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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

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1 Corinthians 7:1-5 marriage,mutual authority,exousia,husband wife,equality,body,egalitarian

1 Corinthians 7:1-5

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Colossians 3:18-19 household code,submission,love,fitting in the Lord,mutual obligation,egalitarian

Colossians 3:18-19

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1 Corinthians 14:33-37 interpolation,textual criticism,silence,quotation,Western text,women speaking,women silent,Corinthian quotation,oral law,Pharisees,rhetorical refutation,eta particle,women in ministry,egalitarian,complementarian debate

1 Corinthians 14:33-37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Theology greek term

ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepo)

to permit, to allow, to entrust

greek

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Mike's nuanced conclusion: women were functional deaconesses, possibly wives of deacons serving alongside them

Mike states his final position on women deacons.

1 Timothy 3:11 1 Corinthians 7 women deacons Phoebe 1 Timothy 3:11

1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7 Ephesians primogeniture 1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7

Westfall's expansion: men cannot have primogeniture status over women based on creation order

Mike critiques Westfall's application of Galatians 3:28 to inter-human relationships.

1 Corinthians 7 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 7 Cynthia Long Westfall Ephesians 5

Four problems with Westfall's 'representing Christ in any function' argument

Mike systematically lists objections to the bridge Westfall has built.

Acts 10 Acts 15 1 Corinthians 7:18-20 Peter Acts 10 Jew/Gentile distinctions

Jew/Gentile distinctions continued after conversion: Jews kept the law, Gentiles did not

Mike demonstrates that the Jew/Gentile pair retained functional differences in the early church.

1 Corinthians 7:21-22 1 Corinthians 7:21-22 slave/free distinctions slavery in the Bible

Slave/free distinctions continued: slaves encouraged to be obedient even after conversion

Mike demonstrates that the slave/free pair also retained functional differences.

Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19 Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19

Video agenda: three main passages plus egalitarian pushback

Mike outlines the structure of the video.

1 Corinthians 7 Proverbs 1:8 1 Corinthians 7 wife's authority Proverbs 1:8

Wife has real authority: over home, children, and can make demands on husband

Mike addresses whether complementarianism denies all authority to the wife.

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 conjugal rights mutual authority over bodies

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 -- mutual sexual rights and authority over each other's bodies

Mike covers the supplemental passage on conjugal rights.

1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:4 polygamy sexual ethics

1 Corinthians 7:4 rules out polygamy and challenges Greco-Roman sexual double standards

Mike draws out implications of the wife's authority over the husband's body.

1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Corinthians 7:23 slavery vs marriage

Key difference: slaves told to get free if possible; wives never told to escape marriage

Mike identifies the most decisive difference between the two relationships.

Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

1 Corinthians 7:1 follows the same qualification pattern, not full disagreement

Mike provides another example of Paul's consistent style.

1 Corinthians 7:1 Pauline qualification pattern 1 Corinthians 7:1

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 conjugal rights mutual authority

Three areas of women's authority: (3) over husband's body — 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

Mike presents conjugal rights as a domain of shared authority.

1 Corinthians 7:5 qualified submission 1 Corinthians 7:5 marital dynamics

Qualified submission — not unqualified 'just submit woman'

Mike argues submission in marriage is qualified, not absolute.

1 Corinthians 7:34-35 homemaking 1 Corinthians 7:34-35 singleness

1 Corinthians 7:34-35 — women can choose full-time ministry over marriage

Mike notes that homemaking is not the only permissible life for a woman.

1 Corinthians 7 1 Corinthians 7 women in ministry principles elder function limit

Two simple principles for women in ministry: (1) greatly involved; (2) limit is elder function

Mike states the two governing principles for all ministry questions.

1 Corinthians 7 Mark 5:13 Acts 21:40 1 Corinthians 7 epitrepo word study

Word study on epitrepo (permit) across the New Testament

Mike examines every NT use of epitrepo to determine whether it carries authority or merely expresses personal preference.

1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 7:17 1 Corinthians 4:17 Pauline consistency 1 Corinthians 11:16 universal application

Paul's consistent teaching across all churches

Mike argues that Paul's restrictions on women in church leadership were not unique to Ephesus but applied universally.

1 Corinthians 7 1 Timothy 2:15 Romans 3:28 1 Corinthians 7 justification by faith 1 Timothy 2:15

View 3: Women saved spiritually by literally having children

Mike evaluates and rejects the view that bearing children contributes to women's spiritual salvation.