Or could it be? The Corinthians acted without thinking of anyone but themselves, as though they were the only church in the world, and that they ought to set the example for everyone else. MacKnight thinks it means: "What? Went the word of God forth into the world from you women? Did Christ employ any of your sex as apostles? Or did the word only come to you by the ministry of men? How then can you pretend to teach men?" But we must also consider Miriam, the first prophetess (Exodus 15:20), Deborah, a prophetess who judged Israel (Judges 4:4), Huldah, the prophetess, who taught men (2 Chronicles 34:22-23), Phillip's daughters (Acts 21:9), et. al.

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