<blockquote>"love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Eph 5:25)</blockquote>
<blockquote>"love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Eph 5:25)</blockquote>
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In contrast to Complementarianism is the more modern position termed [[Christian Egalitarianism]], which, among other things, seeks to use the essential spiritual equality which all believers enjoy (Gal. 3:28) to negate positional/functional distinctions between men and women. While some egalitarians profess to hold the Bible as the wholly inspired word of God, they tend to rely on a much less literal approach in interpreting key verses. Primary arguments typically used by egalitarianism are also used by many pro[[homosexual]] polemicists in regards to [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]], though more conservative egalitarians reject <ref>[[homosexuality]]. [http://www.cbmw.org/Journal/Vol-8-No-2/Egalitarianism-and-Homosexuality David W. Jones, ''Egalitarianism and Homosexuality: Connected or Autonomous Ideologies?'']</ref><ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html#Corinthians</ref>
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In contrast to Complementarianism is the more modern position termed "Christian" [[Egalitarianism]], which, among other things, seeks to use the essential spiritual equality which all believers enjoy (Gal. 3:28) to negate positional/functional distinctions between men and women. While some egalitarians profess to hold the Bible as the wholly inspired word of God, they tend to rely on a much less literal approach in interpreting key verses. Primary arguments typically used by egalitarianism are also used by many pro[[homosexual]] polemicists in regards to [[homosexuality and biblical interpretation]], though more conservative egalitarians reject <ref>[[homosexuality]]. [http://www.cbmw.org/Journal/Vol-8-No-2/Egalitarianism-and-Homosexuality David W. Jones, ''Egalitarianism and Homosexuality: Connected or Autonomous Ideologies?'']</ref><ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html#Corinthians</ref>