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Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-22

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Ah, I see where you were going. Wives are not being

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Ah, I see where you were going. Wives are not being called kephale or “authorities over” but managers which is a servant role. A very similar thing is stated in 1Ti 3:4 of

1Ti 3:4 debate

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@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Sorry, where does

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Sorry, where does scripture say women cannot be elders? https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

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@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 It does happen in Protestant churc

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 It does happen in Protestant churches too. Try challenging the authority of the elders on something and you may find similar behaviour even though they cl

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Ah, I see where you were going. Wives are not being

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Sorry, where does

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 It does happen in Protestant churc

@dalepartridge The Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving as: pastors, elders,

@Toneskeee @SuzanneLucy78 Regarding the requirements for elders, nowhere is it stated “must not be a female.” The requirements Paul lists are related to character, things you can change, not things you have no control over such as whether you are mal...

@BaptistClips Curious. If Paul wasn’t also an elder/overseer, then I don’t know who was. A Positive Case for Paul as an Elder Though Paul never calls himself an elder, the NT presents him as one in function and spirit. Shepherding Paul exhibits th...

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Jesus chose 12 male Jews as the 12 representatives of the tribes of Jacob. This wasn't about deciding who was allowed to be a leader in the church else only Jews can be leaders and I'm sure you d...

@Davis_Carlton84 @jaaonpe @YesThatCollin @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Yes, women ca

@Here4Now0829 Nice catch on Judas! Indeed the word used is the same as in 1Ti 3:1 and Tit 1:7, though this was before the church. However, from this you could infer that all of the 12 apostles were overseers (and thus elders). However, that you had ...

@Here4Now0829 I can understand that you may not be comfortable with a female pastor/elder, but the Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving in this way. And there should be multiple elders, qualified men and women. 1Ti 2:12 in context is Paul referri...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Yes, you’re getting it I think. Rather than assuming that a head pastor is required to be the central point of decision making and doctrine, the church as a whole led by servant elders who dedic...

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Thanks! I understand your resistance. I appreciate your concern as I’m sure you are just wanting to do what is right and not support sin. Also, I appreciate your apology—apology accepted. 😊 Many who believ...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Trolling? Seriously? Why are you dismissing my arguments in this way? Maybe you are trolling, but that’s not what I’m doing. Paul continues describing deacons in the same way as elders using grammatically masculine forms as ...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Now if we look at 1Ti 3:1-7, we see: - Nothing forbidding women from serving, - Nothing forbidding singles or the childless, - There aren’t even any male pronouns. So I fail to understand why people forbid qualified, gifted ...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Well, the epistles don’t forbid women from serving as elders or teaching truth to anyone. I asked the question b/c of the claim that the NT doesn’t list any F pastors so clearly they weren’t allowed. My response was there ar...

@BlacktopPreachr What scripture are you referring to? Paul did tell the Ephesia

@BronWen727104 Sure, I get that. But I guess then that this strays from what the

@BronWen727104 But weren't deacons specifically chosen to so that the elders could focus on teaching, doctrine, correcting issues, etc., and the deacons take on the other service tasks? Doesn't mean that they couldn't be pastoring or couldn't teach, ...

@JanJansen1973 @haymes_joshua That example merely shows that it is not a restric

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 The way we do our services today resembles nothing of the way meetings were in Paul’s day. It’s likely why few ever mature to become teachers or elders and few participate other than singing. BTW, ...

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have been in several churches which structured themselves...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Your comment “…in his authority, had us go outside and pray.” This is not the Biblical model. It is not the job of the pastor or elders to command the people to do this or that thing or use their authority to get everyone to co...

@StothersRyan @Svigel I’m speaking from experience having attended many differen

@StothersRyan @Svigel My point is that the elders are not supposed to be the one’s constraining the body. They are treating themselves as the priority, and it is not supposed to be that way. Their purpose is to grow, teach, correct…not determine what...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Who said that the church has to do one thing given the church constitutes many parts? If a person feels led to minister to those in prison and leads a group of 3 to assist, why is that in conflict? Elders who pray and confirm th...

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others who are not elders can teach, so that’s not it. Elde...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s not it. Jesus is also the chief shepherd and he als...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions they were taking to deal with the false doctrine were...

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach t

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be used when intending either men or women. And Is 3:...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Also, the passages you listed about the requirements for elders do not say that an elder must not be a woman. The fact that they both use an idiom, directly translated ‘one woman man’ or ‘one wife husband’ is an idiom. When...

@RealDavidReece That may be. But what is the 'head' of the house and why are eld

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking ‘authoritatively’…but what I found is that in each...

@Pastor_Gabe @jerryzz2 Eisegesis. There is nothing forbidding women from serving

And with a little bit of thought and careful examination of the text, one see Pa

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their understanding is severely flawed. And the thinking ...

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it

@smashbaals Many women agree that they should not be pastors or elders and would

@baptistvibes So Paul was not lord over anyone? Being lord only applies within f

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Yes, elders and pastors and overseers all require the

@jsrrayburn @wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii I see. Please give me an example of w

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was primary for the faith it would be in the creeds. We do...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Male only eldership was not in the creeds and confessions. Read the Nicene creed again. That modern churches are doing it doesn’t make it a core doctrine. It is not a core doctrine and that’s why it should not be called he...

No one should have ever made it a matter of a confession of FAITH that only male

@Forms_Respecter When people get baptized, do you think that they should have to

@Bigfoot_253 These are not fundamentals of the faith. When you get baptized, you

@JackmanRobert I agree that elders are pastors in scripture. Overseer / elder / pastor are used interchangeably. I don't see elders are rulers of a church either, though them all meeting together to discuss matters of doctrine is wholly consistent wi...

@JoeAdrian256 I referenced 1Co 7 because Paul clarifies that he is single and advocates for others to desire to be single which would mean that if they all followed his advice, there would be no elders whatsoever! But see, you note as I did "...but *...

@JoeAdrian256 The interesting thing is that many feel that a married man being a

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