Women as Pastors

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to submit themselves, as the law also says.

A woman is to learn quietly with full submission.

I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet.

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,