Does the Bible agree that men and women are equal?

[SimonPeter111]

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[Maria Billingsley]

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Yes with unique roles.
Blessings

 

[trophy33]

Equal in what? Sports? Fights? Giving birth?

 

[SimonPeter111]

Equal in what? Sports? Fights? Giving birth?

human rights

 

[trophy33]

human rights

Do you have a list?

Also, does the equality of rights go with equality in responsibilities and obligations?

 

[SimonPeter111]

Do you have a list?

Also, does the equality of rights go with equality in responsibilities and obligations?

yes

 

[eleos1954]

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The Bible indicates that men and women are equal in the eyes of God as they are both created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27)

The Bible declares that “God does not show favoritism” (Romans 2:11). God loves everyone equally. There is nothing we can ever do to make God love us more and there is nothing we can ever do that will make God love us less.

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.

Job 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

 

[Petros2015]

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Look up the Jewish definition of "help meet"

What is a "help meet?" | AHRC

 

[Petros2015]

human rights

After you read the Bible, what would you say your human rights are?

 

[Der Alte]

Galatians 3:28
(28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

 

[trophy33]

Galatians 3:28
(28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Would you call this a human right?

 

[Der Alte]

Would you call this a human right?

You first!

 

[Gregorikos]

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Yes, they are literally made of the same substance. (Genesis 5:21-22) How can they not be equal?

 

[lsume]

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Gal.3

1. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

 

[Strong in Him]

human rights

I don't think they had human rights then.

Ultimately they can't have thought that much of women, because it was a male orientated society, women had few, or no, rights.
If they had truly believed that women were created by God, as men were, and in his image, as men were - then they would have treated women better.

 

[trophy33]

I don't think they had human rights then.

Ultimately they can't have thought that much of women, because it was a male orientated society, women had few, or no, rights.
If they had truly believed that women were created by God, as men were, and in his image, as men were - then they would have treated women better.

This view is not correct.

It was not a "male orientated society", it was a "caste society". Male slaves had fewer rights than rich women of patrician caste. Christians thrown to lions alive did not have much rights either, no matter their gender.

So the position of an individual was not based on gender, but on money, caste/family, state and place.

 

[Jipsah]

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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

 

[Strong in Him]

This view is not correct.

It was not a "male orientated society", it was a "caste society". Male slaves had fewer rights than rich women of patrician caste. Christians thrown to lions alive did not have much rights either, no matter their gender.

So the position of an individual was not based on gender, but on money, caste/family, state and place.

Women didn't appear to have a lot of rights in the NT.
They weren't allowed to learn. If they were allowed in the Synagogue at all they had to sit separately. There was a court of women at the Temple, beyond which a woman could not go and they were said to be unreliable witnesses and were not allowed into a court of law.
Men could divorce their wives by writing a note of divorce. No mention is made of women divorcing their husbands - I'm pretty sure it was not allowed. A girl was her father's responsibility until she married, then she became her husband's.

If men had really believed that women were made in God's image, and as their equals, I don't think life would have been like that.
Jesus knew that that was the case and he affirmed women. He allowed Mary to sit at his feet and learn - as the male student Rabbis would have done. He spoke to a Samaritan woman and revealed to her that he was the Messiah. He healed women and allowed them to follow him. He chose a woman to be the first witness to the resurrection.

 

[Matt5]

People are stones, not bricks. Nobody is equal.

Tower of Babel: Bricks or Stones?

Did you know that God hates bricks?

Exodus 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Isaiah 65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Altars of brick are a no-no because the brick has symbolic value. People are stones, not bricks.

 

[Strong in Him]

People are stones, not bricks. Nobody is equal.

Tower of Babel: Bricks or Stones?

Did you know that God hates bricks?

Exodus 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Isaiah 65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Altars of brick are a no-no because the brick has symbolic value. People are stones, not bricks.

What's that got to do with men and women?
And we are equal. We were all made by God in his image, and are all equally saved by Jesus - no one is better than anyone else.