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NASB | Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 3:28 There is [now no distinction in regard to salvation] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a spiritual superiority]. [Rom 3:22; 1 Cor 12:13] |
Subject: God can use woman in the ministry? |
Bible Note: Overseer, continued. (Guess I was too long-winded last time, said I had too many characters).... However, Junias, who is the only female apostle mentioned in the New Testament to my knowledge, may have also been an overseer. Romans 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was. Junias is mentioned as being Paul's relative and outstanding among the apostles. The form of this name in Greek is female, Iounias (ee-oo-nee'-as), meaning "youthful". Junias was imprisoned with Paul at one time and had become a believer before he did. Andronicus is probably her husband or brother, as male and female names usually were not linked in the Bible unless they were married or related. In Greek, the office of bishop or overseer is episkopos (ep-is'-kop-os), meaning "1) an overseer 1a) a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent 1b) the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church" [Strong's Concordance]. There aren't any women specifically called overseers or bishops in the New Testament, but the language used for Andronicus and Junias, both apostles, suggests that they might have been also overseers. The Greek word translated in the NIV as "outstanding" is episemos (ep-is'-ay-mos) meaning 1, of note, having a mark on it, marked, stamped, coined, marked in a good sense, of note, illustrious. This is translated "of note among" (YLT, KJV, KJ21 and NKJV), "notable among" (HNV), "respected among" (NLT), "held in high esteem" (Amplified), "distinguished among" (Catholic, 1941), and "outstanding among" (NIV and NASB) the apostles, which may suggest that they held the position of overseers or bishops as well. [I didn't realize until I got my password via email that I was supposed to include my copyright for articles previously published online, so here it is: c2001, www.theopenheart.org] |