1 Timothy 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Adam was first formed,— It is plain that the apostle does not mean to put the whole of his argument upon the priority of the man's creation in point of time; for, on that principle, the birds and beasts would have the pre-eminence even of Adam; but he refers only to the human species, and to the regard which God expressed for the ease and comfort of man, by making the woman to be his helpmate and companion. So that it is the same thought, in fewer words, which is expressed more fully, 1 Corinthians 11:8-9. The man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.