Women Pastors

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Let your 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.

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

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. — read the full passage →

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

Let your 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. — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — 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 Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out 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 that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. — read the full passage →

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

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

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

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

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; — read the full passage →

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

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

So 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, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves 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.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — read the full passage →

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

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

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself 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 →

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

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

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Let the deacons be the 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, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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

Thus 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 are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

And the things that thou hast heard of 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;

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

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. — read the full passage →

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

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

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

What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? — read the full passage →

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

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

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: — read the full passage →

Then 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 Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an 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 every creature.

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

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

And Adam 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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

So 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 prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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

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.

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

Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.