men and women in the assemblies of the church

Men and Women in the Assemblies of the Church

Men and Women in the Assemblies of the ChurchThe New Testament teaches that God’s

order in the church is for men to exercise positions of public teaching, authority and leadership

1 Timothy 2:8-15 NASB

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. 9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. 11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

1 Timothy 2:8-15

There is a contrast between men and women in church assemblies (1 Tim. 3:14-15)


I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; 15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

1 Timothy 2:8-15


Men should be praying (v. 8)With holy handsWithout wrath and doubting


Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

1 Timothy 2:8-15


Men should be praying (v. 8) Women should be

Adorned with good deeds (v. 9-10)


9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.

1 Timothy 2:8-15



Adorned with good deeds (v. 9-10)Receiving instruction rather than giving it (v.

11-12)


11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

1 Timothy 2:8-15



Adorned with good deeds (v. 9-10) Receiving instruction rather than giving it (v. 11-12) Keeping silent (1 Cor. 14:34-35; 27-33)

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 NASB

34 The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 35 If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.


27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret; 28 but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. 30 But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent.

1 Timothy 2:8-15




1 Timothy 2:8-15




Why? (v. 13-15)


13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint.

1 Corinthians 11:3–9 (ESV)

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God…. 8 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

Genesis 3:14-16 NASB

The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, … 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel." 16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, in pain you will bring forth children; yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

MacKnight’s paraphrase of 1 Tim. 2:15 “Though Eve was first in the transgression, and

brought death on herself, her husband, and all her posterity, the female sex shall be saved (equally with the male) through child-bearing - through bringing forth the Savior, if they live in faith, and love, and chastity, with that sobriety which I have been recommending.” – quoted in Adam Clarke’s commentary on 1 Timothy

Applications

Can a woman serve as a preacher, pastor, elder, or bishop? NO - 1 Tim. 2:11-12 ; 1 Cor. 14:34-35 ; 1 Tim 3:1-2


It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. 2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Applications

Can a woman serve as a preacher, pastor, elder, or bishop? NO - 1 Tim. 2:11-12 ; 1 Cor. 14:34-35 ; 1 Tim 3:1-2

Are women barred from using their God-given teaching abilities? NO - 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14–15; Titus 2:3-5; Acts 18:24-28

2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14–15

… I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. …continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:3–5 (ESV)

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Acts 18:24-28 NASBNow a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an

eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; 26 and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And … 28 … he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Applications

Doesn’t this restriction show the male-dominated repressive background of Paul and the other church leaders, which we should reject in view of the liberty we have in Christ? NO – 1 Cor. 14:36-40

The Equality of the Sexes in Scripture In Christ, no male or female – Galatians

3:28 Fellow-heirs of life – 1 Peter 3:7 The wife exalted in marriage – Eph. 5:22-

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Submission is not Inferiority

And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. - Luke 2:51


36 Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only? 37 If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. 38 But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. 39 Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. 40 But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.

Applications Doesn’t this restriction show the male-

dominated repressive background of Paul and the other church leaders, which we should reject in view of the liberty we have in Christ? NO – 1 Cor. 14:36-40

Weren’t there female judges and prophets in the Old Testament? YES – Jud. 4-5; 2 Chr. 34; Ex. 15:20-21; Num.18:1-7

Numbers 16:39–40 (ESV)

So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, 40 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the LORD said to him through Moses.

Numbers 18:1–7 (ESV) So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood. 2 And with you bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. 3 They shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar lest they, and you, die

Numbers 18:1–7 (ESV) . 4 They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent, and no outsider shall come near you. 5 And you shall keep guard over the sanctuary and over the altar, that there may never again be wrath on the people of Israel. 6 And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting. 7 And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

Applications Doesn’t this restriction show the male-

dominated repressive background of Paul and the other church leaders, which we should reject in view of the liberty we have in Christ? NO – 1 Cor. 14:36-40

Weren’t there female judges and prophets in the Old Testament? YES

Weren’t there female prophets, deacons and apostles in the New Testament? YES and NO

Women apostles, deacons, and prophets in the NT?Romans 16:7 - Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Acts 21:9 - Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses. Romans 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

Applications Weren’t these instructions addressing specific

local or cultural matters that cannot and should not be bound in other times and places? NO

1 Corinthians 14:33–38 (ESV)

As in all the churches of the saints, 34 the women should keep silent in the churches… just as the Law also says.. 35 ... For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. 36 Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. 38 If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

Applications

Does the church where you worship honor the teaching of Scripture regarding the relationship between men and women in the assemblies of the church?

men and women in the assemblies of the church

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