Are women allowed to Preach?

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preacher4truth

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You know I'm going with servant not deaconess.
How dare you CORRUPT the PRESERVED, PERFECT and PURE word of God by changing the wording and meaning!!!!! Oh, that's right, you all have double standards, license and inconsistency granted you by the kjvo sect.

Yet if any other person does this they're of satan and use satanic bibles. :rolleyes:
 
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loyaldisciple

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Hopefully you actually Are 93 because it's considered giving false information to lie about your age. At least according to the site owner. They grown on people lying about themselves on here.
What is all the hooplah about my age ? Do you have evidence I am lying about my age ? If so, then please present it. If not, then you should stop accusing another. Anyone could say the same about you by saying hopefully you are really 42. Who cares if you are 42 ? Surely doesn't bother me what age you are.
 

Nehemiah6

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Very good advice for yourself, hornetguy. Actually it is you that has been one of those performing the personal attacks. Calling people things and suggesting they think of themselves as king simply because they are posting God's very own words. You should take your own advice.
My advice to you would be to move on and leave this thread. You've said you piece. Some will receive the Word gladly, but others won't.
 

Mem

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My advice to you would be to move on and leave this thread. You've said you piece. Some will receive the Word gladly, but others won't.
Seeing we are at an impasse, here, I agree. Shalom.
 

Nehemiah6

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How dare you CORRUPT the PRESERVED, PERFECT and PURE word of God by changing the wording and meaning!!!!! Oh, that's right, you all have double standards, license and inconsistency granted you by the kjvo sect.
Yet if any other person does this they're of satan and use satanic bibles. :rolleyes:
Another nonsensical gem from Preacher4NOTtruth.

John146 has given the proper meaning of diakonos so there was no double standard. It literally means servant and was transliterated as deacon, not deacon OR deaconess.

Strong's Concordance
diakonos: a servant, minister
Original Word: διάκονος, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine; Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: diakonos
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak'-on-os)
Short Definition: a waiter, servant, administrator
Definition: a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator.
 
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13For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve."-1 Timothy 2:13


This is not difficult, people.
 

Stunnedbygrace

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How absurd. Read the scripture. Now, how can a man be a husband of one wife without first being a husband ? Absolutely the scripture is saying a deacon must be a man.
Gosh sakes! Paul also said he thinks it better not to marry! You have to fit the verses together, not pit them against one another!
 

Dino246

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There is no rule on this site saying one cannot use "you people" to begin a posting. Who are you to be adding rules ? I happen to be free to address all that hold the same opinion anytime I wish. You should stop pretending you are the forum police and trying to make up your own rules.
If I were trying to be the forum police, you would have been reported for your misogyny several times already. I'm not, nor am I trying to make up rules; notice the "please" in my post. My intention is to help you interact effectively. If you choose to ignore me, fine.
 

lightbearer

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the deacon would be better served to have a wife
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.(1Co 7:8-9 KJV)
 

Dino246

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Another nonsensical gem from Preacher4NOTtruth.

John146 has given the proper meaning of diakonos so there was no double standard. It literally means servant and was transliterated as deacon, not deacon OR deaconess.
If you're implying that it cannot rightly be transliterated, "deaconess" you are correct, because it is not a feminine term in the Greek. If you are thereby implying that it cannot refer to a female, you are incorrect, because it is used of Phoebe. She was a "diakonos" and therefore a deacon. It is only by an a priori belief that females cannot be deacons that leads one to believe that it could not be translated "deacon" in Romans 16.
 
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loyaldisciple

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My advice to you would be to move on and leave this thread. You've said you piece. Some will receive the Word gladly, but others won't.
I hear your advice, but why must one move on from speaking actual truth of scripture ? Is that not what Christians are supposed to do ? Are those living comfortably in their own worldly opinion not to be given truth ? And to be let to rule over the site ?
 

hornetguy

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Very good advice for yourself, hornetguy. Actually it is you that has been one of those performing the personal attacks. Calling people things and suggesting they think of themselves as king simply because they are posting God's very own words. You should take your own advice.
That was not my advice. That is a comment made by a moderator. My post was removed, as was one of yours.
 

preacher4truth

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Another nonsensical gem from Preacher4NOTtruth.
Your juvenile behavior above is rich.

Sorry, there is no such word as deaconess. But that doesn't matter to you, nor does changing the "PURE", "PRESERVED" and "PERFECT" King jimmy when it suits your sanctimonious purpose.
 
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Dino246

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13For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve."-1 Timothy 2:13

This is not difficult, people.
Especially if you take it out of context!

It's "for", not "because". There is a context to this passage which is critical to understanding its parts.
 
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loyaldisciple

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If I were trying to be the forum police, you would have been reported for your misogyny several times already. I'm not, nor am I trying to make up rules; notice the "please" in my post. My intention is to help you interact effectively. If you choose to ignore me, fine.
Obviously, you haven't been paying attention to my posts. There has been no misogyny whatsoever, only the word of scripture. Actually, I stated more than once just how important women are to the overall society and to God. So, for you to accuse me of misogyny is nothing more than "bearing false witness". You should actually try possessing evidence of something before you go accusing people of things.
 

Dino246

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I hear your advice, but why must one move on from speaking actual truth of scripture ? Is that not what Christians are supposed to do ? Are those living comfortably in their own worldly opinion not to be given truth ? And to be let to rule over the site ?
If all you did was quote Scripture continually, it would be no problem. However, that is not what you are doing. You go beyond to give your own commentary based on your rather wacky interpretational methods, and you harangue people who disagree with you.

"Those living comfortably in their own worldly opinion" don't come to this forum much. Perhaps you would feel more fulfilled to go to where they are and preach to them.
 
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loyaldisciple

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That was not my advice. That is a comment made by a moderator. My post was removed, as was one of yours.
I don't doubt an administrator wrote that, because you HAVE been resorting to personal attacks. Why can we not stay on subject and speak only of ideas instead of calling others names ?
 

Dino246

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Obviously, you haven't been paying attention to my posts. There has been no misogyny whatsoever, only the word of scripture. Actually, I stated more than once just how important women are to the overall society and to God. So, for you to accuse me of misogyny is nothing more than "bearing false witness". You should actually try possessing evidence of something before you go accusing people of things.
You used the phrase, "little lady" in response to one of our female contributors. It is demeaning and offensive to females in general. Your opinion of it is irrelevant. The tone of your contributions is that women are second-class citizens in the church, despite your denials.
 

lightbearer

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1 Cor 14:39

39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
That is not what the text says. No mention of sisters in any of the Greek Manuscripts in that verse.