Sexual Equality

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

for as the woman <FI>is<Fi> of the man, so also the man <FI>is<Fi> through the woman, and the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers <FI>are<Fi> a numerous host.

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out 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;

And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time,

Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, — read the full passage →

this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to <FI>them<Fi> , and did more exactly expound to him the way of God,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

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

and his daughter <FI>is<Fi> Sherah, and she buildeth Beth-Horon, the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-Sherah--

As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

For I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of servants I have ransomed thee, And I send before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; — read the full passage →

salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus--

salute ye those in Laodicea--brethren, and Nymphas, and the assembly in his house;

And Hilkiah the priest goeth, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the second, and they speak unto her.

a servant--wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free--use <FI>it<Fi> rather;

Salute Mary, who did labour much for us;

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity, — read the full passage →

Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

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

on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together, — read the full passage →

Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed. — read the full passage →

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth <FI>them<Fi> on the asses. — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

And also on the men-servants, and on the maid-servants, In those days I do pour out My Spirit.

And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire, — read the full passage →

And Moses assembleth all the company of the sons of Israel, and saith unto them, `These <FI>are<Fi> the things which Jehovah hath commanded--to do them: — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

and they say, `Let us call for the young person, and ask at her mouth;' — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come, — read the full passage →

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.

and say, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my lord hath been commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. — read the full passage →

`And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit. — read the full passage →

This <FI>is<Fi> an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; — read the full passage →

The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth, — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

and I ask also thee, genuine yoke-fellow, be assisting those women who in the good news did strive along with me, with Clement also, and the others, my fellow-workers, whose names <FI>are<Fi> in the book of life.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

And I commend you to Phebe our sister--being a ministrant of the assembly that <FI>is<Fi> in Cenchrea-- — read the full passage →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

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

verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God--scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. — read the full passage →

A son of seven years <FI>is<Fi> Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Zibiah of Beer-Sheba. — read the full passage →

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

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared.

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

but by equality, at the present time your abundance--for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper--as his counterpart.'

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well; — read the full passage →

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

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

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

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

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

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down,

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