Priscilla - Her Promise

Priscilla - Her Promise

Scripture doesn’t tell us exactly what role Priscilla played in the circumstances described in the New Testament. Was she active as a teacher? Or did she work in the background? But the very fact that her name appears along with her husband’s every time does tell us something: She was a valued disciple, one who made a difference in Paul’s life and in her world.

Whatever your role as a woman in your church, whether in the background or in a leadership position, you can be sure that what you are doing matters. Each task — no matter how small or large — is important to the spread of the gospel. You are an integral part of your church community, and God promises to use you.

Promises in Scripture

When Priscilla and Aquila heard him [Apollos], they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.

—Acts 18:26

Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

— Romans 16:12 – 13

Help these women [Euodia and Syntyche] who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel.

— Philippians 4:3