Kristen

Mark said,
“. . . your position. . . rejecting the meaning of biblical words. . .”
I find that remark highly offensive. How on earth you got from “I don’t focus my main arguments on the meanings of Greek words” to “I reject the meaning of biblical words” is completely beyond me.
I am not giving my own meanings to biblical words. That’s insulting. What I’m saying is that the Bible adds light to the lexicons just as much as the other way around. Let Paul’s use of the words “head of the body,” inform us as to what he means other times when he says “head of the body.” Let the context of the passage inform us as to the meaning of a phrase. Let the themes of the letter overall, inform us as to the meaning of a phrase. But don’t just bow down to the lexicon and say, “BDAG says this is what the phrase means, so this is what it means.”