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NASB | Titus 2:4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Titus 2:4 so that they may encourage the young women to tenderly love their husbands and their children, |
Bible Question:
Is it Scipture (the will of God) for a woman to be a bishop, pastor, or elder? 1 Timothy 3:1-7 state the qualifications for such positions. I understand that all believers are to preach the word, but I'm seeking for an understanding on the offices and a woman's role in them, and I'm only concerned with what God says. The reason for this concern is that these offices are ones that seem to be directed to the "head." Does "head" only pertain to a man in marriage? Can a woman, according to Scripture, be the "head" of a church? WalkingTalkingBible |
Bible Answer: I would say that in the qualifications for the positions it does say "the husband of one wife." In Titus 2:3-5 it says: "They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled." To me this means that they should not teach anyone, but other women. There is another passage, 1 Corinthians 14:34: "The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says." Though this does not address women not being a minister, I bring it up because a minister needs to lead the congregation in prayer and women are not even supposed to pray in church. |