What Does the Bible Say About Woman Preaching?

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV / 51 helpful votes

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Acts 21:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied.

Psalm 68:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:

Acts 2:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

Judges 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Matthew 27:55 ESV / 7 helpful votes

There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

8 Bible Verses about Woman Preaching

1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 54 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Acts 21:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Psalm 68:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Acts 2:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Judges 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 27:55 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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8 Bible Verses about Woman Preaching

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1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 54 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Acts 21:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Psalm 68:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Acts 2:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Judges 4:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 27:55 ESV / 7 helpful votes

John 3:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote