This is a true saying, If ANYONE (i tis), married or single, male or female, desire the office of a bishop, he/she desireth a good work. Paul was simply considering the typical candidate of his day who would have been both male and married. His instruction was not a prescription that allowed only married men with children to be considered and where singles, women and those who were childless were restricted.
Sister, your evaluation of generalization is true, but your conclusion is led out of an imposing of your own view on the text. You've shown the general nature that Paul is speaking and then concluded that he's claiming the opposite of what he's saying. Women are not permitted to teach or exercise authority in the Church as men are. It's not a patriarchal standard; it's the order of creation and God's design.
We are all teachers.
So, these are men.
did this subject avoid women teachers? because alongside novices they are not permitted to teach in God's house, whether they are Elders or Deacons.
This is a true saying, If ANYONE (i tis), married or single, male or female, desire the office of a bishop, he/she desireth a good work.
Paul was simply considering the typical candidate of his day who would have been both male and married. His instruction was not a prescription that allowed only married men with children to be considered and where singles, women and those who were childless were restricted.
Christina Morley not she.... there is not one passage in scripture to back your claims.
Sister, your evaluation of generalization is true, but your conclusion is led out of an imposing of your own view on the text. You've shown the general nature that Paul is speaking and then concluded that he's claiming the opposite of what he's saying. Women are not permitted to teach or exercise authority in the Church as men are. It's not a patriarchal standard; it's the order of creation and God's design.