Women Pastors

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

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.

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

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. — read the full passage →

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — 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. — 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.

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 →

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 to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

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

But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

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

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

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 →

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

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam”.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

I exhort Euodia, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord. — read the full passage →

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together. — read the full passage →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority 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 →

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly 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 assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

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 →

The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

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

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

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

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

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — 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 →

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 →

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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

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

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

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

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

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

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

What? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone? — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

Greet Mary, who labored much for us.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

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 →

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

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

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.” — read the full passage →

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

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

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.

Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.