Introduction

Questions

  1. What is the difference between gender and sex as it refers to the attributes or characteristics of a person?
    1. Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics
  2. How does Genesis 2 and Matthew 19 differentiate between gender and sex?
    1. Genesis 2:7, 22-24; Matthew 19:4-6
    2. It does not differentiate. There is no difference between sex and gender.
  3. What are some of the differences between man and woman from Genesis 4, 3, 21 and I Samuel 1?
    1. Genesis 4:1-2, 17, 25; 3:16, 20; 21:7
    2. I Samuel 1:23
    3. Only women can bear children. It takes a man to start the process.
  4. From the previous verses do gender and sex correspond?
    1. They are the same!
  5. How can these verses be used in the discussion of gender and sex? (Psalms 139:14-15; Genesis 1:26-28, 31; Isaiah 44:2, 24)
  6. What can the previous verses strengthen?
  7. How was the “gender” determined from Genesis 17:12-14 and Leviticus 12:2, 3, 5?
    1. By specific physical characteristics.
  8. Is it difficult to understand God’s position on the differences between male and female from I Corinthians 111:14-15 and Deuteronomy 22:5?
  9. From I Corinthians 6:19-20 what is a major issue that’s missing in the discussion of gender and sex?
    1. We are not our own. We belong to God!
  10. What is the difference between the terms gender and sex as it refers to the attributes or characteristics of a person?
1.  There is no difference.