1 Peter 3:7<\/a>, which describes women as the “weaker partner” to men. Marvin explained that the word “weaker” can be translated from the Hebrew language to mean “delicate,” “delicacy,” or “gentle, refined, and tender.”<\/p>\nTherefore, Marvin said, the verse does not call women less significant than men and doesn’t technically label women as having less strength than men.\u00a0Today, according to Marvin, many people who read the verse in 1 Peter automatically conclude that the Bible is calling women “weak” and is, therefore, “sexist.”<\/p>\n
“[In this verse, Peter] is talking to husbands, and he says something, and people go, ‘Well ok, ‘weaker partner.’ That’s it. The Bible is sexist,'” Marvin said, mimicking critics of the Bible.\u00a0Instead, Marvin noted that the verse contrasted with ancient Jewish society, which would have labeled women “property,” that husbands “don’t have to listen to them,” and that “if they step out of line, you can do basically anything.”<\/p>\n