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1 & 2 Timothy

What Paul really thinks about women – PM Edition

August 21, 2025 Bonnie Giles Evening

This Sunday, Bonnie Giles explored What Paul Really Thinks About Women, showing that Scripture affirms women as equal partners in God’s Kingdom and that 1 Timothy 2 can be read as a local, situational correction rather than a timeless restriction. Below are a number of resources Bonnie recommended. Resources: Books How God Sees Women - Terran WilliamsDifferent but Equal - Derek MorphewEqual - Katia AdamsMan and Woman, One in Christ - Philip B. Payne Articles Rich Nathan - What the bible really teaches about women in leadership Other theologians and authors N.T WrightTim Mackie (Bible Project) Women in Leadership that Paul mentions in his letters Phoebe – Romans 16: 1-2  Junia – Romans 16: 7  Priscilla – Acts 18: 24-26 & Romans 16:3-5 Chloe – 1 Corinthians 1:11 Euodia & Syntyche – Philippians 4: 2-3 Lydia – Acts 16:14 Tryphena, Tryphosa & Persis – Romans 16: 12 Nympha – Colossians 4: 15