1 Tim 2:8-15
8 I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer,
without anger or disputing.
9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and
propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to
worship God.
11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
12 I do not permit a
woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was
deceived and became a sinner.
15 But women will be saved through childbearing-- if they
continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. (NIV)
James
3:1-2
1 Not many of you should presume to be
teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more
strictly.
2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone
is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole
body in check. (NIV)
I
Jn 2:27
27 As for you, the anointing you received
from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his
anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not
counterfeit-- just as it has taught you, remain in him. (NIV)
Older women are commanded to
train younger women in the church.
Titus
2:3-5
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be
reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine,
but to teach what is good.
4 Then
they can train the younger women to love their husbands and
children,
5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be
busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one
will malign the word of God. (NIV)
Women should also teach
their girls and boys about the word of God:
II
Timothy 1:5 “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,
which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice;
and I am persuaded that in thee also.
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast
been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that
from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,”
I Corinthians 14:34-35 “Let the women keep
silence in the churches: for
it
is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under
obedience, as also saith the law. And it
they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in the church.”
I
Timothy 2:11-12 “Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to
usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”
I
Peter 3:4 “Even the ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price.”
I
Peter
1Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands
so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without
words by the behavior of their wives, 2when they see the purity and
reverence of your lives. 3Your beauty should not come from outward
adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine
clothes. 4Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the
unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's
sight. 5For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their
hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their
own husbands, 6like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her
master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to
fear.
I
Timothy 5:2, 10, 13-14 “Entreat the elder women as mothers; the younger as
sisters, with all purity. Well reported
of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged
strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the
afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. Learn not to be
idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also
and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger women marry,
bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak
reproachfully.”
Usually the case of Deborah
the Judge is cited as a “proof scripture” for women having authority over men
in the church. Deborah was a leading
figure in a political movement; not a church movement. In the same way, if Hillary Clinton became
president, that would not negate the scriptures above.
If we want to involve the
Old Testament, let’s look at how it portrays women having authority over men.
It is always portrayed as a shameful judgment.
Amos
4:1-3
1 Hear this word, you cows of
2 The Sovereign LORD has sworn by his
holiness: "The time will surely come when you will be taken away with
hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.
3 You will each go straight out through
breaks in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon," declares the
LORD. (NIV)
Esth
1:16-22
16 Then Memucan replied in the presence of
the king and the nobles, "Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against
the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces
of King Xerxes.
17 For the queen's conduct will become
known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, 'King
Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not
come.'
18 This very day the Persian and Median
women of the nobility who have heard about the queen's conduct will respond to
all the king's nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and
discord.
19 "Therefore, if it pleases the
king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of
20 Then when the king's edict is
proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands,
from the least to the greatest."
21 The king and his nobles were pleased
with this advice, so the king did as Memucan proposed.
22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the
kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language,
proclaiming in each people's tongue that every man should be ruler over his own
household. (NIV)
Isa
3:11-4:1
11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon
them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
12 Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. O my people,
your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
13 The LORD takes his place in court; he
rises to judge the people.
14 The LORD enters into judgment against
the elders and leaders of his people: "It is you who have ruined my
vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing my people
and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
16 The LORD says, "The women of
17 Therefore the Lord will bring sores on
the heads of the women of
18 In that day the Lord will snatch away
their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,
19 the earrings and bracelets and veils,
20 the headdresses and ankle chains and
sashes, the perfume bottles and charms,
21 the signet rings and nose rings,
22 the fine robes and the capes and
cloaks, the purses
23 and mirrors, and the linen garments and
tiaras and shawls.
24 Instead of fragrance there will be a
stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;
instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.
25 Your men will fall by the sword, your
warriors in battle.
26 The gates of
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