passages on gender

• Romans 16:1-2

  • "i commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church"
  • "...she has been the benefactor of many people, including me"
• Galatians 3:26-28

  • "... nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus"
• 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

  • "women should remain silent in the churches. they are not allowed to speak, but must always be in submission"
  • "... it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church"
• Ephesians 5:22-24

  • "wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands"
  • "... the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church"
  • "... wives should submit to their husbands in everything"
• 1 Peter 3:1-7

  • "... unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight"
  • "husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with you wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life"
• Genesis 1-3

  • 2:18 "the Lord God said, 'it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him'"
  • 2:22 "then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man"
  • 2:24 "that is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh"
  • 3:16 "... your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you"
• 1 Timothy 2

  • "a woman should learn in quietness and full submission. i do not permit a woman to teach or assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. for Adam was formed first, then Eve"
  • "... it was the women who was deceived and became a sinner. but women will be saved through childbearing - if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety"
• Ephesians 5

  • "wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord"
  • "the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church"
  • "wives should submit to their husbands in everything"
  • "husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church"
  • "he who loves his wife loves himself"
  • "however, each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband"