Women can have the gift of discernment but are restricted in its public exercise during church governance

Mike clarifies he is not saying women cannot have the gift of distinguishing spirits (1 Cor 12:10). They simply do not exercise it publicly in a way that takes authority over the congregation or their husbands during the church governance moment of judging prophecy. A woman would still use discernment for herself, her family, when a Jehovah's Witness knocks on the door, etc. Just as a woman may be gifted in leadership or teaching but there are right and wrong contexts for those gifts, the same applies to discernment in the context of public prophecy evaluation.