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Acts 16 describes Lydia as follows: A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come ...
Epaphroditus (Greek: Ἐπαφρόδιτος) is a New Testament figure appearing as an envoy of the Philippian church to assist the Apostle Paul (Philippians 2:25-30).He is regarded as a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, first Bishop of Philippi, and of Andriaca (there are at least two ancient towns called Andriaca, one in Thrace and one in Asia Minor), and ...
They were female members of the church in Philippi, and according to the text of Philippians 4: 2–3, they were involved in a disagreement together. The author of the letter, Paul the Apostle , whose writings generally reveal his concern that internal disunity will seriously undermine the church, beseeched the two women to "agree in the Lord".
Junia is also mentioned. According to Bart Ehrman, Paul praises Junia as a prominent apostle [15] who had been imprisoned for her labour. Junia is "the only female apostle named in the New Testament". [16] Ian Elmer states that Junia and Andronicus are the only "apostles" associated with Rome that were greeted by Paul in his letter to the Romans.
When citing the Latin Vulgate, chapter and verse are separated with a comma, for example "Ioannem 3,16"; in English Bibles chapter and verse are separated with a colon, for example "John 3:16". The Psalms of the two versions are numbered differently.
One of Paul's most trusted and well-known co-workers (Romans 16:21), Timothy is mentioned in the epistles to the churches in Rome and Corinth, to the Hebrews and cited as co-author of the letters to Philippi, Thessalonica (2 epistles), Philemon, and Colossae.
Junia or Junias (Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία / Ἰουνίας, Iounia / Iounias) was a Christian in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans.. There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status, although she has been viewed as female through most of Christian history as well as by the majority of scholars.
According to Schnabel E.J it was a counter-move prompted by the increasing success of the Christian missionaries. [2] Indeed, beside the scheme of confession and redemption, the phraseology and terms are reminiscent of Greek New Testament : hamartia (sin), parakletos (advocate), doulos tou theou (servant of God), kyrios (master), basileus (king).