sexual equality
What does the Bible say about sexual equality? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
12For just as woman came into existence from man, so also does man exist through woman. But all things are from God.
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
12The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.
9But he, rising early on the first Sabbath, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
17‘And this shall be: in the last days, says the Lord, I will pour out, from my Spirit, upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. And your youths shall see visions, and your elders shall dream dreams.
4Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.
20Wisdom forewarns far and wide; she bestows her voice in the streets. 21She cries out at the head of crowds; at the entrance of the gates of the city, she offers her words, saying:
38Now it happened that, while they were traveling, he entered into a certain town. And a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her home. 39And she had a sister, named Mary, who, while sitting beside the Lord’s feet, was listening to his word. 40Now Martha was continually busying herself with serving. And she stood still and said: “Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, speak to her, so that she may help me.” 41And the Lord responded by saying to her: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled over many things. 42And yet only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best portion, and it shall not be taken away from her.”
26And so, he began to act faithfully in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and Aquila had heard him, they took him aside and expounded the Way of the Lord to him more thoroughly.
28Who is the father of rain, or who conceived the drops of dew? 29From whose womb did the ice proceed, and who created the frost from the air? 30The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over.
21Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
24Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah.