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In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women. A young wife meets her daily struggles with equanimity and courage. She holds poverty and hunger at bay, fights to keep her child healthy and strong, and navigates the unpredictability of her husband’s temperament. But into the midst of her daily fears and worries, a new hope appears: a teaching that challenges her society’s most basic...

There it is again. She surveyed the room, again noticing the clothing of the participants. Let’s see who the “brothers and sisters” are. Quite a mixed group, she concluded after a moment. The range was enormous: bright white togas on some men, and bright red or blue stolas on some women. On most people, both men and women, gray or brown tunics were the norm. There are high-ranking Roman citizens here, socializing with those of us who are not citizens and rank much further down. She had seen enough
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