pronouncements about the equality of men and women” (335). The book of Acts does not provide any clue as to the interchangeability of roles. Therefore, if Paul was the first egalitarian his writing should reflect an egalitarian clarity of thought that could not be confused because such teaching would not have been familiar to the cultures it encountered. In his epistles, Paul describes women as being deacons, patrons, and coworkers. Junia, a woman, was an apostle but this refers to missionary service