Bible Verses About Women as Pastors
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for women as pastors, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 500 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 12:7-12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Women as Pastors
1 Corinthians 12:7-1219 votes
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
Romans 16:3-418 votes
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
1 Timothy 3:1-718 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Genesis 1:27-2817 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Jeremiah 3:1517 votes
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Joel 2:28-2917 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:
Micah 6:417 votes
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Mark 9:38-4017 votes
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Mark 16:15-1817 votes
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Romans 2:1117 votes
For there is no respect of persons with God.
Romans 16:1-217 votes
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
1 Corinthians 7:717 votes
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.
Judges 4:4-916 votes
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Mark 9:3516 votes
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.
Acts 2:1816 votes
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Galatians 3:2816 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 Timothy 3:1-216 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Titus 1:5-616 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:
1 Peter 5:1-316 votes
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:
Genesis 3:1515 votes
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.
2 Kings 22:14-1615 votes
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
Luke 8:1-315 votes
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
1 Corinthians 11:11-1215 votes
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
Ephesians 4:11-1515 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Timothy 3:215 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
What does the Bible say about women as pastors?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 12:7-12 on the subject of women as pastors. Across 500 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 16:3-4, 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Genesis 1:27-28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.