Cheryl Schatz

Onto the next point:

The whole implication lies in the point that by not covering her head, or the husband covering his head, he/she dishonours the ‘head’ above them- pretty obvious i would think.

So? What has dishonor to go with authority? Dishonor goes together with honor, not authority.

Not to mention Paul’s progression of verse 10 “For this reason…” and make sure we ask for what reason, the answer being that Eve was made from and for Adam, a wife should have authority on her head.

The term for “authority” here always means that the person themselves has the right, the power and the authority to do something. It is the woman’s authority to make the decision. If Paul was talking about the husband’s authority over the wife, wouldn’t it be the husband’s authority that would make the decision? But Paul doesn’t defer to the husband’s authority. He says that she is allowed to have the authority over her own head. Why should she have authority? Now that is the $64 question for a complementarian to answer.

She has her own authority because the body of Christ is to grow up and learn how to make decisions. Why? Because of the angels. Since this is a letter and Paul refers to the angels, all we need to do is go back to see what he has already told us about the angels. The context is our judging the angels. It is our decision making power. She has authority because she will be a judge. Paul’s argument now makes perfect sense.

3. Again in relation to verse 11 and 12, do not separate it from the rest of Paul’s argument. Doing this distorts the text and ignores the grammar. Note also in my introduction how i see this as relating back to Gen 2- this might help people understand what i am saying.

I am not the one separating verse 11 & 12 from the rest of Paul’s argument. Have you even read my exegesis of chapter 11? You are the one that is separating these verses because they have nothing to do with the man’s authority. How do you reconcile this equality with the theme of the passage which you say is superiority or authority over?