Euodia and Syntyche. Macedonian women were given an unusual amount of freedom. Women were more than usually active in the Philippian church. Lydia was the first convert, and her house became a meeting place (Acts ch 16). These two Philippian women had a difference of opinion, and we see in them the slight dissension which Paul hints at in places. What it was all about, we have no way of knowing. From the whole tone of this Letter, it cannot have gotten seriously out of hand as yet. Schinz says: "In such a pure church, even slight bickerings would make a great impression." Paul begs each of them individually, wanting to treat each one exactly the same.

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