. "They are well known to the apostles???, or as the NIV does: ???. . . they are outstanding among the apostles???.This verse is used as a critical argument by some egalitarians because they believe that if Junia was a woman, and if she was an apostle (incidentally, this word may just mean messengers here) then that verse may be used to counteract some of the other verses which speak to male leadersh" . . .