Assuming Too Much about “Assume” in 1 Timothy 2:12

DeYoung talks about one verse in the new NIV translation: Assuming Too Much about “Assume” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – Kevin DeYoung:

At the very least, it’s odd that the NIV thinks the meaning of authentein has gotten less clear from 1984 to 2010, when the scholarship that’s taken place in the last 25 years suggests the NIV got it right back then.

Many complementarians object to the new NIV translation, not only because egalitarians have been pushing for this rendering (as Burk points out), but because “assume authority” communicates something different than “exercise authority.”

If “exercise authority” is the best translation, then authority is the problem. If “assume authority” is the best rendering, we are dealing with the inappropriate assumption of authority. This change’s Paul’s prohibition considerably.