Of God and Mankind

  EPHESIANS 4:11-13 (AMPC) “ And His (Jesus Christ’s) gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.   12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church),   13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.     Dear people of God, in the fir...

1 TIMOTHY 2:11-12 (AMPC)   Let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness.   12  I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies].       1 CORINTHIANS 14:33B-38 (AMPC)   As [is the practice] in all the churches of the saints (God's people),   34 The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says. [Gen. 3:16.]   35 But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church [for her to usurp and exercise authority over men in the church].   36 What! Did the word of the Lord originate with you [Corinthians], or has it reached only you?   37 If anyone thinks and claims that he is a prophet [filled with and governed by the Hol...