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Head-body analogy throughout Ephesians 5 reinforces husband's leadership role

Have We Misunderstood "Wives Submit"? Women in Ministry part 9 00:40:20 – 00:41:53

Mike traces the head-body metaphor through the passage.

Verse 23 says husband is the head; verse 28 says husbands should love wives as their own bodies. The entire passage maintains a head-body analogy that implies the husband's leadership role. Some deny the wife is presented as the body, but verse 28 ('love their wives as their own bodies') confirms the full analogy.

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Scripture Commentary article

κεφαλή (kephale) — Logos Clippings (Cheryl Schatz)

A curated collection of Logos Bible Software clippings compiled by Cheryl Schatz examining the Greek word κεφαλή (kephale) and Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh). The clippings draw from lexicons, encyclopedias, commentaries, and academic journals to argue that "source/origin" is the primary metaphorical meaning of kephale rather than "authority/leader," with implications for interpreting 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and Colossians 1.

Scripture Commentary article

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

Scripture Commentary article

What Mike Winger Gets Wrong on What Women Can’t Do

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 13 on what women can and can't do according to the Bible

Scripture Commentary article

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Scripture Commentary article

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:24

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