But I don't permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
It is upon this verse that the office, either of elder, deacon, or evangelist, must, in the light of New Testament teaching, be denied to women.  The wisdom of this is inherent in human nature.  Satan, in many instances, has succeeded in creating the impression that Christianity is something merely for the women and children, and not for men at all; and, where such a prohibition as this is denied, the tendency would be to make Satan's lie the truth.