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#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

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🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Tom answers questions on what the New Testament says about the role of women in church leadership. Does 1 Tim 2:13-15 forbid women from preaching? What does he make of complementarian vs egalitarian theology? How does he treat passages such as Ephesians 5: 22 ‘wives submit to your husband’? First broadcast in 2019. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192 • More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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Now on to today's program, this is going to be a replay from early 2019, when Tom answered

1:47.9

questions on what the New Testament says about the role of women in church leadership,

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does first Timothy 2 forbid women from preaching, what does he make of the complementary inverses

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egalitarian debate, and how does he treat passages such as Ephesians 5, 22 saying wives

2:04.6

submit to your husbands, hope you enjoy this show from the archives.

2:08.8

What's great to be back with you, Tom, for another edition of the podcast, this is a

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