女人可以當領導,但前提是沒適合的男人可以當了。以色列人當年由士師帶領,底波拉是其中一個士師,她提醒男人說你不做,那麽你就沒榮耀了。
Judges 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
當時哥林多教會可能跟著當時的需要有一條不准女人説話的規矩。現今教會沒這樣的規矩了。
1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.