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1 CORINTHIANS (1)

(7): ##40*****(A wife is bound as long as her husband lives;but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom

she wishes, only in the Lord. But in my opinion she ishappier if she remains as she is; and I think that I alsohave the Spirit of God.)

1 Timothy#####9-15***(Likewise,I wantwomen to adornthemselves with proper clothing, modestly anddiscreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costlygarments, but rather by means of good works, as is properfor women making a claim to godliness. A woman must

quietly receive instruction with entiresubmissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teachor exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.For it was Adam who was first created, andthen Eve.And it was not Adam who was deceived, but thewoman being deceived, fell into transgression. Butwomen will be preserved through the bearing ofchildren if they continue in faith and love and sanctitywith self-restraint. What happened to women's

equality?)

TITUS

(2): #####5***(Older women likewise are to be reverent intheir behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to muchwine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage theyoung women to love their husbands, to love their children,to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subjectto their own husbands, so that the word of God will not bedishonored. Equal rights for women?)

John(4): ###27***(At this point His disciples came, and they wereamazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said,What do You seek? or, Why do You speak with her? Jesus speaks towomen)