It is hard for us to recognize it now, but Peter and Paul were introducing the first Christian family to an entirely new community, a community that transcends the rigid hierarchy of human institutions, a community in which submission is mutual and all are free.

Rachel Held Evans
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When Peter and Paul walked with Jesus Christ, they were no longer the servants of a powerful man. They were now servants of God. They were free from the dictates of a man whose desires were not aligned with their own. Peter and Paul were no longer slaves of Rome, but sons of God who traveled with Jesus to a new community that transcends the rigid hierarchy of human institutions.

Source: A Year Of Biblical Womanhood

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