Filter results by source database — Scripture Commentary, Theology, Mike Winger, or Pulpit. Click a tab to narrow to one database.

...more
All (114) Scripture Commentary (103) Theology (11)
Scripture Commentary article 2026-03-27

Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission

The mutual and reciprocal nature of hypotasso in Eph 5:21 makes a hierarchical reading of v22 semantically incoherent. Paul cannot establish one-to-another voluntary submission and then immediately mean one-directional hierarchy without breaking the logic of his own passage.

Eph 5:21 Eph 5:22 Eph 5:23 Ephesians 5 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when we in fact we have statements to the contrary: 1. ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Yes, but all subject themselves to each other (Eph 5:21). Verse 24 can’t contradict mutual subjection by then saying it’s only one way for wives to husbands. Head means source not authority in NT usage. Christ is also God, a...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Yes, but all subject themselves to each other (Eph 5:21). Verse 24 can’t contradict mutual subjection by then saying it’s only one way for wives to husbands. Head means sourc

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Same as husbands to wives, as a straightforward read

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Same as husbands to wives, as a straightforward reading of Eph 5:21 requires.

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@smashbaals And husbands to their wives (Eph 5:21). Smash is afraid to acknowle

@smashbaals And husbands to their wives (Eph 5:21). Smash is afraid to acknowledge it.

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, what in the context of Eph 5 leads you to believe tha...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, wha

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@LukeBennerE However, we are all to emulate Christ who stooped to wash feet, doe

@LukeBennerE However, we are all to emulate Christ who stooped to wash feet, does whatever we ask in prayer, intercedes for us, etc. Eph 5:21 is speaking of one to another, so whatever Paul said afte

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-06

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Why do you say ‘men’ only? The Bible does not stress that women cover up. 1Co 11:10 says that a wife should have authority over her own head to decide whether to cover or not. Wives should be in submission to...

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Why do you say ‘men’ only? The Bible does not stress that women cover up. 1Co 11:10 says that a wife should have authority over her own head to decide whether

1Co 11:10 Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, wives should be subject to their husbands. And husbands should also be to their wives (Eph 5:21). Being the head doesn’t mean being the boss of or authority over someone. If it means this, why is it o...

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, wives should be subject to their husbands. And husbands should also be to their wives (Eph 5:21). Being the head doesn’t mean being the boss of or aut

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to another thread involving Andy Stanley, Mike Winge...

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

What Paul says in Eph 5:21 precludes any sort of hierarchy. In Eph 5:1–2, Paul

What Paul says in Eph 5:21 precludes any sort of hierarchy. In Eph 5:1–2, Paul sets the stage for the whole section: “walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us.” 👉This is

Eph 5:1 Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. If subjection is reciprocal—as is clearly stated in Eph 5:21—then subjection has nothing to do with authority. Assuming this is about hierarchy is a category mist...

ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. If subjection is reciprocal—as is clearly stated in Eph 5:21—then subjection has nothing to do with authority. A

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@DirkWalstead @BawitdaBavinck No, and thanks for asking. It refers to Eph 5:21 in relation to mutual submission one to another. I prefer this over the term Egalitarian because the latter is often seen as asserting one’s rights, but I think Biblically...

@DirkWalstead @BawitdaBavinck No, and thanks for asking. It refers to Eph 5:21 in relation to mutual submission one to another. I prefer this over the term Egalitarian because the latter is often seen

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domination. Anarchy rejects all structure; egalitarian...

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I’m egalitarian and all 3 of my children came to Ch...

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I

Eph 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all sub

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all subject ourselves to one another *in the fear of Christ*. This clearly has nothing to do with intimacy. For that we have e

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to submit to their husbands…but husbands also to their...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to s

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@NebulaPickle Don't forget v21... "Submit to one another out of reverence for C

@NebulaPickle Don't forget v21... "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (Eph 5:21).

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@theviralibrary @NasTiitheGod @Crime_Skillz @Airplanmode1998 Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves *to one another* in the fear of Christ"⎯so it is mutual. This is obviously not suggesting you give yourself to other men as you do to your husband, but...

@theviralibrary @NasTiitheGod @Crime_Skillz @Airplanmode1998 Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves *to one another* in the fear of Christ"⎯so it is mutual. This is obviously not suggesting you give yo

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@nickschest @Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ"⎯it's mutual. So your comment about a "prideful woman who doesn't know how to follow" suggests a prideful man trying to force his ...

@nickschest @Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ"⎯it's mutual. So your comment about a "prideful woman who doesn't know how to fo

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-20

@Kamalamaison @iamtheguardians @tmsilverman @legaltweetz Yes, wives are subject to their own husbands in everything. However, given that all are to be subject reciprocally to one another out of a fear of Christ (Eph 5:21), then whatever Paul means in...

@Kamalamaison @iamtheguardians @tmsilverman @legaltweetz Yes, wives are subject to their own husbands in everything. However, given that all are to be subject reciprocally to one another out of a fear

Eph 5:1-2 Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@Curi_Christian @CrossPolitic And so is Eph 5:21 which tells all to submit to ea

@Curi_Christian @CrossPolitic And so is Eph 5:21 which tells all to submit to each other. It is literally Scripture too.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@GrownInFaith @churchtalkative Not does it say he shouldn’t…yet there is Eph 5:2

@GrownInFaith @churchtalkative Not does it say he shouldn’t…yet there is Eph 5:21 which applies to all to each other. What does the head mean? Curious how it doesn’t apply to leaders. https://t.co/L6

Eph 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@FNANVG @oliverburdick If a man is godly and doesn’t have to submit to anyone th

@FNANVG @oliverburdick If a man is godly and doesn’t have to submit to anyone then why is Eph 5:21 saying that we subject ourselves to one another out of a fear of Christ? Don’t men fear Christ?

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem The bottom umbrellas are unnecessary as the top one s

@path1_one @rightresponsem The bottom umbrellas are unnecessary as the top one stops all the rain. Eph 5:21 says submission one to another. It is mutual.

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to put yourself under others not over them. Mutual submission is the teaching of Jesus and Paul (Mk 10:42-45; Eph 5:21). ht

Eph 5:21 Mk 10:42-45 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals No, I'm egalitarian (perhaps mutualist is a better term as it emphasizes mutual subjection from Eph 5:21)⎯because I read my Bible. I don't embrace worldly culture. The Bible is not 'affirming' and there are only two...

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals No, I'm egalitarian (perhaps mutualist is a better term as it emphasizes mutual subjection from Eph 5:21)⎯because I read my Bible. I don't embrace worldly culture. T

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT And he submits to his wife "...out of the fear of Christ" (Eph 5

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT And he submits to his wife "...out of the fear of Christ" (Eph 5:21)

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Eph 5:21 "Submit to one another out of the fear of Christ"⎯not v

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Eph 5:21 "Submit to one another out of the fear of Christ"⎯not vague, but very clear. Each submitting to each other out of the fear of Christ.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-07

@0xV1RTUE @twigsally @JaydaBF @SimonJohn165066 We are to submit to one another i

@0xV1RTUE @twigsally @JaydaBF @SimonJohn165066 We are to submit to one another in the fear of Christ showing this has nothing to do with authority or hierarchy (Eph 5:21). Husbands and wives do so in

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Frankly, I don’t know anyone who feels confident

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Frankly, I don’t know anyone who feels confident about their view of 1Ti 2:15! All patriarchalists and complementarians I have heard from seem to believe that Eph 5:21

Eph 5:21 1Ti 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

I created a🧵explaining Eph 5:22-33 in light of the reciprocity of subjection to one another in Eph 5:21. I also show how Paul appeals to Philemon to treat Onesimus, his former slave, as Paul himself! Paul appeals rather than commands demonstrating th...

I created a🧵explaining Eph 5:22-33 in light of the reciprocity of subjection to one another in Eph 5:21. I also show how Paul appeals to Philemon to treat Onesimus, his former slave, as Paul himself!

Eph 5:21 Eph 5:22-33 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Eph 5:21 does not limit submission to specific “lesser-greater” relationships; this is your imposed framework. The participle “ὑποτασσόμενοι” is reciprocal. Paul applies mutual submission to marital dynamics, elevatin...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Eph 5:21 does not limit submission to specific “lesser-greater” relationships; this is your imposed framework. The participle “ὑποτασσόμενοι” is reciprocal. Paul appli

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Yes, Eph 5:21 does form a bridge concluding the list of 5 participles outlining what v18 means by being filled with the Spirit and introducing what this means in the husband/wife relationship which pictures Christ and t...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Yes, Eph 5:21 does form a bridge concluding the list of 5 participles outlining what v18 means by being filled with the Spirit and introducing what this means in the hus

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So you get to make demands and I’m supposed to write you a 5000 word essay?? This is X. Since you don’t seem able to answer my question about 1Ti 2:12, let’s move on to Eph 5:21 where subjection is *reciprocal*—that me...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So you get to make demands and I’m supposed to write you a 5000 word essay?? This is X. Since you don’t seem able to answer my question about 1Ti 2:12, let’s move on to

Eph 5:21 1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@bekahlee91 @godlywomanhood What they miss is that husbands are also to submit t

@bekahlee91 @godlywomanhood What they miss is that husbands are also to submit to their wives (Eph 5:21). We are supposed to serve one another in love like we serve Christ.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace Col 3:18-19, Tit 2:5 and Eph 5:22-24 all say the

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace Col 3:18-19, Tit 2:5 and Eph 5:22-24 all say the same thing—they use hypotasso which is a willing subjection to their husbands. Eph 5:21, the husbands are to also be su

Col 3:18-19 Eph 5:22-24 Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Tomboy_Dragon23 @harmonizedgrace Oh I totally agree that Eph 5:23-24?&/ to

@Tomboy_Dragon23 @harmonizedgrace Oh I totally agree that Eph 5:23-24?&/ to be followed. I’m simply contesting that it doesn’t negate that husbands are also supposed to subject themselves to their

Eph 5:23-24 Eph 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem The wife is to submit out of love and respect f

@ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem The wife is to submit out of love and respect for Christ. Just that the husband is to do the same as submission in Eph 5:21 is reciprocal.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. And head doesn’t mean authority. https://t.co/0keul4eGhj

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@douglaswils Submission is mutual as ἀλλήλων in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal*. This m

@douglaswils Submission is mutual as ἀλλήλων in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal*. This means the hierarchical assumption of military ranking is foreign to this context. How do you obey reciprocally?

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exclude the husband’s need to subject himself also in...

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exc

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husban

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husband’s call to submit to all including his wife as stated in Eph 5:21⎯ “And subject yourselves *to one another* in the fea

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in th

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in the fear of Christ. Whatever the following verses are meaning they cannot mean that submission is one way only.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-29

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has caree

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has career goals but wanted children. We’ve got 3 and she works full time. She was off while they were young and then we tag team

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus we

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus went to specific concerns with the way husbands and wives were treating each other. I haven’t dodged anything. Isn’t clai

Eph 5:21 question
← Prev Page 1 of 3 Next →