Writing in the Women\u27s Bible Commentary, Carolyn Osiek offers five conflicting interpretations of this controversial passage and its significance for women\u27s liberation. At one end of the spectrum stand those who insist that the text endorses an end to sexism of every kind, a difficult view to square with other statements of the apostle Paul. At another extreme stand those who ascribe it exclusively to a future transformation at the end of time, with no contemporary relevance
