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Verse 9 is the weak spot for egalitarianism: no decent interpretation exists

All The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11): Women in Ministry part 10 03:37:13 – 03:39:47

Mike draws his conclusion on the decisive question.

The complementarian view: woman has a purpose directed toward helping man in a way man does not toward woman, implying a leadership role. Egalitarian alternatives all fail: (1) man needs woman's strength (implies woman doesn't need man's), (2) man can't do his job without woman (implies woman can, including procreation), (3) man is incomplete without woman (implies woman is complete without man). The 'nevertheless' of verse 11 only works as a contrast to complementarian teaching, not egalitarian.

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