Women Pastors

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. — read the full passage →

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

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

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

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

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

Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord. — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together. — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. — read the full passage →

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

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

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve; — read the full passage →

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

Salute Tryphæna and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing. — read the full passage →

And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone? — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. — read the full passage →

And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. — read the full passage →

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.