gengwall

“In “Head over all things”, “head” is not being used in any metaphor so we look at the context and possible meanings of “kephale” (like authority, source, origin) to determine its meaning.”

I missed this part – thanks TL for bringing it up.

Mark – are you purposely playing ignorant of the next verse? How can you claim “head over all things” is not part of a head/body metaphor when the very next phrase is “to the church, (v. 23) Which is his body…”?

Anyway, even if the metaphor wasn’t in use, your contention defies the Greek where kephale is never synonymous with authority like it is in English.