It’s hard to estimate just how influential the King James Bible has been on the modern English language. Together with Shakespeare, it helped establish it on the global stage and created many of the idioms we still use today — really common phrases like “scapegoat” and “the skin of my teeth” (via Historic UK).

Among those, you can credit at least one to the Apostle Paul. In 1 Corinthians 9:22, he writes, “I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.” So, yeah, each time you describe something as “all things to all people,” you owe St. Paul royalties.

Interestingly, though, Paul means almost the opposite of what modern users of the phrase tend to mean. Usually in the modern world, when you describe something as trying to be “all things to all people,” you mean it’s trying too hard to please everyone and probably isn’t very good as a result. In context, though, what Paul’s talking about is making himself and his habits palatable to Jews, Gentiles, and everyone else, with the hopes of converting as many as possible. In other words, he thinks it’s a good thing. And, well, considering how much of the world Paul converted, it’s hard to argue with results.

When Paul comes up in modern contexts, it’s often because of a handful of passages attributed to him that read as pretty misogynist to the modern eye — stuff like “For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church” (1 Corinthians 14:35) and “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man” (1 Timothy 2:12). Paul’s obviously got his share of defenders on this stuff, even among modern feminists (via Pedro M. Rosario Barbosa). In 1 Corinthians, they’ll point out, for instance, Paul actually assumes that women are going to be “prophesying” in church, so taking the previously mentioned verse as normative for all time seems a little excessive. But obviously, the only person who could tell us exactly what he meant when he wrote these verses is Paul himself, and he isn’t answering our emails.

Given his popular perception as something of a male chauvinist, then, it might surprise some how vocally Paul supports the women who have aided in his ministry and the ministry of the early church. As the writers at Britannica observe, in Romans 16, Paul lists no fewer than eight women among those whom he wishes to greet, including Junia, whom he describes as “prominent [or well known, depending on your translation] among the Apostles.” Other mentions include Phoebe, an early deaconess, and Priscilla, who gets star billing in the book of Acts.

You can obviously draw your own conclusions here, but Paul, like any other historical figure, had a complicated legacy.