WOMEN IN THE EKKLESIA

*There are two opposing views of the role of women in the church today: 1)Women are not to do or say anything. 2) Women can do and say anything they please.  In Scripture there is a balanced understanding.

SILENCE/SUBMISSION    

BALANCE

MINISTRY/SERVICE

(I Cor. 14:34a) “Keep silence in the churches:

(I Cor.14:34b) “It is not for them to speak:”

(I Cor.14:34c) “The are commanded To be under obedience.”

(I Cor.14:35a) “If they will learn anything, let them ask their Husbands at home.”

(I Cor.14:35b) ”For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.”  

(I Tim.2:11a) “Let the woman learn in silence.”

(I Tim.2:11b) “Learn with all            subjection.”

(I Tim.2:12a) “I suffer not a woman to teach man.”

(I Tim.1:12b) “Nor to usurp authority over the man.”

(I Tim.1:12c) “But to be in silence.”

(I Cor.11:3) “But I would have you know that the head of every man is  Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”

(Eph.5:21-22) “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your Own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

(Eph.5:23-24) “For the husband is head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body.”

(Eph.5:33) “Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”

(I Cor.7:34) “She that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”

(I Pet. 3:4) “Meek and           and quiet spirit.”

(I Pet. 3:1) “Win by conduct.”

(I Tim.2:11) “Learn silence by subjection.”

(I Cor.11:6) “Let her be covered.”

(I Cor.11:3) “Headship.”

(Eph.5:22-24) “Submission.”

(I Cor.11:10) “Authority over her head.”

(Acts 1:14) “Prayer and supplication.”

(Acts 2:17-18) “Daughters shall prophesy, hand- maidens shall prophesy.”

(Acts 21:8-9) “Philip’s four daughters did Prophesy.”

(I Cor.11:5) “Every woman that prayeth or prophesieth.”

(Rom.16:1) “Phebe, servant of the church at Cenchrea, succourer of many and of myself also.”

(Acts 12:12) “Mary hosted prayer gathering.”

(Acts 16:14-15) “Lydia hosted Paul.”

(Acts 18:26) “Aquila and Pricilla expounded the way of God to Apolos.”

(Titus 2:3-5) “Aged women: teachers of good things, teach young women.”

(II Tim.1:5) “Eunice and Lois taught Timothy.”

(II Tim.3:14-15) “Teach children.”

(Phil.4:3) “Women labored with me in the gospel.”

(Acts 9:36-42) “Alms deeds,garment making.”

(I Tim.5:2-14) “Lodge strangers, wash saints feet,relieve afflicted.”

(Eph.5:1) “Speaking to to yourselves in psalms hymns, spiritual songs, admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, spirit ual songs, singing to the Lord.”

(Col.3:16) “Teaching and singing and making melody.”