his use of women preachers.145 It has even been argued that Galatians 3:28 has implications for the acceptance of homosexuality.146 Scholars who identify themselves as conservative evangelicals, such as F. F. Bruce, Richard Longenecker and Leon Morris, think that this verse opens up spiritual leadership in the church to Gentiles, slaves and women. F. F. Bruce writes, ‘No more restriction is implied in Paul’s equalizing of the status of male and female in Christ than in his equalizing of the status
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