Elastigirl

Cheryl,

At the end of your post, you ask “where does the authority come from to command an application of a service to apply solely to the husband?”

I think elsewhere you’ve also asked something along the lines of “where in the Bible is this piece of information?”.

I’ve been checking the comments all day today and yesterday because I’m dying to know(!), but I don’t recall seeing an answer yet from a presumed complementarian.

But aren’t these the only possible answers?

(1) the authority comes from God
(2) it is implied in the text

This is, of course, totally unsatisfying. Aside from the standard exposition on the texts in which it is implied, have you heard any other kind of anwer to these questions?