Introduction
Questions
- What is the difference between gender and sex as it refers to the attributes or characteristics of a person?
- Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics
- How does Genesis 2 and Matthew 19 differentiate between gender and sex?
- Genesis 2:7, 22-24; Matthew 19:4-6
- It does not differentiate. There is no difference between sex and gender.
- What are some of the differences between man and woman from Genesis 4, 3, 21 and I Samuel 1?
- Genesis 4:1-2, 17, 25; 3:16, 20; 21:7
- I Samuel 1:23
- Only women can bear children. It takes a man to start the process.
- From the previous verses do gender and sex correspond?
- They are the same!
- 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)
- What can the previous verses strengthen?
- How was the “gender” determined from Genesis 17:12-14 and Leviticus 12:2, 3, 5?
- By specific physical characteristics.
- 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?
- From I Corinthians 6:19-20 what is a major issue that’s missing in the discussion of gender and sex?
- We are not our own. We belong to God!
- 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.