Let us, then, embracing more and more this good obedience, give ourselves to the Lord, clinging to what is surest, the cable of faith in Him, and understanding that the virtue of man and woman is the same. For if the God of both is one, the master of both is also one; one church, one temperance, one modesty; their food is common, marriage an equal yoke; respiration, sight, hearing, knowledge, hope, obedience, love all alike. And those whose life is common, have common graces and a common salvation; common to them are love and training.

Clement of Alexandria. 1885. “The Instructor.” In Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire), edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe, 2:211. The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Company.

Paraphrased by copilot:

Let us deepen our commitment to faithful obedience, anchoring ourselves in trust in God. Man and woman share the same moral worth, for they serve the same God and belong to the same Lord. They are united in one church, one discipline, one humility. They eat together, breathe the same air, see, hear, learn, hope, obey, and love in equal measure. Those who share life also share grace, salvation, love, and growth.

“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” (Genesis 2:22–24)