Women's Role

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Evy, you're such a whiner.

And it was you who launched that "deacon" tangent.

Really? I was replying to QOSTA. You picked up on one statement in my post to them and then posed the question:

" why does the N.T. record Phoebe a deaconess "

Then I explained to you how Greek words mean differently to English words in whatever one of only four of 20 bible versions you were using that use the word deacon and not servant.

If you think the bible plainly says deacon in that verse, it means you are using one of these versions of the bible:

NIV, NLT, or ISV.

In fact, the Greek expert I quoted to you is involved with the NIV, and going by his article does not consider the word deacon, though it be written there, to mean an official Deacon.

This is why it's important to consider the experts and each word in Greek, not just cling to one of the few bible versions that supports your view.