Quotes about Equality
Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
— 1 Corinthians 4:6
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
— 1 Corinthians 7:4
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
— 1 Corinthians 7:22
But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
— 1 Corinthians 8:8
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
— 1 Corinthians 9:5
They all ate the same spiritual food
— 1 Corinthians 10:3
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
— 1 Corinthians 11:7
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
— 1 Corinthians 11:8
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
— 1 Corinthians 11:9
In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
— 1 Corinthians 11:11
For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
— 1 Corinthians 11:12
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
— 1 Corinthians 11:21