Thematic Bible: In the church
Thematic Bible
Good and evil adjacent » In the church
Strife » Causes of » In the church
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder;
For I have been informed about you, my brothers and sisters, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are quarrels and factions among you.
You are still worldly [controlled by ordinary impulses, the sinful capacity]. For as long as there is jealousy and strife and discord among you, are you not unspiritual, and are you not walking like ordinary men [unchanged by faith]?
but instead, brother goes to law against brother, and that before [judges who are] unbelievers?
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to agree and to work in harmony in the Lord.
Women's Work » In the church » Manual labour
All the skilled and talented women spun thread with their hands, and brought what they had spun, blue and purple and scarlet fabric and fine linen.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued [gathering grain] from early morning until now, except when she sat [resting] for a little while in the [field] house.”