Syntyche

Syntyche (Greek, meaning "fortunate" or "one who converses") was a female member of the church at Philippi whom Paul addresses by name in his letter to that congregation (Philippians 4:2–3). Paul appeals to both Syntyche and her fellow church member Euodia to "be of the same mind in the Lord," indicating that a personal dispute between the two women had become serious enough to require apostolic intervention. Paul also calls on a third party — an unnamed "true yokefellow" — to help reconcile them. He identifies both women as those who "labored with me in the gospel," placing them among the active co-workers in Paul's missionary work at Philippi. Beyond this passage nothing further is known of Syntyche. The episode illuminates the tensions that could arise within early house churches and Paul's pastoral practice of naming and directly addressing those involved.