Also, in further reference to "there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28)--if the Apostle Paul had not believed that women have different attributes than men according to sound doctrine, then he would not have exhorted Titus, who was accompanying him at Jerusalem (Gal. 2:1): "that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed" (Tit. 2:4, 5). Also note Pr. 31:10-31. The career of homemaking is a God-given attribute of Christian women.

     Likewise, in reference to the same verse, but not in contradiction to, if Paul had not believed in authority and submission in master-servant relationships: "there is neither bond nor free" (Gal. 3:28), then he would not have mentioned, "Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things" (Tit. 2:9, 10).

     Now, on the other hand, the prophetic ministry is given to the church--males and females (I Cor. 12:10). Any person, no matter what his or her sex, age, employment, social status, or nationality belongs to God if he or she has his spirit (Rom. 8:9; Gal. 3:28). Due to the fulfillment of the following prophecy, many have an inheritance among those that are sanctified.

     "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit." (Joel 2:28, 29).

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