Keener's argument: no qualifier on 'the apostles' suggests highest sense
Mike presents Keener's supporting argument from Two Views on Women in Ministry.
Keener notes Paul uses 'the apostles' without qualifier — not 'apostles of the churches' or 'your apostles' (as with Epaphroditus, who was merely a messenger delivering aid). Keener argues it is unsound methodology to read a more specific meaning into a phrase than its context warrants (Two Views on Women in Ministry, p. 213). Mike finds this fairly strong.
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