Bible Verses about “women as pastors”
The Bible contains 50 verses about women as pastors across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
“For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”
“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;”
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;”
“For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of God.”
“For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”
“Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”
“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:”
“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;”
“That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”
“¶ This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
“And he said unto them, ‹Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.›”
“Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.”
“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”
“¶ Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”
“Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”
“‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›”
“Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”
“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;”
“Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”
“For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.”
“¶ For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.”
“¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:”
“And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.”
“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;”
“To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;”
“To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:”
“¶ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”
“¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:”
“‹They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.›”
“But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.”
“‹And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;›”
“And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?”
“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
“And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.”
“And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.”
“And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.”
“And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.”
“And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,”
“And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.”
“And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, ‹If any man desire to be first,› [the same] ‹shall be last of all, and servant of all.›”