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1 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | Reformer Joe | 37057 | ||
"The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house." --1 Corinthians 16:19 "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them" --Acts 18:2 "Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow." --Acts 18:18 "and he began to speak out 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." --Acts 18:26 I see nothing here that indicates that Priscilla was an elder/overseer/pastor. The only thing that these verses show is that Priscilla was the wife of Aquila, that there was a church in their home, and that both were committed to proclaiming Christ. They are undoubtedly partners in ministry, but there is absolutely nothing that would indicate that Priscilla played a role as an overseer in the church in their home You are absolutely correct that women can and should minister within the church, but the role of overseer is clearly not one of those ways if we honestly examine the qualifications of overseers in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. --Joe! |
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2 | God can use woman in the ministry? | Gal 3:28 | OldTimer | 37136 | ||
Overseer, continued. (Guess I was too long-winded last time, said I had too many characters).... However, Junias, who is the only female apostle mentioned in the New Testament to my knowledge, may have also been an overseer. Romans 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. Junias is mentioned as being Paul's relative and outstanding among the apostles. The form of this name in Greek is female, Iounias (ee-oo-nee'-as), meaning "youthful". Junias was imprisoned with Paul at one time and had become a believer before he did. Andronicus is probably her husband or brother, as male and female names usually were not linked in the Bible unless they were married or related. In Greek, the office of bishop or overseer is episkopos (ep-is'-kop-os), meaning "1) an overseer 1a) a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent 1b) the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church" [Strong's Concordance]. There aren't any women specifically called overseers or bishops in the New Testament, but the language used for Andronicus and Junias, both apostles, suggests that they might have been also overseers. The Greek word translated in the NIV as "outstanding" is episemos (ep-is'-ay-mos) meaning 1, of note, having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined, marked in a good sense, of note, illustrious. This is translated "of note among" (YLT, KJV, KJ21 and NKJV), "notable among" (HNV), "respected among" (NLT), "held in high esteem" (Amplified), "distinguished among" (Catholic, 1941), and "outstanding among" (NIV and NASB) the apostles, which may suggest that they held the position of overseers or bishops as well. [I didn't realize until I got my password via email that I was supposed to include my copyright for articles previously published online, so here it is: c2001, www.theopenheart.org] |
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