But as I worked my way through the passages of Scripture that I used to hate, I began to see Paul more clearly, to understand Scripture even better. I began to see his wisdom, his subversion, his heart. When I looked at his full ministry—how he praised and esteemed women in leadership in the Church, how he turned household codes within a patriarchal society on their heads, how he used feminine metaphors, how he subverted the systems, how he passionately defended equality—the verses that used to clobber me began to embrace me. The truth broke through. I wasn’t fighting against Paul—I was
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