Lydia

NN–there is no such things as “headship”. That would be the equivalent of saying “armship” in relation to the body or relationships of any kind. Is the wife the neckship? Or footship? :o)

One has to understand how “Head” or Kephale was understood in the 1st Century. They thought of the ‘head’ as the source for the body as in eating, breathing, etc.

They thought the “heart” was where decision making or thinking came from.

Check out some of the passages where Paul refers to the heart (or see the Greek for when he uses ‘thinking’. etc) and see what I mean.

The only place where a clear word for authority is used concerning marriage is in 1 Corin and there, it is used for both the husband and wife.

And you keep forgetting Eph 5:21 which cannot be divorced from that passage in context. Thanks