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1 | Women speak in church? | 1 Cor 14:34 | souljourners | 178413 | ||
The reason for the scripture as I receive it is not that a women shouldn't preach or teach in a church but that they not have authority over their husbands. We know that man is head of the wife and we are to be submissive to the husband, but I am a widow and while my husband was living he encouraged me to seek the call God has on my life. I am an Evangelist in my church and My Pastor recommended me to seek that goal. The problem in Corinth at that time the women were not submissive to their husbands and consider themselves to be equal to the man. Paul was addressing a certain situation in the Corinth church. Paul jobs was to establish churches and set order and that was the order for that church at that time. God is the true vine and we are the branches. That means all Christians, men and women alike. We have to have an open mind and an open heart to receive the word of God from whomever God chooses. Paul wrote the book of Corinthians, this was not a commandment from God. But this was an order of the church in Corinth at that present time. If women were not allowed to speak in church, that would mean that men ran the services, the praise, the testimony, the Womens'Day, Easter programs, Christmas plays etc. That would mean that we weren't allowed to pray in church, praise God in church. The Bible tell us to not quench the Spirit so how can you remain unmoved when the Holy Spirit is moving in your soul, come on now. Go beyond the egotistics of the way you are interpreting and see that there was a problem in the church in Corinth between the women and the men and who was in authority over whom. God does not ordain us to become Evangelist and Missionaries and not have anything to say in Jesus name. Come on be realistic and open-hearted. Not puff-up. | ||||||
2 | Women speak in church? | 1 Cor 14:34 | kalos | 178450 | ||
Are all women under all men in church? ____________________ “…no other place in Scripture teaches that all women should be under the authority of all men in the church . . . However, the New Testament consistently teaches that a wife should be under the authority of her husband. That fits the larger context of the New Testament much better.” ____________________ Scripture does not teach that all women should be under the authority of all men in the church. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 1 Timothy 2:12 (NASB) 'Churches who take what might be considered a more traditional or conservative view on 1 Timothy 2:11-15 don't allow women in leadership because of how they interpret this passage. (...) 'I personally think the words "men" and "women" are mistranslated here. Here's why I think so. 'First, all the men [in a church] would be over all the women, and in other scriptures that we read we have occasions where women are in authority over men." In the OT Deborah was a judge, for example . . . 'When I did my own word study on the words man and woman, I found out that the word man is aner and the word woman is gune. In the case of the word aner, which occurs something like 150 times in the New Testament, fully 40 times that it occurs, it is translated "husband." In other words, "husband" is a legitimate translation of the word depending on the context. When you look at the context, virtually every single time that it wasn't absolutely clear that the woman with the man in the context was his wife, it is almost always translated "husband" and "wife." (...) 'What happens if we translate it husband and wife? That strikes me as a legitimate translation. It seems that when you translate it husband and wife, everything falls into place. Let me read it in that way: "Let a wife quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness; but I don't allow a wife to teach or usurp the authority of her husband, but to remain quiet." '. . . The point is that the woman should not be the teacher over her husband, but that the woman is actually under the teaching authority of her husband. He is the head of the household, spiritually speaking. That's really what it amounts to. '. . . Verse 11 and following is directed at women in the context of their relationship with a man to whom they are supposed to be entirely submissive. That is a marriage relationship. 'Finally, no other place in Scripture teaches that all women should be under the authority of all men in the church . . . However, the New Testament consistently teaches that a wife should be under the authority of her husband. That fits the larger context of the New Testament much better. 'There may be some problems with my understanding here, I am willing to acknowledge that. But I think that it is less problematic than the [traditional or conservative] view.' ____________________ "Women Teach in Church?" by Gregory Koukl. This is condensed from a transcript of a commentary from the radio show "Stand to Reason," with Gregory Koukl. For more information, contact Stand to Reason at (info@str.org) or (www.str.org). To read the entire article, go to: www.str.org/free/commentaries/theology/wom-tch.htm |
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