Euodias and Syntyche Clasp Hands as Paul's Letter Is Readby emmanuel_higgins
4:2Philippians 4:2
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
Paul's appeal is to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord, to be united in the Lord, and to stand fast. Euodias and Syntyche were women who labored with Paul in the gospel as his fellow laborers, fellow workers and helpers, together with Clement and other fellow laborers whose names are in the book of life. Paul asks the true yokefellow and others to help these women, whose gospel work deserves recognition.
The verse shows that the Lord has a work for women as well as men to do, with women united with Christ in His work as women helped the Saviour. To accomplish this good work by presenting the all-sufficiency of Jesus, women must first learn in the school of Christ the lesson of meekness, possess His Spirit, walk even as He walked, and purify their souls from everything that defiles. This true gospel ministry is visiting from family to family, opening the Scriptures, teaching young women, visiting and Bible reading, and carrying the truth into families, with knowledge in many respects that a man cannot impart.
This work is essential and not to be belittled or counted as naught, but is as rich in results as the work of ordained ministers and of those who labor in word and doctrine, supplying neglected work without which the cause would suffer great loss, and women teachers are just as greatly needed as men. Therefore women who devote time and strength to this work should not depend on donations but should be paid wages proportionate to their time, as two distinct workers with their husbands, with means to use in the cause of God, and fitted to continue and receive wages if left alone.
Paul's appeal is to Euodias and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord, to be united in the Lord, and to stand fast. Euodias and Syntyche were women who labored with Paul in the gospel as his fellow laborers, fellow workers and helpers, together with Clement and other fellow laborers whose names are in the book of life. Paul asks the true yokefellow and others to help these women, whose gospel work deserves recognition.
The verse shows that the Lord has a work for women as well as men to do, with women united with Christ in His work as women helped the Saviour. To accomplish this good work by presenting the all-sufficiency of Jesus, women must first learn in the school of Christ the lesson of meekness, possess His Spirit, walk even as He walked, and purify their souls from everything that defiles. This true gospel ministry is visiting from family to family, opening the Scriptures, teaching young women, visiting and Bible reading, and carrying the truth into families, with knowledge in many respects that a man cannot impart.
This work is essential and not to be belittled or counted as naught, but is as rich in results as the work of ordained ministers and of those who labor in word and doctrine, supplying neglected work without which the cause would suffer great loss, and women teachers are just as greatly needed as men. Therefore women who devote time and strength to this work should not depend on donations but should be paid wages proportionate to their time, as two distinct workers with their husbands, with means to use in the cause of God, and fitted to continue and receive wages if left alone.