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Originally Posted by rdp
Phoebe was a " helper" (not Paul's or anyone else's "ruler") - this is precisely what the Greek word denotes - as is demonstrated in all of the translations above, which combines hundreds of professional linguists & translators (working both independent of & in conjunction with one another) 
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If Phoebe was merely a helper of others, why did Paul admonish men to be her helper instead of telling her to help those men? Seems odd if she was there to help them to tell them to help her. Hmmm...