Women As Pastors

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all. — read the full passage →

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — read the full passage →

John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.” — read the full passage →

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

For there is no partiality with God.

Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. — read the full passage →

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says. — read the full passage →

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.