Don Johnson

One point is that is seems MacArthur and CBMW do not even agree on some of the details of their respective interpretations, MacArthur seems more hierarchical. And of course there are others that go even further that way than MacArthur. However, notice what these varying interpretations do to the idea that the Bible is very clear in all that it teaches, namely, it denies it.

This is one of the points the gender hierarchicalists MUST make, that theirs is the ONLY possible correct interpretation and that this is so because it is clear. That it is NOT abundantly clear is very obvious to anyone who has studied both sides on these verses. Note that my claim does not mean there is not a preferred interpretation, my claim is that preferred interpretation would be the egalitarian one; just that faithful believers can differ on their understanding of some verses, based on their worldview coming into the verses and based on the translation(s) they use.