Bible Verses about “women as pastors”

“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.”

“God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."”

“Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.”

“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”

“He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;”

“For as woman came from man, so a man also comes through a woman; but all things are from God.”

“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”

“Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.”

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

“(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)”

“but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;”

“one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;”

“that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;”

“not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;”

“This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.”

“He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.”

“not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.”

“Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

“Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”

“neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.”

“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.”

“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”

“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;”

“holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”

“For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

“Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.”

“For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”

“I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.”

“Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.”

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."”

“But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.”

“For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;”

“to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;”

“and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.”

“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”

“"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.”

“they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."”

“But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.”

“These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;”

“She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, "Hasn't Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, 'Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?”

“I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

“She said, "I will surely go with you: nevertheless, the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.”

“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.”

“Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."”

“I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.'"”

“and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;”

“And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.”

“He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."”