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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: The problem with your reasoning is that you are ignoring "the clear revelation of Scripture" regarding the women who are mentioned in the NT as performing the ministry of an apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors/teachers and deacons, possibly even an overseer (see my comments some where below, to me the offshoots of these commentaries are somewhat confusing). The point being that if only men could be in leadership, then no women would be mentioned in the NT as being leaders. As I also commented (somewhere?), the doctrine of the headship of the husband to the wife is not the same as headship of all men to all women. Let me try to give an example. My husband is my head, but not all the other men in my church or community. My husband may request me to clean his toilet and I would do so. But if a man walking down the street grabbed me by the arm and demanded that I clean HIS toilet, because only men can be in leadership, and all men have the headship over all women, then I'm sure that I would refuse. Now Paul says that he does not allow a woman-wife to teach or usurp authority over her husband, because doing so would overthrow the headship of her husband. For example, if I would get out of unity with my husband, and go off on my own on a tangent somewhere - say decide I would go to the Amazon to teach the headhunters, when he did not think that was wise, I would be violating our relationship and his headship. By the same token, if I were to presume that because God has called me to teach, I should rebuke my husband publicly or berate his intelligence or make fun of his opinions - then I would also be usurping his authority. Nor do I attempt to "correct" his theology, although we often have discussions about spiritual matters, respecting each other's opinions and advice about a broad variety of topics. I have known women who thought they were spiritually superior to their husbands and behaved in this way. This is what I believe Paul was trying to prevent. We are also told to submit ourselves to the church leadership God has appointed over us. Another example: Suppose my pastor were to make a boo boo in his sermon, and I stood up and called his attention to it in a rude manner during the service. That would be out of order. However, if I were to go to him after the service and ask him about it in a humble manner, that would be appropriate behavior. |