Eichenwald is careful to compare opposition to homosexual practice only to biblical offenses that he thinks evangelicals will have a difficult time opposing consistently: drunkenness, greed, pride, and the injunction in 1 Tim 2:9 — 15 for women to keep silent and
not have authority over men.
2:12) also says nonsense like «I permit no woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.»
«In my faith community, popular women pastors such as Joyce Meyer were considered unbiblical for preaching from the pulpit in violation of the apostle Paul's restriction in 1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent»),
Do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent.»
I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent.»
Why do we hear sermon after sermon about Paul's instructions that «I do not permit a woman to teach or
have authority over man» while never hearing a peep about Paul's declaration that «Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons»?
Such passages as «I permit no woman to teach or to
have authority over men; she is to keep silent,» (I Tim.
Regarding women in the church, Hannah said she feels strongly that based on 1 Corinthians 11, they should not speak or
have authority over men.
1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent»), while Amish women were considered legalistic for covering their heads in compliance with his instructions in 1 Corinthians 11:5 («Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head»).
Craig's reply: Paul specifically says the woman isn't to TEACH or
have AUTHORITY over the man (1 Timothy 2:12), therefore a woman can't be a pastor or preacher.
I would add that perhaps Paul's instructions that women should not teach or
have authority over men (which would be a turn - off to outsiders in that culture), can serve as a reminder that women actually should be allowed to teach and have authority over men (in order to avoid our own set of turn - offs in the present culture.)
In other places in Scripture we see women teaching and
having authority over men.
(Judges 19:25 - 28) St Paul's advice about whether women are allowed to teach men in church: «I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent.»
(Judges 19:25 - 28) No. 5: St Paul's advice about whether women are allowed to teach men in church: «I do not permit a woman to teach or to
have authority over a man; she must be silent.»
How much you want to bet that the Personal Promise Bible renders 1 Timothy 2:12 into «I do not permit Rachel to
have authority over a man,» but renders 1 Corinthians 11:6 into, «For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off»?]