Was Junia well known ‘to’ the apostles?
Were Andronicus and Junia “outstanding/notable among the apostles” (Rom.16:7 KJV, NASB, NIV) or “well known to the apostles” (ESV, NET). Is Junia among the apostles?
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by Marg | Nov 29, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Paul and Women | 22
Were Andronicus and Junia “outstanding/notable among the apostles” (Rom.16:7 KJV, NASB, NIV) or “well known to the apostles” (ESV, NET). Is Junia among the apostles?
Read Moreby Marg | Nov 13, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Translation and Interpretation, Early Church Women, Equality in Ministry, Paul and Women | 6
Here is a list of over a dozen early and medieval scholars who took Junia’s name in Romans 16:7 to be feminine. Junia was a woman and not Junias, a man.
Read Moreby Marg | May 1, 2019 | All Posts on Equality, Equality in Ministry, Paul and Women, Women in Ministry | 11
Paul included women, as well as men, as ministry partners. And he used the same ministry terms for his male and female co-workers. None of Paul’s statements, when understood in context, restricts the ministry of godly and gifted women.
Read Moreby Marg | Jun 10, 2018 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Women, Equality in Ministry, Paul and Women | 6
This article looks at Junia, a Christian missionary mentioned in Romans 16:7 who was persecuted for her faith and may have known Jesus personally. Was she also known as Joanna?
Read Moreby Marg | Dec 29, 2016 | All Posts on Equality, Paul and Women, Women in Ministry | 19
Priscilla, Phoebe and Junia were Christian ministers who sometimes travelled. The NT shows that, at the very least, their paths crossed one or twice. Did these women become friends? I hope so.
Read Moreby Marg | May 2, 2012 | All Posts on Equality, Equality in Ministry | 43
This article looks at several shortcomings to the argument “Jesus’ twelve apostles were all male, so women cannot be church leaders.”
Read Moreby Marg | Nov 20, 2011 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Translation and Interpretation, Paul and Women, Women in Ministry | 18
Some people, aware that the feminine gender of Junia, Nympha and Euodia has been obscured in the past, speculate that Stephanas (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15-18) was also a woman minister whose gender has been obscured.
Read Moreby Marg | Jul 28, 2010 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Women, Equality in Ministry, Paul and Women, Women in Ministry | 72
In this article, I show that several women in the New Testament functioned with the Ephesians 4:11 ministries of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor-teachers.
Read Moreby Marg | Apr 1, 2010 | All Posts on Equality, Bible Women, Equality in Ministry, Paul and Women, Women in Ministry | 35
This article is about Junia—a minister mentioned by Paul in Romans 16:7—using and critiquing the ESV as a reference. Was Junia really a female apostle?
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