Sexual Equality

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; — read the full passage →

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? — read the full passage →

And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.

Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

And they remembered his words, — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together. — read the full passage →

Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent. — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and drew near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. — read the full passage →

And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. — read the full passage →

And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. — read the full passage →

And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. — read the full passage →

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; — read the full passage →

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ: — read the full passage →

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered unto them of their substance.

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. — read the full passage →

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become a supply for your want; that there may be equality:

for there is no respect of persons with God.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lordof glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,

For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →