wished to narrow its application),74 it is also likely that he is censuring “those who engage in a process of feminization to erase further their masculine appearance and manner.”75 Consequently, if the practice of cross-dressing remains problematic for God’s people (as Deut 22:5 indicates), and cross-gender identification is condemned here by Paul, then how much more would he have opposed hormonal and surgical transitioning? The third of the behaviors that the Bible opposes is gender ambiguity;
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