Diakonos, Strong's G1249 can be translated deacon, minister or servant. One time Paul and Timothy introduce themselves as servants. This is one of only 2 places that the KJV translates the word servant when it is used regarding the community of the Messiah (ekklesia). The other is when the word is used to reference Phoebe. Phoebe was given the most important letter ever to be written, Paul's letter to the Romans. She was the one who transported it to Rome.
When Paul finished the 16 chapters where he beautifully and systematically lays out the overwhelming plan of God for all time, he hands it to a woman, a servant, a deacon, a minister.
Nothing to see here, move along!
Or is this an insight into Paul, that is a very inconvenient truth, one that will cause us to reevaluate
and reconsider other scriptures?
When Paul finished the 16 chapters where he beautifully and systematically lays out the overwhelming plan of God for all time, he hands it to a woman, a servant, a deacon, a minister.
Nothing to see here, move along!
Or is this an insight into Paul, that is a very inconvenient truth, one that will cause us to reevaluate
and reconsider other scriptures?
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