individual. We may simply have to admit that we distant and late readers simply do not have the information to know to whom “yokemate” refers. The Quality of These Women John Chrysostom, who was just as alert as contemporary scholars to the importance of women in leadership roles in the early Church, saw fit to comment on the implications of Paul’s reference to Euodia and Syntyche: Do you see how great is the virtue of these women, according to his testimony? As great as that which Christ told