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Let’s see what one must believe to imply and assume authority in support of a comp position.

One must believe that hypotasso universally involves submission to an authority even though it is clear in scripture and other ancient Greek writings that that isn’t the case.

One must believe that hypotasso universally means “align under” (i.e. that “submit” is the universally proper translation), even though it is clear in scripture and other ancient Greek writings that that isn’t the case.

One must believe that kephale universally means “boss” or some other authoritarian position in a hierarchy even though it never means this in Greek as evidenced by both Septuigint translations and other Greek writings.

One must believe that kephale in the anatomical sense is in authority over the anatomical body even though this does not reflect the Greco/Roman physiological thought of the ancient world nor can it be scientifically supported with today’s advanced knowledge.

One must believe that “head of the body” is synonymous with “head of the house” even though the two concepts are completely unrelated (and even though “kephale of the house” is not an ancient Greek idom).

One must believe that Christ allways operates in an authoritarian paradigm with the Church even though this is demonstrably false in the NT.

One must believe, as Cheryl points out, that authority from God can, itself, be implied.

If a person can bring themself to believe all of these things despite the overwhelming evidence in scripture, science, and lingusitics to the contrary, (or can bring themself to ignore the evidence), then it is relatively easy to imply authority in Ephesians 5.