Craig

Gengwall @305,
“In the final analysis, the question that needs to be asked is – “is the authority in Eph 1 being expressed within the head/body metaphor, creating a hierarchy, or outside of it creating a symbiosis that benefits and joins in that authority”. What say you Craig?”
I think I can understand what you are saying in that the head (Jesus) and the body (church) are working together with authority over everything else. The head’s authority is not over the body.
But I am still a bit confused. In Eph 1:22 the NASB says “gave Him as head over all things”. The “all things” is not the church, his body, but “head over” seems to equate with “authority over” in this context. Do you agree?
Why did he say “head over” and not “authority over”? If he had said “authority over” I wouldn’t be confused. Is Paul using “head” in two different ways in the same passage- one toward the world as “authority over” and one toward his body as “united in a symbiotic relationship” and together having authority over all things.