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To Cheryl on #36
Now that we have clarified what I was saying I shall answer your question by a restatement:
The word in 1 Cor 7:4 – “exousiadzoe” most commonly translated “power” or “authority” contains the idea of jurisdiction, or lawful claim. Both in current thought and even back then, the existence of lawful claim of a subject does not negate governance. For instance, in Acts 25, Paul appeals to have a Roman trial because it was his right (lawful claim) as a citizen of Rome, and all citizens of Rome were afforded certain legal standings and rights. This did not make them less the subjects of the state.

Therefore, it is possible to use this word to refer to the rights of an otherwise subordinate individual. That is it would have been legitimate to say that Paul had the “exousiadzoe” with respect to the government, even though that government was over him and had the right (“exousiadzoe”) to then put him to death.

As such this passage is compatible with either belief structure – and therefore “proof” for neither.