Pastors are called to teach (1 Tim. 3:2, 4:11–13) and equip the saints to obey all that Christ commanded (Eph. 4:11–12, Matt 28:20). Here are 5 passages dealing with manhood and womanhood that we must teach and apply for pastoral faithfulness.
1 Timothy 2:11–14
11 A woman is to learn quietly with full submission. 12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.
Paul offers two commands and prohibitions to women in the church. He commands women to learn in two ways: (1) quietly and (2) with full submission. These two ways of correspond respectively to his prohibition: women are not to teach men nor have authority over a man.
Paul is not prohibiting all “teaching.” Women must teach through corporate singing (Col. 3:16). Women are to teach other women (Titus 2:3–5). Women teach in personal conversations that include men (Acts 18:26, cf. Matt 28:20). Paul specifically prohibits women from teaching men and exercising authority over men in the formal context of the congregation (2:8–10, 3:15). Furthermore, the call to remain quiet (1
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