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Many Christians believe that Paul was biased against
women based upon his admonition for them to keep quiet in church.
However, Paul's letter to the Romans proved this was not true as he
described a woman named Phebe who was carrying a letter on his
behalf to the believers in Rome. Paul identifies her as a deaconess,
which indicates that the office of a deacon had been expanded to
include women since it was first instituted in Jerusalem, and this
serves to prove that Paul worked well with women. The warmth of Paul
is evident as he writes about his friends Aquila and Pricilla, whom
he met in Corinth when they worked together as tentmakers to earn a
living. Many years earlier, Satan infiltrated the Israelites and
polluted them with the ungodly writings of the Kabbalah and the
Talmud. Understandably, Paul was also concerned about the false
doctrine being introduced to the local churches and the strife and
division that would occur. Would the church of Jesus continue to
grow and thrive or be choked off by Satan? Would the subsequent
generations read and understand his warning? |
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