

In an age when ideological dogmatism and sheer speculative fancy often displace sober exegesis, it is refreshing to read a book that tries to wrestle with what the text is saying without cleverly domesticating it. This substantially updated edition needs to be read by all sides in the current controversy.–D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

In an age when assertions abound concerning the meaning of this text, the contributors have not only presented the most thoroughgoing and decisive case for the traditional view of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 now available, but have also provided a handbook of solid interpretive methodology. Whether or not one agrees with their conclusions, the reader will find the issues clarified, the evidence evaluated, and the text carefully analyzed and applied. I heartily recommend this book to all who are willing to confront and be confronted by the biblical text once again.–Scott Hafemann, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary