Bible Verses About Ordination of Female Pastors
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ordination of female pastors, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,459 votes, led by 1 Timothy 2:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ordination of Female Pastors
1 Timothy 2:12175 votes
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Galatians 3:28128 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 14:34102 votes
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.
1 Timothy 2:12-15100 votes
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Timothy 3:1-783 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Timothy 3:276 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Titus 1:5-975 votes
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Ephesians 4:1164 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Philippians 4:364 votes
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
1 Corinthians 11:357 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 14:33-3655 votes
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Acts 20:2852 votes
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Timothy 2:11-1451 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
Titus 2:351 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Titus 1:650 votes
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1 Timothy 5:1747 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Titus 2:3-447 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Joel 2:2846 votes
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:
Acts 14:2346 votes
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Psalms 68:1144 votes
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Acts 18:2644 votes
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
1 Timothy 5:2243 votes
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
Romans 16:342 votes
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
1 Timothy 2:11-1242 votes
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Timothy 2:1342 votes
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
What does the Bible say about ordination of female pastors?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 2:12 on the subject of ordination of female pastors. Across 3,459 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 3:28, 1 Corinthians 14:34, 1 Timothy 2:12-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.