Subject: Should women be ordained? |
Bible Note: I Tim 5:2 The word is the word for elders, with the feminine ending. The sentance construction compared to 5:1 Shows the typical Jewish doublet, which adds force to translating the vers women elders if 5:1 IS men Elders, which it is. See also Titus 2:3. I Tim 3:11 again can equally well be translated deaconesses. To insist on translating the word as wives is insisting on an interpretation. You can disagree, but it would be a disagreement on interpretation rather than ignoring an absolute statement of scripture. greentwiga |