- The Bible says that Christians are to submit to "one another" (Eph. 5:21).
- The Bible tells wives to submit to their husbands (Eph. 5:22).
- The Bible does not explicitly tell husbands to submit to their wives.
- Husbands are instructed to love their wives as Christ loved the church and died for it.
- The Bible never says that husbands have authority over their wives.
- The Bible never says that husbands are to lead their wives.
- The Bible says that a husband is the kephale (
literallynon-symbolic meaning, "head"; there is debate about its symbolic meaning) of his wife. - The Bible says that there is a unity of head and body.
- The Bible never says that a woman is subordinate to her husband.
- The Bible does not say that women are to "obey" their husbands.
- The Bible never says that a woman is in any way inferior to her husband.
- The Bible does not explicitly describe differences of responsibility based on whether a person is a husband or a wife.
- The Bible says that a woman is not to "usurp" authority over a man or to teach him.
- The Bible says that Priscilla and her husband Aquila "explained to [Apollos]the way of God more accurately."
- The Bible says that Eve was deceived by the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
- The Bible says that Adam yielded to temptation in the Garden of Eden.
- The Bible says that the ground was cursed after the Fall.
- The Bibles says that the serpent was cursed after the Fall.
- The Bible does not say that either Adam nor Eve was cursed after the Fall.
- The Bible does not say that a man's "rule" over his wife or a woman's pain in childbirth was part of the curse after the Fall.
- The Bible says that some women prophesied (Acts).
- The first person to tell the good news that Jesus had come back to life was Mary, a woman.
- Jesus taught men, as well as women.
- Jesus did not treat women as inferior to men as was the cultural norm of his day.
- Jesus submitted his will to that of his heavenly Father.
- Jesus taught his disciples that greatness comes from serving others.
- The Bible teaches that both fathers and mothers are to manage their home life.
- Children are to obey their parents, both fathers and mothers.
- The fruit of the Spirit (Gal.
65) are not gender-based. - The Bible does not say that any of the gifts of the Spirit are gender-based.
Do you spot any errors n my list?