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When Paul speaks of “real” women—that is, those named coworkers in the churches—his language is accepting and thankful. General arguments about “males” and “females” are often seen by women today as more problematic, but in that case, too, the promise of “no longer male and female” remains good news for women and for all ...
Jan 27, 2022 · By saving the woman's life, Jesus laid down the radically new principle that women were more important than even the Mosaic law! It is surely a fact of inexhaustible significance that the first Christian preachers of the resurrection were not men but women!
The woman Paul entrusted with such an important task is mentioned in only two verses of the New Testament, but with that one reference, Paul leaves a treasure of insight into the early Christian...
LET WOMEN BE SILENT IN THE CHURCHES (1 COR. 14.336-36): WHAT DID PAUL REALLY SAY, AND WHAT DID IT MEAN? Robert W. Allison Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 04240, USA Since the advent of the women's movement, Paul's view of women's role in the church has become a heated issue.
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In Gal 3:28 Paul says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
Did Paul forbid women from speaking in church? This article examines the undisputed letter of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and the disputed letter of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 without resorting to making the former an interpolation and dismissing the latter as pseudonym and therefore unworthy of engagement. This study combines two Patheos articles.
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In his letters, therefore, Paul frequently draws from Jewish Scriptures (known now to Christians as “the Old Testament”) and describes Jesus Christ as the means by which God fulfills great promises made long ago (for example, 2 Cor 1:18–20; Gal 3:29).