{"id":4086,"date":"2009-01-16T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/midday-bible-study-gospel-55.html"},"modified":"2009-01-16T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:00:38","slug":"midday-bible-study-gospel-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/midday-bible-study-gospel-55.html","title":{"rendered":"Midday Bible Study: Gospel 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Phoebe.jpg\"<\/span>We need to string together a few texts from Paul’s letter to the Philippians. <\/p>\n

2: 22<\/a> <\/span>But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.<\/b><\/p>\n

4:2<\/a> <\/span>I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 3<\/a> <\/span>Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, <\/a>help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the
\ngospel<\/b>, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose
\nnames are in the book of life.<\/p>\n

4:15<\/a> <\/span>Moreover,
\nas you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with
\nthe gospel<\/b>, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with
\nme in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16<\/a> <\/span>for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nClearly one of Paul’s emphases in gospel work is partnership. He found friends and supporters of the gospel he preached. Both men and women — and some simply refuse to acknowledge the equality he gives women in gospel work in this text. This included Lydia, Acts 16:13-15, who was herself a leader in the church at Philippi, and Phoebe (from Romans 16).<\/p>\n

And Paul’s gospel work needed — and it still does today (support gospel work) — financial support. That is the point in the last text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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