Les Feldick Bible Study

Which biblical writer commends women the most?

The apostle Paul commends women the most. In Romans 16 he enumerates at least eight women intrinsic in helping him, and the important epistle to the Romans was entrusted to Phoebe, a servant of the church and a succorer of many, including Paul himself. No man in Scripture gives more commendation to the female of the species.

Les teaches that Paul is often castigated as an anti-feminist, but he says that charge is ignorant. He explains that no man in Scripture gives more commendation to the female of the species than the apostle Paul. In Romans 16 alone, Paul enumerates at least eight women who were intrinsic in helping him in the ministry. Les also notes that the epistle to the Romans, one of the most important books of the Bible, was entrusted to a woman to get it where it was supposed to go. Paul commends Phoebe as our sister, a servant of the church, asks the saints to receive her in the Lord and assist her, and says she has been a succorer of many and of himself also.