Questions tagged [gender]
Questions about the different roles and characteristics of men and women as described in the bible.
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Are women really saved by childbearing according to 1 Timothy 2:15?
In 1 Timothy, Paul says:
1 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Does the "she" refer to ...
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What does the prohibition against women speaking in church in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 mean?
In 1st Corinthians 14:34-35 (NASB), Paul says:
34The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 35If ...
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Why does Jesus tell his mother his "hour has not yet come"?
Very early on, John tells a story that is unique to his gospel:
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with ...
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What was Eve's role in relation to Adam?
The role of Eve in relation to Adam is dramatically changed by the interpretation of the sections I have bolded below, from Genesis 2:18:
The verse as most people learned it:
And the Lord God said, ...
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Which law was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
1 Corinthians 14:34 NASB
34 The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.
Which law was Paul referring ...
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In Ecclesiastes 7:28 why are there no upright women?
28which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. ESV
My question drawn from Ecclesiastes 7:28 is a simple ...
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(Psalm 139:18) Feminine God?
Psalm 139:17-18 (KJV), "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with ...
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Does the Hebrew in Judges 4:4 explicitly identify Deborah as a woman?
I have no skill at reading Hebrew, so I was using some tool to try and parse the sentence in Judges 4:4. I noticed that the definition given for the second word (אִשָּׁה) is "woman"; but what I'm ...
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How do you reconcile I Tim 2 saying that a woman is not to teach a man and the account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching Apollos who was a man?
How do you reconcile 1 Tim 2 which says that a woman is not to teach a man and Acts 18:24-28 which is account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching a man, Apollos?
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Why does Matthew include these women in Jesus' genealogy?
One of the unique features of Jesus genealogy in the book of Matthew is the inclusion of four women, not counting Mary.
Matthew 1:3
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar
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Is God male and female?
Reading Genesis I'm a little bit confused about these verses:
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in
our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the
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What is the meaning of Deuteronomy 25:11-12?
We are told in this verse about the case in which a wife who, in helping her husband fend off an attacker, seizes the attacker by the genitals. The verse tells the husband that he must cut off her ...
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Genesis 3:16 - "Pain in Childbearing" or "Toil and Childbearing"
I recently came across a translation of Genesis 3:16 that seems to reinterpret the pronouncement on Eve. Carol Meyers* translates the first part of the verse like so:
"I will greatly increase your ...
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What Does the Greek Word ‘Didaskein’ mean in 1 Timothy 2:12?
1 Timothy 2:12 says:
“But I suffer not a woman to teach [διδάσκειν], nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” (KJV).
The word 'didaskein' translated 'to teach' has me a tad baffled....
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Will everyone be gender-neutral in Heaven, and if so, does that mean that sex was designed to be a temporary thing?
Mark 12:25 (NASB):
25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Does the verse above imply that those who attain eternal ...
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