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NASB | Galatians 3:28 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 3:28 There is [now no distinction in regard to salvation] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a spiritual superiority]. [Rom 3:22; 1 Cor 12:13] |
Subject: God can use woman in the ministry? |
Bible Note: "There is no room for debate here." OH? If women should NEVER speak up in church, why did Paul go so such lengths to explain HOW they should prophesy? I Corinthians 11:3-5 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved. (and on to the 15th verse...) How did Priscilla and her husband Aquila teach Apollos in the church in their home if she didn't speak? Acts 18:26 He [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately. Romans 16:3-5a Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Greet also the church that meets at their house... And how did a woman get to be an apostle (Junias) if she couldn't speak out in church? 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. And how could Phoebe be a deacon and take a message to the Church if she didn't speak up in church? Romans 16:1-2 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant [deacon, Greek diakonia] of the church in Cenchrea. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many people, including me. 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. In I Corinthians 11 and 14, the context is husbands and wives ("they should ask their husbands at home"). Men and women were separated in the public worship services of the day. Women, by and large, were uneducated, and wives were disrupting the service by asking their husbands questions out loud across the aisles. Paul didn't say, "let them remain in ignorance and shut up", but "let them learn with respectful quietness in church and save their questions for home and not interrupt the church service". But many people have used the 1 Timothy 2 passage to keep women from speaking in church AT ALL, which I do not believe was Paul's intention. He recognized Priscilla and Aquila as pastors of the church in their home, he recognized Phoebe as a deacon, he had many co-workers (sunergos, co-laborers on the same level) who were women, and recognized a woman as an apostle. He was the one who wrote the passage in I Corinthians 11 about how a woman should prophesy, that is speak aloud, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in public meetings. Should women be silent in the church? Yes, if they are out of order and disrupting the service. No, if they have been called by God into a position that requires speaking in the church, but they are to voluntarily be subject to their husbands and those in leadership above them in the church. |