Friday, November 20, 2015

What Liberalism May Have Wrought.


I have wondered if the burka is the devil’s mockery of Christian ignorance.

 

Isaiah 3:12  As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

 

Hebrews 5:8-14 CJB  Even though he was the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings.  (9)  And after he had been brought to the goal, he became the source of eternal deliverance to all who obey him,  (10)  since he had been proclaimed by God as a cohen gadol to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.  (11)  We have much to say about this subject, but it is hard to explain, because you have become sluggish in understanding.  (12)  For although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the very first principles of God's Word all over again! You need milk, not solid food!  (13)  Anyone who has to drink milk is still a baby, without experience in applying the Word about righteousness.  (14)  But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by continuous exercise to distinguish good from evil.

 

Could it be that the teachings pertaining to women’s roles in the church are part of the “first principles of God's Word” that we need to relearn?

 

Some women have great wisdom, as great as many mature men. But it is a changing of the apostle’s doctrine and the command of the Lord to grant even such a woman the place to teach in the assembly. An important question then will be “What is the assembly?” If it requires a pulpit and “sanctuary” it would be easier to keep the Lord’s rule that women not teach or dispute in the assembly. What of the assembly of two or three gathered in His Name? But in the assembly of a man’s home women are commanded to learn from their husbands. So it may be seen that the greater issue is a man’s spiritual fitness in his own home.

 

I once heard of a woman who sought counsel regarding her UNSAVED husband. She was advised to ask her husband what the scriptures meant. He undertook the matter and was saved as the scriptures taught Him!

 

It seems that God has set the pattern that a man should teach his wife. This pattern is wonderfully reflected by Paul in Ephesians 5:

Ephesians 5:25-28  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;  (26)  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,  (27)  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.  (28)  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.


 

Jesus is the brideGROOM. Why does a women betrothed, a bride, need a groom? I think God has by Genesis Ch. 3 and Romans 8:20-21 placed men and women in roles in which they will learn of Him! Matthew 11:28-30.

 

The ages old tensions between men and women, particularly between husbands and wives so often concern the matter of who leads and who follows. Any woman who might be reading this might ask herself, “If my husband decided to leave his job, sell the house and move to another place, would I follow him?” How committed are we to the command that the husband lead the family? If this example seems extreme, consider Sarah who followed Abraham in his journey, and Rebekah, Rachel, Leah and others. God spoke to their husbands and they moved out together. It could be that many who should be saved would respond very favorably to examples of this pattern were it seen in the churches today. But I fear that for many men in the churches, that asking such obedience from their wives could cause such contention as to destroy the marriage altogether. So I don’t suggest any trial balloons be sent aloft. Prayer on the other hand is always recommended.

 

Man’s inclination (“need”) to be received as sent and ordained of God in the eyes of other men, even many men (large congregations, mega churches, big revivals), leads him to relax the rules. Perhaps this writer’s flaw is that he wants to be seen as someone who exerts by the rules excessively? God knows how things work and we need to find out His desire. Do we to not want to reach and teach men and women with God’s ways? We don’t want to use rules as a bar in ways that hinder, or a control device. Rules are boundaries to protect. Some rules however do hinder, and are purposed to hinder certain behaviors.

 

1Pe 4:11  If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

 

God is immutable and so is His word! Man’s inclination to get along with his wife in some cases ends with a wife leading. Women should not take advantage of their weak and reluctant (shy) husbands. On the contrary they should pray their husbands be humble and courageous and that they learn from God and from men who lead well. No man should have a wife who acts as his mother, for then the pattern of male leadership will be absent. I wonder how much unruliness in children is due to the wife’s lack of submissive character and/or the husband’s lack of the exercise of godly authority?

 

We live in an age where the very deceits of satan are ruling in many houses of “worship.” Women are received as and promoted to be bishops, pastors and teacher, and evangelists and apostles. If they are not to rule or teach their own husbands how can they be allowed to teach and rule other women’s husbands? There is no 1st century example of women as any except as prophets. And why? The prophet speaks by 100% inspiration. Authority is not an issue, only accuracy.

 

Frankly I really am wondering if the day of the prophet and the apostle is really over. Could it possibly be that there just aren’t any true apostles and prophets, even if there ought to be some? It is truly confusing to hear all the many voices on that subject extant in the churches. But as to women teaching or functioning as gifts who must teach, apostle, evangelist, pastor, and teacher we have God’s WORD of COMMANDMENT! Perhaps the allowance of women in roles reserved for men is what diminishes the reception of real apostles, prophets and teachers in some “camps.”

(Titus 2:3-5) The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

 

If a single woman is a Pastor and then marries, is she her husbands Pastor? Is a woman to have authority over any husband? If a woman is a Pastor is she in authority over the husbands in her congregation? Do wives want women to be in authority over their husbands? I think we have lost the concept of leadership coming from God the Father and the Son to the disciples who were all men. If God had wanted women apostles, why would He wait 2000 years to reveal it to us? Where is the example, the pattern? It is there and it is that leadership is male. Is the Bible sufficient and complete or not?

 

(1Corinthians 14:33-40 ESV)

37  If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I [Paul] am writing to you are a command of the Lord.

38  If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

(1Co 14:33-40 The Message)

37  If any one of you thinks God has something for you to say or has inspired you to do something, pay close attention to what I [Paul] have written. This is the way the Master wants it.

38  If you won’t play by these rules, God can’t use you. Sorry.

 

Perhaps if we would recognize the commands of the Lord we might have prophets and apostles again whom God would validate.

 

2Corinthians 12:11-12  I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.  (12)  Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

 

 

 

 

G1321

διδάσκω

didaskō

did-as'-ko

A prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb δάω daō (to learn); to teach (in the same broad application): - teach.

 

Teaching comes to us by word and by example. The pattern is seen in life, by example, and then communicated to our minds by words that are by and in KNOWN language. James shows that those who are perfect in word are able to control all their actions, as he warns the people not to be (become) many teachers. Teachers ARE judged by the Lord more critically. I believe they are likely to be chastened more severely for their words as their words guide the minds and actions of others. So when the APOSTLE Paul says “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lordwill we be taught, instructed and guided to act according to his writings? Or has another teacher improved upon the commandments of the Lord?

 

A personal observation, teaching is called also instruction, and I see that as the construction of the inward man or woman. Teachers influence people in a way others do not. They have authority to teach, they are to declare to others how to behave. This is a gift directed I believe to those in need of teaching, in need of instruction and maturity.

 

2Timothy 3:16-17  All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

The word of reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness to men is not well suited in the mouths of women. If it were the apostle would never have written forbidding women teachers, and disputers. 


Teachers communicate to the youngest and the oldest pupils (disciples) words that should be transformative, transforming the minds from the thoughts of the satan inspired world into the thought of the mind of Christ. A lot of what tweens and teens need to be taught is best taught in all male and all female settings. And the authority, ranks of submission and roles should not be broken down before their eyes.

 

 

Genesis 3:17-19 

To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate  from the tree about which I gave you the order, 'You are not to eat from it,' the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.  (18)  It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field plants.  (19)  You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."

 

(Genesis 16 The Message) 

1 ¶  Sarai, Abram’s wife, hadn’t yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar.

2  Sarai said to Abram, "GOD has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
(ESV)And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.


3  So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took her Egyptian maid Hagar and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. Abram had been living ten years in Canaan when this took place.

4 ¶  He slept with Hagar and she got pregnant. When she learned she was pregnant, she looked down on her mistress.

5  Sarai told Abram, "It’s all your fault that I’m suffering this abuse. I put my maid in bed with you and the minute she knows she’s pregnant, she treats me like I’m nothing. May GOD decide which of us is right."

(ESV) 5  And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!”

 

(1Corinthians 14:33-40)

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order.

 

(1Corinthians 14:33-40 CBJ)

for God is not a God of unruliness but of shalom. As in all the congregations of God's people, let the wives remain silent when the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to speak out. Rather, let them remain subordinate, as also the Torah says; and if there is something they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak out in a congregational meeting. Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? If anyone thinks he is a prophet or is endowed with the Spirit, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is a command of the Lord. But if someone doesn't recognize this, then let him remain unrecognized. So, my brothers, eagerly seek to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues; but let all things be done in a proper and orderly way.

 

(1 Corinthians 14:33-40 ESV)

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.

 

(1 Corinthians 14:33-40 The Message)

37  If any one of you thinks God has something for you to say or has inspired you to do something, pay close attention to what I have written. This is the way the Master wants it.

38  If you won’t play by these rules, God can’t use you. Sorry.

 

(1Timothy 2:8-15)

I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array. But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

 

(1Timothy 5:9-10)

9  Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, {taken…: or, chosen}

10  Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

 

(1Peter 3:1-6)

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

 

(Ephesians 5:22-24)

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

 

1Timothy 3:11  Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

 

(Titus 2:3-5)

The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

 

(Titus 2:3-5 ESV)

3  Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

4  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.

 

(Titus 2:3-5 The Message)

3  Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness.

4  By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children,

5  be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don’t want anyone looking down on God’s Message because of their behavior.

 


1 Corinthians 11 The Message
1 ¶  It pleases me that you continue to remember and honor me by keeping up the traditions of the faith I taught you. All actual authority stems from Christ.


2, 3  In a marriage relationship, there is authority from Christ to husband, and from husband to wife. The authority of Christ is the authority of God.

4  Any man who speaks with God or about God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of Christ, dishonors Christ.

5  In the same way, a wife who speaks with God in a way that shows a lack of respect for the authority of her husband, dishonors her husband.

6  Worse, she dishonors herself—an ugly sight, like a woman with her head shaved. This is basically the origin of these customs we have of women wearing head coverings in worship, while men take their hats off. By these symbolic acts,

7  men and women, who far too often butt heads with each other, submit their "heads" to the Head: God.

8 ,9 , 10  Don’t, by the way, read too much into the differences here between men and women.

11  Neither man nor woman can go it alone or claim priority. Man was created first, as a beautiful shining reflection of God—that is true. But the head on a woman’s body clearly outshines in beauty the head of her "head," her husband.

12  The first woman came from man, true—but ever since then, every man comes from a woman! And since virtually everything comes from God anyway, let’s quit going through these "who’s first" routines.

13  Don’t you agree there is something naturally powerful in the symbolism—a woman, her beautiful hair reminiscent of angels, praying in adoration; a man, his head bared in reverence, praying in submission?

14, 15, 16  I hope you’re not going to be argumentative about this. All God’s churches see it this way; I don’t want you standing out as an exception.

 

(1 Corinthians 11:3-16)

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. Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

 

 

(1 Corinthians 11:3-16 ~ J.B. Phillips)

1 ¶  COPY me, my brothers, as I copy Christ himself.

2  I must give you credit for remembering what I taught you and adhering to the traditions I passed on to you.

3  But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every individual man, just as a man is the "head" of the woman and God is the head of Christ.

4  If a man prays or preaches with his head covered, he is dishonouring his own head.

5  But in the case of a woman, if she prays or preaches with her head uncovered it is just as much a disgrace as if she had had it closely shaved.

6  For if a woman does not cover her head she might just as well have her hair cropped. And if to be cropped or closely shaven is a sign of disgrace to woman, then that is all the more reason for her to cover her head.

7  A man ought not to cover his head, for he represents the very person and glory of God, while the woman reflects the glory of the man.

8  For man does not exist because woman exists, but vice versa.

Man was not created originally for the sake of woman, but woman was created for the sake of man.

10  For this reason a woman ought to bear on her head an outward sign of men’s authority for all the angels to see.

11  Of course, in the sight of the Lord neither "man" nor "woman" has any separate existence.

12  For if woman was made originally from man, no man is now born except by a woman, and both man and woman, like everything else, owe their existence to God.

13  But use your own judgment: do you think it right and proper for a woman to pray to God bare–headed?

14  Isn’t there a natural principle here, that makes us feel that long hair is disgraceful to a man,

15  but of glorious beauty to a woman? We feel this because the long hair is the cover provided by nature for the woman’s head.

16  But if anyone wants to be argumentative about it, I can only say that we and the churches of God generally hold this ruling on the matter.

 

Women are not destroyed by being ruled by men of God. They are not destroyed by submitting to them. They are not destroyed by covering their heads when praying, nor by limiting their teaching to younger women. But what may happen by ignoring or refusing God’s commands? Confusion. It may be that the acceptance of women in the roles of teacher, then pastor, and then apostle has actually led the whole world into feminism and emasculation. I have wondered if the burka is the devil’s mockery of Christian ignorance.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 12, 2015

apples and such...

One has to wonder what kind of world we might have without misogyny, misandry and misogamy. Sin in human flesh began in the first married couple! It was not something God did not anticipate. He subjected us to frustration in hope! For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:20-21)
                                                                                                            
G3153
ματαιότης
mataiotēs
mat-ah-yot'-ace
From G3152; inutility; figuratively transientness; morally depravity: - vanity.

We are NOT abandoned by God. That would have resulted in our destruction, even Adam and Eve’s destruction. We have been subjected to vanity. Satan is the father of vanity and he brought vanity into the Garden. Satan is the original sinner, the father, he is the SOURCE of the lie, and he approached Eve with the lie, and she was deceived by it. As much self effacing humility as I have heard from men admitting they are sinners (saved by the grace of the Messiah), I have not heard so much from women admitting their first mom was deceived. Was Eve’s eating the fruit sin? Was it a lesser or greater sin than Adam’s sin? It is said Adam ate willingly, that he was not deceived. Adam’s sin may have been the sin that completed the fall, but Eve seems to have been used to get us on the slippery slope! Was her eating sin?


16  To the woman he said,  “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for {Or against} your husband, and he shall rule over you.” 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you;  in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life 18  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19  By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” ESV Genesis 3

16  Unto the woman He said, ‘Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband is thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.’ 17 And to the man He said, ‘Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,  YLT Genesis 3

16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pain in childbirth. You will bring forth children in pain. Your desire will be toward your husband, but he will rule over you." 17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, 'You are not to eat from it,' the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
CJB Genesis 3

What might have happened if Adam had NOT listened to Eve? Would God have cast Eve out alone? Hypotheticals are not profitable except perhaps to draw attention to the reality we are faced with. We inherit the sin nature because the MAN Adam’s sin. But does the WOMAN Eve bear any guilt? Was Adam altogether to blame? As I read the scriptures it is really reading into the narrative to say Adam blamed Eve for his actions. Adam said  “The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." (Gen 3:12)
It might be seen that Adam was blaming God. “this woman YOU GAVE me she GAVE me...” Could it be seen in that light also? What is plain is that Adam told the truth! God did give him Eve, and Eve did give him the fruit and he did eat. For that there were consequences for Adam and men:  “the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field plants. You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground” Genesis 3:17-19

Also [I desire] that women should adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with [elaborate] hair arrangement or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, But by doing good deeds (deeds in themselves good and for the good and advantage of those contacted by them), as befits women who profess reverential fear for and devotion to God. Let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness. I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies]. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; [Gen. 2:7, 21, 22.] And it was not Adam who was deceived, but [the] woman who was deceived and deluded and fell into transgression. [Gen. 3:1-6.] Nevertheless [the sentence put upon women of pain in motherhood does not hinder their souls' salvation, and] they will be saved [eternally] if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control, [saved indeed] through the Childbearing or by the birth of the divine Child.  (1Ti 2:9-15)


What might have happened if Abram had not listened to Sarai? Because he did Ishmael was born. And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction. And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen. (Gen 16:11-12) Can we say that Sarai had no role in the birth of a father of many who became the enemies of Israel?

What might have happened if Jacob had not listened to his mother Rebekah? Now Esau had already given away his birthright for a bowl of stew, and it was Jacob who cunningly took advantage of his brother’s vanity. When Isaac was about to bless Esau, Rebekah stepped in and was the cunning one to orchestrate Jacob’s second “promotion.” Can we say that Rebekah had no role in the birth of a father of many who became the enemies of Israel?

Can it be that in His wisdom and will God really did make women weaker vessels? Could God have been just in the consequences He ordained after Adam ate the fruit, consequences for men AND for women? Is it not unseemly, unbecoming, and even indecent for women to exercise authority over men, particularly their own husbands?

What if Eve had not listened to the serpent? Can it be that because she did that the role of women was changed, even diminished in that her husband would now rule over her? Could the new relationship ordained by God require that she be under her husband’s authority? 


If Lot’s wife had not looked back?
If Esther had not listened to Mordecai?



H802
נשׁים    אשּׁה
'ishshâh  nâshîym
ish-shaw', naw-sheem'
The first form is the feminine of H376 or H582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582).: - [adulter]ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

H376
אישׁ
'îysh
eesh
Contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) : - also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, [foot-, husband-] man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man [-kind], + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso (-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

H582
אנושׁ
'ĕnôsh
en-oshe'
From H605; properly a mortal (and thus differeing from the more dignified H120); hence a man in general (singly or collectively). It is often unexpressed in the English Version, especially when used in apposition with another word: - another, X [blood-] thirsty, certain, chap [-man], divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some (X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the Engl. version, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare H376.


Adonai, God, took the person and put him in the garden of `Eden to cultivate and care for it. Adonai, God, gave the person this order: "You may freely eat from every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You are not to eat from it, because on the day that you eat from it, it will become certain that you will die." Adonai, God, said, "It isn't good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him." So from the ground Adonai, God, formed every wild animal and every bird that flies in the air, and he brought them to the person to see what he would call them. Whatever the person would call each living creature, that was to be its name. So the person gave names to all the livestock, to the birds in the air and to every wild animal. But for Adam there was not found a companion suitable for helping him. Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh. The rib which Adonai, God, had taken from the person, he made a woman-person; and he brought her to the man-person. The man-person said, "At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She is to be called Woman [Hebrew: ishah], because she was taken out of Man [Hebrew: ish]." This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh. They were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed. Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai, God, had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You are not to eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden, but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, 'You are neither to eat from it nor touch it, or you will die.' " The serpent said to the woman, "It is not true that you will surely die; because God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her; and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to make themselves loincloths. They heard the voice of Adonai, God, walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, so the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Adonai, God, among the trees in the garden. Adonai, God, called to the man, "Where are you?" He answered, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I ordered you not to eat?" The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." Adonai, God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate." Adonai, God, said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live. I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel." To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pain in childbirth. You will bring forth children in pain. Your desire will be toward your husband, but he will rule over you." To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, 'You are not to eat from it,' the ground cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat field plants. You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust." The man called his wife Havah [Eve] [life], because she was the mother of all living. Adonai, God, made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. Adonai, God, said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, to prevent his putting out his hand and taking also from the tree of life, eating, and living forever — " therefore Adonai, God, sent him out of the garden of `Eden to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So he drove the man out, and he placed at the east of the garden of `Eden the k'ruvim and a flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen 2:15-25 to Gen 3:1-24)


H802
נשׁים    אשּׁה
'ishshâh  nâshîym
ish-shaw', naw-sheem'
The first form is the feminine of H376 or H582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582).: - [adulter]ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

H2332
חוּה
chavvâh
khav-vaw'
Causative from H2331; lifegiver; Chavvah (or Eve), the first woman: - Eve.

[Lifegiver :: 1Ti 2:15  Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.]



And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
(Gen 12:10-20)


And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children. For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
(Gen 20:1-18)

Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
(Gen 16:1-3)


H8297
שׂרי
śâray
saw-rah'ee
From H8269; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham: - Sarai.

H8269
שׂר
śar
sar
From H8323; a head person (of any rank or class): - captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ([-task-]) master, prince (-ipal), ruler, steward.

H8283
שׂרה
śârâh
saw-raw'
The same as H8282; Sarah, Abraham’s wife: - Sarah.

H8282
שׂרה
śârâh
saw-raw'
Feminine of H8269; a mistress, that is, female noble: - lady, princess, queen.


And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides a son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters? and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
(Gen 19:1-38)




And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
(Gen 26:6-12)


H7259
רבקה
ribqâh
rib-kaw'
From an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering (by beauty); Ribkah, the wife of Isaac: - Rebekah.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou biddest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

H7354
רחל
râchêl
raw-khale'
The same as H7353; Rachel, a wife of Jacob: - Rachel.

H7353
רחל
râchêl
raw-khale'
From an unused root meaning to journey; a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock), (as a good traveller): - ewe, sheep.


And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. Gen 28:1o

Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. (Gen 27:1-46 to Gen 29:1-11)


With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
(Gen 31:32-35)

1 Corinthians 14
The Message
English Standard Version


Complete Jewish Bible

33  When we worship the right way, God doesn’t stir us up into confusion; he brings us into harmony. This goes for all the churches—no exceptions.
33  For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
33  for God is not a God of unruliness but of shalom. As in all the congregations of God's people,

34   Wives must not disrupt worship, talking when they should be listening,
34   the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
34 let the wives remain silent when the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to speak out. Rather, let them remain subordinate, as also the Torah says;

35  asking questions that could more appropriately be asked of their husbands at home. God’s Book of the law guides our manners and customs here. Wives have no license to use the time of worship for unwarranted speaking.
35  If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
35  and if there is something they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak out in a congregational meeting.

36   Do you—both women and men—imagine that you’re a sacred oracle determining what’s right and wrong? Do you think everything revolves around you?
36   Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
36  Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

37  If any one of you thinks God has something for you to say or has inspired you to do something, pay close attention to what I have written. This is the way the Master wants it.
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.
37  If anyone thinks he is a prophet or is endowed with the Spirit, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is a command of the Lord.

38  If you won’t play by these rules, God can’t use you. Sorry.
38  If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
38  But if someone doesn't recognize this, then let him remain unrecognized.

39  Three things, then, to sum this up: When you speak forth God’s truth, speak your heart out. Don’t tell people how they should or shouldn’t pray when they’re praying in tongues that you don’t understand.
39  So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
39  So, my brothers, eagerly seek to prophesy; and do not forbid speaking in tongues;

40  Be courteous and considerate in everything.
40  But all things should be done decently and in order.
40  but let all things be done in a proper and orderly way.

8  I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
8  Therefore, it is my wish that when the men pray, no matter where, they should lift up hands that are holy — they should not become angry or get into arguments.
8  Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God.

9  likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
9  Likewise, the women, when they pray, should be dressed modestly and sensibly in respectable attire, not with elaborate hairstyles and gold jewelry, or pearls, or expensive clothes.
9  And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions

10  but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.
10  Rather, they should adorn themselves with what is appropriate for women who claim to be worshipping God, namely, good deeds.
10  but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it.

11  Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.
11  Let a woman learn in peace, fully submitted;
11  I don’t let women take over and tell the men what to do.

12  I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
12  but I do not permit a woman to teach a man or exercise authority over him; rather, she is to remain at peace.
12  They should study to be quiet and obedient along with everyone else.

13  For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
13  For Adam was formed first, then Havah.
13  Adam was made first, then Eve;

14  and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
14  Also it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who, on being deceived, became involved in the transgression.
14  woman was deceived first—our pioneer in sin!—with Adam right on her heels.

15  Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
15  Nevertheless, the woman will be delivered through childbearing, provided that she continues trusting, loving and living a holy life with modesty.
15  On the other hand, her childbearing brought about salvation, reversing Eve. But this salvation only comes to those who continue in faith, love, and holiness, gathering it all into maturity. You can depend on this.

1 Timothy 2
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