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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: I Timothy 2:11-14 A woman [gyne] should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman [gyne] to teach or to have authority over a man [aner]; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman [gyne] who was deceived and became a sinner. (NIV) Ephesians 5:21-24 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives [gyne], submit to your husbands [aner] as to the Lord. For the husband [aner] is the head of the wife [gyne] as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives [gyne] should submit to their husbands [aner] in everything. (NIV) I disagree with your assessment as stated here: "The issue that prohibits women in leadership is unhangable [sic] due to the creation order. Adam was the head over Eve before the fall and after the fall, and men today are the head over women (Eph 5:22)." I do not dispute the headship of the husband over the wife - although what this means is debatable. But when you say that MEN today are the head over WOMEN, you are distorting scripture. The passages you quote refer to the husband/wife relationship specifically, not to male/female relationships in general and certainly not to leadership questions in general - only those that would place a wife over the headship of HER OWN husband. It is no accident that Paul refers to Adam and Eve, who were not only the first man and woman, but also the first husband and wife. The Greek word translated "man" in these verses is aner, the word translated "woman" is gyne - these words can also be translated husband/wife - the interpretation based on context. To take passages that clearly refer to the husband/wife relationship and make them apply to all male/female relationships and the topic of leadership in general is inaccurate. |