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A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the ...
The verse is widely used to oppose ordination of women as clergy, and to oppose certain other positions of ministry and leadership for women in large segments of Christianity. Many such groups that do not permit women to become clergy also cite 1 Corinthians 14:32–35 [ 2 ] and 1 Timothy 3:1–7. [ 3 ]
Typically this argument is connected to a rejection of biblical inerrancy and adoption of a trajectory hermeneutic where modern day Christians, with careful consideration, can move beyond the ethical standard laid out in some scriptures in the New Testament. Slaves, Women & Homosexuals by William J. Webb provides an argument for this understanding.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Some theologians [94] [95] believe that these biblical reports provide evidence of women leaders active in the earliest work of spreading the Christian message, while others [29] reject that understanding. There are also Bible verses from Paul's letters which support the idea that women are to have a different or submissive role to men:
Christian egalitarians' interpretation of scriptures and spiritual convictions bring them to the conclusion that the manner and teaching of Jesus abolished discrimination against racial minorities, slaves, and women in both the church and marriage. They believe that the Bible teaches the fundamental equality of believers of all racial and ...
Yet there were periods in the 19th and early 20th century when White evangelical leaders led ... cite scriptures such as 1 Timothy 2:12 (“I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise ...
Worship begins with a short sermon by one of several preachers or the bishop of the church district, followed by scripture reading and prayer (this prayer is silent in some communities), then another, longer sermon. The service is interspersed with hymns sung without instrumental accompaniment or harmony. This is meant to put the emphasis on ...