What does Biblical passage "there is neither male nor female in Christ" really mean?

Question

What does this passage mean? Does it mean that in the aftrelife you will be not male or female, that the soul does not have a gender?

Can someone explain this?

Answer 1

If you are talking about Gal 3:28, This passage is referring to the unity of the Body of Christ. All who come to Him are accepted - regardless of race, social status, cultural background. I am not sure about any scripture that says it quite like that, but the bible does say in heaven we will not have marriage or have the same marital needs as we do here on earth.

Answer 2

If you would read the whole quote it is pretty self explanatory which means you got this from a talking point website as a way to attack people who believe the bible. From the answers I've seen so far no one else has ever read it either.

Gal 3:26-29 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Do you understand now or was that all Greek to you?

Answer 3

I have argued this point with Pastors, Baptists, Christians...just as "man" is created in His image and all zygotes are female. We are human, therefore, we are the same.

I believe Christ was a teacher of peace. He was very close to Mary of Magdelen. I often wonder if he left teachings with his disciples that women and men were to be seen as the same in the eyes of God.

Unfortunately, we had to get a consortium who voted about biblical text and then another 500 years of Western Catholicism concerned about land, money, politics and what constituted "heresy" regarding the church's goals. One must also consider that 1300 years ago, women were teachers, doctors and prophets in Muslim societies.

Personally, I think if we could attain a majority of day-to-day documents from all societies, 2000 years ago, we would be shocked. Homosexuality was probably commonplace. More women were warriors, even if they had to act like men and maybe being "butch" was the ticket.

Some women captained ships, fought in wars, owned land, slaves, ruled countries...I don't think the divide was as great as historians lead us to believe.

I think our current division was intentional and it's because of surviving (survival) politics.

While I don't think much of the Bible as an "actual" historical document, I find it interesting to compare the old testament (Jewish) to the new testament (Christian).

I'd rather someone found a bunch of papyri documenting a town meeting, or an old world newspaper. Better yet, anything that resided in the library at Alexandria. The world's knowledge located in one place. WHAT were they thinking!!!

Answer 4

This partial verse is taken from Galatians 3:28

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. KJV
It means that THERE IS NO MALE OR FEMALE IN CHRIST JESUS (Gal. 3:28). What it states!
In the afterlife, we who die and go to be with our Lord, the Bible tells us, become like the angels of Heaven! We neither marry or are we given in marriage, but that doesn't mean we will be sexless!!! The fallen angels that came unto the daughters of men and had children by them, back in the ancient pre-flood days of Noah, certainly were NOT SEXLESS!!! See Genesis 6 . . . Children are FOREVER in the eternal plans of God Almighty as proved in various Scriptures throughout the Bible. See also Isaiah 11:6

Answer 5

many times the simplest answer is the best answer ! It means exactly what it says. There is no sexes in Heaven because you do not need marriage or cannot have babies so what need is there for sexes; Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Answer 6

The full verse is: "There cannot be Jew nor Greek, there is no slave nor freeman, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." As far as I can tell, it's talking about our present condition on earth, rather than heaven. It's simply stating that they're all equal in God's eyes.

Answer 7

In ancient Israel, women were treated better than anywhere else at the time, but still were thought to be less worthy than men. The fact that Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene first at the tomb was a step toward bringing them into equality with men in the spiritual status wars. He loves us all, no matter what our gender is, or social status, or anything else humans use to measure status.

Answer 8

I believe the passage is actually:
"In the resurrection there is neither marriage nor giving in marriage" (Matthew 22:30)

It means that the reasons for marriage between a man and a woman will no longer exist in the resurrected body.

The "old sin nature" in our corrupt human bodies will not mandate marriage and child-rearing for our survival as a society....because that sinful nature will no longer exist.

Answer 9

It is speaking of equality. There is neither jew nor greek, slave nor free, male nor female. We are all equal in Christ's eyes, He loves all equally. It has nothing to do with the afterlife.

Answer 10

It means we are all ONE in Christ Jesus- there is no distinction between us- for we are all saved, who are saved- and nobody is better than the other, or considered something different than the other:
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.