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1 Timothy 3:14-15 letter purpose conduct church

1 Timothy 3:14-15

Sections: exegesis

Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Philippians 2:3-8 kenosis,humility,self-emptying,Christ example,tapeinophrosyne,egalitarian,servanthood

Philippians 2:3-8

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:27 soteriology,giving,future promise,bread of life,Calvinism,provisionism

John 6:27

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:37 soteriology,giving,unconditional election,Calvinism,provisionism,the giving,God-fearers

John 6:37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:38-40 soteriology,will of the Father,eternal life,belief,universal scope,Calvinism,provisionism

John 6:38-40

Sections: debate_points, exegesis

John 6:43-45 soteriology,drawing,teaching,irresistible grace,Calvinism,provisionism,taught by God

John 6:43-45

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 6:44 soteriology,drawing,irresistible grace,helko,inability,Calvinism,provisionism

John 6:44

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:64-65 soteriology,unbelief,foreknowledge,granting,connection,Calvinism,provisionism

John 6:64-65

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 12:32 soteriology,sovereignty,drawing,Calvinism,provisionism,universal atonement

John 12:32

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Timothy 5:21 bias,partiality,leaders,impartiality,egalitarian

1 Timothy 5:21

Sections: exegesis

Philippians 2:5-11 kenosis,incarnation,Christ hymn,self-emptying,EFS,Trinity,morphē theou,equality with God,exaltation

Philippians 2:5-11

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 5:18-23 Son equal to Father,John 5,EFS,Trinity,divine prerogatives,honor Son as Father,isos,subordinationism

John 5:18-23

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 17:5 pre-incarnate glory,Son,Father,equality,EFS,Trinity,eternal equality,high priestly prayer

John 17:5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

κενόω (kenoō)

to empty; used reflexively of Christ's self-emptying (Phil 2:7)

ἀλλήλοις (allelois)

one another, reciprocally, mutually

τις (tis)

anyone, someone (indefinite pronoun)

צֵלָע (tsela)

side, rib, architectural side-chamber

δίδωμι (didōmi)

to give, bestow, grant, entrust

ἕλκω (helkō)

to draw, attract, drag

διδακτοί (didaktoi)

taught [by God], instructed

complementarianism eldership gender roles

Definition of complementarianism: women and men are equal in value but have different roles, particularly that women should not serve as elders.

Framing the debate — defining key terms

eldership gender roles egalitarianism

Definition of egalitarianism: equality in both personhood and role, with no limits on what women can do in the church including serving as elders.

Framing the debate — defining key terms

Rebecca Merrill Groothuis definition of human dehumanization argument

Groothuis defines 'human' as having higher rational functions including decision-making, then argues that denying women leadership over men is inherently dehumanizing.

Mistake #4: Analyzing Groothuis's definition of human

Rebecca Merrill Groothuis dehumanization argument unexpressed capacities

Mike argues unexpressed human capacities do not make someone less human — children who die young have unexpressed capacities but are not less human.

Mistake #4: Rebutting Groothuis's definition of human

Discovering Biblical Equality domestic abuse complementarianism and abuse

Quote from Discovering Biblical Equality: complementarianism is 'by definition a system of permanently unequal power distribution' that creates conditions under which abuse flourishes.

Mistake #5: Academic version of the abuse argument

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Definition of complementarian and egalitarian positions in the debate over women in ministry.

Framing the two sides of the debate

women in ministry complementarianism egalitarianism

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Definition of deacon: can mean generic servant or official church position

Mike defines the semantic range of 'diakonos.'

1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 3 elder vs. deacon distinction diakonos

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Acts 6: the seven men as proto-deacons; deacons do everything that isn't eldership

Mike discusses the origin of the deacon role.

Acts 6 apostles Acts 6 deacon definition

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Deacons do whatever is needed as official church representatives; the 'pastor' label confusion

Mike completes his deacon definition.

pastor vs. elder vs. deacon church terminology deacon authority

Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Burer-Wallace: 'snowballing dogma with little substance at its core'

Mike quotes from the paper's critique of the consensus.

Burer-Wallace paper (2001) lexical evidence syntactical evidence

Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Definition of the two sides: complementarian and egalitarian

Mike defines the two major positions in the women in ministry debate for his audience.

women in ministry complementarianism egalitarianism

Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Craig Blomberg's refutation: 'heis' (one) does not mean 'equal in all respects'

Mike uses Blomberg's analysis to defeat the argument that 'one' means total equality.

Galatians 3:28 Craig Blomberg equivocation fallacy Galatians 3:28

Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

The debate centers on one specific thing: the meaning of kephale

Mike narrows the focus of this video to the definition and usage of kephale.

kephale lexical debate

Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Exegetical Dictionary of the NT (1990): kephale refers to 'hierarchy of God, Christ, man, woman' — sovereignty in Eph 5:23

Mike surveys the EDNT.

Ephesians 5:23 kephale hierarchy Ephesians 5:23

Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Groothuis and Cohick cite the LSJ as proof kephale doesn't mean authority — misleading because the LSJ doesn't address NT usage

Mike shows how egalitarians use the LSJ in misleading ways.

Lynn Cohick argument from silence Rebecca Groothuis

submission definition hypotasso

What submission does NOT mean: clarifying common misunderstandings

Mike preemptively addresses caricatures of the complementarian position on submission.

headship submission definition head-body analogy

What submission DOES mean according to Mike Winger

Mike provides his positive definition of submission.

Craig Keener redefinition of submit love as submission

Keener redefines 'submit' to mean self-sacrificial service

Mike critiques Keener's redefinition of submission.

hermeneutical principle Talmud word meaning in cultural context

Red flag: claiming Paul uses a word differently than everyone in his culture understood it

Mike offers a hermeneutical principle about word redefinition claims.

Ephesians 5:33 Craig Keener hypotasso Ephesians 5:33

Keener redefines wife's submission as 'only respect' based on Ephesians 5:33

Mike critiques a second redefinition of key terminology.

BDAG hypotasso lexical definition

BDAG lexicon definition of hypotasso: 'to cause to be in a submissive relationship, to subject, to subordinate'

Mike appeals to the authoritative Greek lexicon.

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Definitions of egalitarian and complementarian positions.

Setting up key terms for the discussion

complementarianism egalitarianism elder

role differences egalitarianism authority

Definition of egalitarianism as one of three positions in the debate

Mike defines the three sides of the debate, starting with egalitarianism.

eldership complementarianism image of God

Definition of complementarianism as the second position

Mike defines complementarianism and its spectrum.

patriarchalism male authority spectrum of views

Definition of patriarchalism as the third position

Mike defines Christian patriarchalism and its spectrum.

women in ministry church roles elder definition

Transition to detailed guidelines for women in ministry — defining church roles

Mike shifts to the church ministry application section.