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Theology greek term

τεκνογονία (teknogonia)

the childbearing

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Theology greek term

σῴζω (sozo)

to save

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ζηλοῦτε (zēloute)

desire earnestly / be zealous for

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κύριος (kyrios)

lord / master / sir

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κενόω (kenoō)

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

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ἀλλήλοις (allelois)

one another, reciprocally, mutually

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ὑποτασσόμενοι (hypotassomenoi)

submitting, placing oneself under

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ὑποτύπωσις (hupotyposis)

pattern, prototype, example, outline

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ἀνήρ/γυνή (aner/gyne)

man/woman OR husband/wife

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ὥστε (hoste)

therefore, so then, consequently

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ἀγαπάω (agapaō)

to love (self-giving, covenantal love)

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ἕλκω (helkō)

to draw, attract, drag

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προορίζω (proorizō)

to predestine, to foreordain, to determine beforehand

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παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)

to hand over, deliver up, give over

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κόσμος (kosmos)

world, created order, humanity

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κλητός (klētos)

called, invited

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προγινώσκω (proginōskō)

to know beforehand, to foreknow

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ποιμαίνω (poimaino)

to shepherd, to tend a flock, to pastor, to rule

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αἴτιος (aitios)

cause, source, author; responsible

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Israel as God's chosen nation is another example: other nations could not qualify no matter how faithful, yet this does not make them less human.

Mistake #4: Chosen nation analogy

nature-based roles Israel as chosen nation election
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Ephesians 5 as the solution to the curse: self-sacrificial love from husband, voluntary submission from wife, both acting in service to God.

NT solution to the Genesis 3 curse dynamic

Eph 5 voluntary submission self-sacrificial love
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Philemon 1-2: church in Philemon's house does not make Apphia or Archippus leaders

Mike examines Keener's third reference.

Philemon 1-2 Philemon Craig Keener hosting vs. leading Philemon 1-2
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Titus 2:3: 'older women' uses a different Greek word (presbytis), not the elder office term

Mike addresses a less common egalitarian proof text.

Titus 2:3-5 presbuteros Titus 2:3-5 presbytis
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

1 Timothy 3:1-7: elder requirements are distinctly masculine

Mike reads the definitive passage on elder qualifications.

1 Timothy 3:1-7 overseer elder qualifications able to teach
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

1 Peter 2:4-5 — all believers are a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices

Mike begins building the biblical case for universal priesthood from 1 Peter.

1 Peter 2:4-5 universal priesthood of believers 1 Peter 2:4-5 spiritual sacrifices
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Revelation 1:5-6 — Jesus made us a kingdom and priests; includes all freed by his blood

Another proof text for universal priesthood.

Revelation 1:5-6 universal priesthood of believers Revelation 1:5-6
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Titus 2:3-5 — older women are to teach younger women; a biblical case for women's teaching ministry outside eldership

Mike provides a scriptural example of women teaching in appropriate contexts.

Titus 2:3-5 Titus 2:3-5 women's ministry women teaching
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Pierce and Groothuis argue that Paul commands husbands to love, not to exercise authority — a false dichotomy

Mike addresses the egalitarian argument that love commands exclude authority.

Ephesians 5:25-30 Discovering Biblical Equality false dichotomy Ephesians 5:25-30
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Colossians 3:18-19 -- wives submit, husbands love and don't be harsh

Mike teaches through the second main passage.

Colossians 3:18-19 hypotasso Colossians 3:18-19 as is fitting in the Lord
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Ephesians 5:25-33 -- instructions to husbands: self-sacrificial love like Christ

Mike teaches through the husband's instructions.

Ephesians 5:25-33 self-sacrificial love Ephesians 5:25-33 sanctification in marriage
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Head-body analogy throughout Ephesians 5 reinforces husband's leadership role

Mike traces the head-body metaphor through the passage.

Ephesians 5:23 Ephesians 5:28 Ephesians 5:23 head-body analogy Ephesians 5:28
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Callings are mutually exclusive: husband never told to MAKE wife submit

Mike identifies a key structural feature of the NT marriage instructions.

1 Timothy 3:4-5 mutually exclusive callings abuse prevention 1 Timothy 3:4-5
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Davids applies different standards to wife commands vs husband commands

Mike identifies a methodological inconsistency in the egalitarian approach.

Peter Davids interpretive double standard
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Complementarian reading: Paul affirms authority but with Jesus-like caveats

Mike offers the alternative complementarian reading of Colossians 3.

Colossians 3:18-19 servant leadership Colossians 3:18-19
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Multiple problems with reading Ephesians 5 as cultural defense

Mike lists remaining issues with the cultural-bowing interpretation.

Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5 cultural bowing Josephus parallel
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener on Paul 'avoiding' the words obey and rule -- argument from absent words

Mike addresses the claim that Paul deliberately avoided stronger terms.

Craig Keener argument from absence obey/rule terminology
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Egalitarian interpretation of Ephesians 5:21 as umbrella of mutual submission

Mike explains and critiques the mutual submission reading of verse 21.

Ephesians 5:21 mutual submission Ephesians 5:21 dual messaging
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener and egalitarians find husband's submission in two places

Mike identifies where egalitarians claim to find the husband submitting.

Ephesians 5:21-22 Craig Keener Ephesians 5:21-22 husband's submission
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

The Christ-church analogy strengthens rather than undermines submission

Mike argues the Christ parallel destroys the mutual submission reading.

Ephesians 5:23-25 Christ and church analogy Jesus' authority Ephesians 5:23-25
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener redefines 'submit' to mean self-sacrificial service

Mike critiques Keener's redefinition of submission.

Craig Keener redefinition of submit love as submission
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

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

Mike offers a hermeneutical principle about word redefinition claims.

hermeneutical principle Talmud word meaning in cultural context
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Paul devotes more space to husbands loving than wives submitting -- what does this mean?

Mike evaluates the significance of the imbalanced space given to each instruction.

Ephesians 5 Craig Keener Ephesians 5 space devoted to instructions
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Titus 2:3-10 refutes the 'careful balancing act' theory about Ephesians 5

Mike uses Titus 2 to show Paul doesn't always balance instructions to both sexes.

Titus 2:3-10 Titus 2:3-10 imbalanced instructions careful balancing theory
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

How Paul IS different from his culture (complementarian distinctives)

Mike distinguishes Paul's teaching from both Roman culture and egalitarianism.

Ephesians 5 self-sacrificial love Ephesians 5 Paul's cultural distinctiveness
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Both Paul's culture and Paul valued love in marriage and opposed wife abuse

Mike corrects the misconception that love and non-abuse were Paul's innovations.

love in ancient culture love as command wife abuse in ancient world
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Final conclusions: Biblical submission is not oppression when paired with husband's Christ-like love

Mike delivers his final summary.

complementarianism submission not oppression co-heirs in Christ
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Both egalitarian explanations for the priesthood ban seem forced; Mike wanted to become egalitarian but was driven away by poor Scripture handling.

Assessment of egalitarian priesthood arguments

egalitarianism priesthood discernment
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Verses 11-12: mutual dependence balances headship -- not refutation but nuance

Mike explains the 'however' of verses 11-12 in the traditional view.

Ephesians 5 1 Peter 3 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 Ephesians 5 1 Peter 3 1 Corinthians 11:11-12
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Ephesians 5:25 — husbands must self-sacrificially love like Christ

Mike presents husbandly self-sacrifice as an essential part of the biblical framework.

Ephesians 5:25-27 abuse prevention Ephesians 5:25-27 self-sacrifice
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Three areas where the Bible speaks of women having authority: (1) over children

Mike begins listing specific biblical domains of women's authority.

Ephesians 6:1-2 parental authority Ephesians 6:1-2 women's authority over children
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