‘Spiritually mature womanhood should disincline a woman from taking opportunities to teach men (including mixed adult groups) wherever that role would embody the kind of authoritative engagement that would be like the teaching and authority of an elder in the church. That’s the principle that I try to follow.

Or, to put it positively, spiritual women should fill their lives with Christ-exalting ministries that come alongside the leadership of spiritual men and find their fruitfulness in ways that support and complement that leadership. There is a fitness in the nature of things, by virtue of creation and God’s design, that causes women to flourish under the strong, humble, spiritual leadership of men, which is not true about men under the leadership of women. I think that’s implied in these texts.’

-Piper

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