Kristen

I suppose many complementarians would say that women are free to use their gifts as long as they only use them for the benefit of children and other women– that women may be called to teach, but only to teach other women, or children.
Hmm. If this is true, then perhaps God has forbidden men to hear truths He has gifted women to share with their sisters! Perhaps it is men who are deemed unworthy by God to receive the ministry of women, which is intended only for other women and for the children!
But would men stand for this for one moment? Would they allow that God might have mysteries of His Kingdom that He deems men unfit to hear, and thus He graces only women to speak them, because He will only allow women to teach women and children?
What, then, happens to the “one another” of 1 Peter 4:10? Is this another case when (as some complementarians claim) “one another” actually means “some to others,” as in Ephesians 5:21, where “submit to one another” only means, “some [those in the subordinate states of slavery and femaleness] submit to others [those in authority over them]” and not “ALL submit to ALL others”?
Thank goodness we still have Paul’s words that the gifts are “for the common good”! Because if not, it seems that we women would be able to make a good case for OUR special privilege, to share with one another and with our children, secrets of the Kingdom that mere men may not hear!