美国当代的两位名牧 John Piper (约翰.派博)和 John MacArthur(约翰.麦克阿瑟) 都坚定地反对女人当牧师,他们都共同引用提前2:12 这节经文来证明女人不可以当牧师:“我不许女人讲道、也不许他辖管男人、只要沉静。But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.”(提前2:12)
John MacArthur 说,
“While the ministry of women is essential to the church’s proper working and health, only men are given the responsibility to serve as pastors and elders. Although Scripture is quite clear on this point, there are many individuals, churches, and denominations that choose to disobey the Lord’s will in this regard and allow women to function in pastoral and teaching roles.”(《Can women serve as pastors and elders in the church?》)
约翰.麦克阿瑟牧师在这段话里说,“唯独男人被赋予了担当牧师和长老的职责。虽然圣经对此的教导是很清楚的,但是还是有很多的个人,教会,和宗派选择违背神的旨意而允许女人充当牧师和教导的角色。”
John Piper 在他的《Should Women Become Pastors?》讲道里说,
“At home men are proving their fitness to be elders (pastors), and at church they are the ones who are given that role. Paul says explicitly, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man” (1 Timothy 2:12.) And those two functions—teaching and exercising authority—are the functions of the elder.
It’s not a problem for a woman to minister in hundreds of ways in the church, but the office of leadership and teaching of men is preserved for spiritual and godly men.”
约翰.派博牧师在他这段话里很清楚地说道,“教会牧长的角色是赋予男人的,教导和领导男人的职位是专门给属灵和敬虔的男人。”