Bible Verses about “female ministers”
The Bible contains 25 verses about female ministers across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
“Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.”
“But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.”
“Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!”
“Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.”
“'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.”
“Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.”
“Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.”
“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”
“There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,”
“For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.”
“and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.”
“I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,”
“Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.”
“He began to speak 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.”
“that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.”
“She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.”
“If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.”
“Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.”
“and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;”
“It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,”
“and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.”