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NASB | 1 Timothy 2:12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet [in the congregation]. |
Subject: women preachers |
Bible Note: 1 Corinthians 14 is irrelevant to the question as it has nothing to do with teaching. It is blurring the issue. Furthermore we cannot reasonably apply the situation at Corinth to every church. 1 Timothy 2.11 says nothing about it referring to church meetings. Ephesians 5 is also not referring to teaching but the meaning is quite clear that the woman is to be subject to her husband because he stands as representative of the Lord. To cite 'greek scholars' is irrelevant. There is wide disagreement among them. With regard to prophesying, no one would deny that women prophesied. The question is whether they did it before men, and there is no Scriptural evidence that they did so. Huldah was very much an exception. The daughters of Philip were prophetesses. We can read into their ministry what we will. But our ideas are not Scripture. The question was, what does Scripturee say. And my point was that Scripture is quite clear. I personally have no problem with some women preachers and teachers, although I am very much aware that many of them introduce ideas which distort Scripture in an unusual way. But that was not the question. I recognise that I cannot justify my position from Scripture. In my view Scripture clearly restricts teaching to the church to men. |