peace to live by

Nympha, & The Church in Her House (TMF:2921)

Monday, July 20, 2026
Peace to Live By: Nympha, & The Church in Her House (TMF:2921) - Daniel Litton
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       Unfortunately, we don’t know anything about Nympha other than that they were an off-shoot of the Colossae church which met in her house. Probably good times being so close-knit. It doesn’t seem reasonable, in our context of this Letter from Paul to the Colossians, to suggest that Nympha was the leader, or head pastor of the church. We know that elsewhere, specifically to Timothy and also to the Corinthians, that God guided Paul to prohibit women from teaching, and this would probably count for any leadership role that would have authority over men or lead to standing in front of men to give an account. We also know, and this as been touched upon in the past, the God certainly appears to call women to be Bible teachers and to leadership roles in our day and age, and at least in America and western societies. This is an interesting contrast, but it is one that is experientially true. For the speaker himself has benefited greatly from specifically a couple women teachers in his lifetime thus far.