The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Male bias?

geomic1,

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As to your question re: possible male "bias" in the translation of the Bible, I think this cannot be established on any viable grounds. This issue has been tossed around for several years now ever since some have tried to justify ordaining women into the Eldership and/or Deaconate. Briefly, this can be soundly refuted by looking at the qualifications for these two offices as given by Paul in 1Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 which clearly only pertain to males; e.g., "husband of one wife", etc.

There are a couple of articles on The Highway's website which deal with this issue, particularly the first here:

1) Hermeneutics of Women in Ordained Office
2) Women as Office Bearers

This issue has recently been discussed here on the Board (try using the Search feature for past discussions, which you can read here: 1Timothy 3:11.

In His grace,