Women in the Bible: Early Church
some samples
| Acts 2:1-21: | At the time of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was described as entering both men and women. In Verse 17, Peter recites a saying of the prophet Joel that talks about sons and daughters; Verse 18 talks about men and women. |
| Acts 9:36 | Paul refers to a woman (Tabitha in Aramaic, Dorcas in Greek, Gazelle in English) as a Christian disciple. |
| Acts 18:24-26 | A married couple, Priscilla and Aquila, both acted in the role of pastor to a man from Alexandria, called Apollos. |
| Acts 21:9: | Four young women are referred to as prophetesses. |
| Romans 16:1: | Paul refers to Phoebe as a minister (diakonos) of the church at Cenchrea. Some translations say deaconess; others try to downgrade her position by mistranslating it as "servant" or "helper". |
| Romans 16:7: | Paul refers to a male apostle, Andronicus and a female apostle, Junia, as "outstanding among the apostles" |
| Romans 16:3: | Paul refers to a married couple: Priscilla and Aquila as his fellow workers in Christ Jesus |
| Galatians 3:28: | "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." |
| Philippians 4:2-3 | Paul refers to two women, Euodia and Syntyche, as his coworkers who shared in his struggle in the cause of the gospel. |