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Scripture Commentary article 2025-08-04

Women In Ministry Research Notes

Collection of 22 research notes from Cheryl Schatz's Logos notebook on women in ministry, covering head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11, kephale as source, Genesis creation narratives, Ephesians 5 mutual submission, and Craig Keener's lecture notes on women's ordination.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-12 1 Timothy 5:21 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2025-07-26

κεφαλή (kephale) — Logos Clippings (Cheryl Schatz)

A curated collection of Logos Bible Software clippings compiled by Cheryl Schatz examining the Greek word κεφαλή (kephale) and Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh). The clippings draw from lexicons, encyclopedias, commentaries, and academic journals to argue that "source/origin" is the primary metaphorical meaning of kephale rather than "authority/leader," with implications for interpreting 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and Colossians 1.

1 Cor. 11:12 1 Cor. 11:8 1 Cor. 1:5 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2024-03-27

Head Coverings in the Ancient Mediterranean: Research Clippings

Research clippings from Craig Keener's Dictionary of New Testament Background article on head coverings, with supplementary sources. Documents the cultural background of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, showing that head coverings were tied to marital modesty, class status, and regional customs rather than a universal creation ordinance.

1 Cor 11:14–15 1 Cor 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Egalitarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-10

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: “Women Keep Silent” (1 Cor 14:34–35)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 11 on 'women keep silent' in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Cor. 14:21 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
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 2022-11-25

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART A)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part A)

1 Cor. 12:1–30 1 Corinthians 1:11 1 Corinthians 1:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 3: Head Coverings and Authority - 1 Corinthians 11

[Music] 1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult chapter throughout church history there are some things that are hard to understand about this passage but using an understanding of the Jewish mindset will help us unravel Paul's reasoning let's start at verse three but I want you to understand that Chr...

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2010-07-24

Cbmw Brought To Task For Misuse Of Scripture By Demand For Apology

Newsflash July 24, 2010

Ecclesiastes 2 Proverbs 2 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-06-02

Submission And Origin Of Authority

When is authority given and when can it be rightfully assumed. These are questions that have divided egalitarians and complementarians in the area of marriage

Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 6:7 Ephesians 6:9 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-03-14

Men Taken Womens Good Portion

> “…Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her. ”  Luke 10:41-42

John 12:3 John 20:15 Luke 10:41 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-02-09

Womens Speaking Dishonors Men

Another common objection to women in ministry is the claim that when women speak and lead publicly it dishonors men

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:12 Nahum 4:11 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-11-10

Comp View Of 1Cor11 Mark

This post is a first. I have never before taken the writing of a complementarian and posted it on my blog

1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-14

Ask John Piper Do Some Complementarians Deny Women Opportunities

## Do Some Complementarians deny women opportunities

Colossians 14:7 Colossians 14:8 Colossians 14:9 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-24

1 Peter 3 6 Obey

How does 1 Peter 3:5, 6 with the Bible’s use of the word “obey” affect wives and in particular women in ministry

1 Corinthians 8:6 1 Peter 1:1 1 Peter 1:10-12 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership 1 Peter 3
Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-14

Woman Called As Missionary Has Regrets

Recently, I received an email from a woman who purchased my 4 DVD set “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” and then wrote me about the impact that the DVDs had on her

Ecclesiastes 4 Hebrews 4 Malachi 13 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-02

Adam And His Ms Organ

The creation account has been used by many as a foundation to produce myths and stories. While this post will concentrate on modern day myths, it is also helpful to understand some of the historical myths about the creation of male and female

1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:7-8 1 Corinthians 11:8 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-01

Reading The Scriptures Without A Male Bias

In the beginning God made male and female. Together they were to do God’s work on earth but unfortunately the fall happened and their work done together as equals was challenged by the man who took the sole rule for himself

1 Peter 3:3 1 Peter 3:4 1 Timothy 1:2 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-24

Anne Graham Lotz And 800 Pastors Shame

CBMW relates a story told by Anne Graham Lotz in the Washington Post where Mrs Lotz writes:

1 Timothy 2:12 Ephesians 4:15 John 8:32 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-20

Gospel Today Magazine Pulled

A Christian magazine is treated as pornography merely for reporting on the trend of women pastors

Hebrews 100 Isaiah 20 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-04-25

Partriarchy

One of the key differences between an egalitarian and a patriarchal marriage is in the area of authority and will. In a patriarchal marriage, the man is set up as the final decision maker of the home and he is given the right to make a decision for his wife even if it overrules her will

1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:5 Isaiah 1 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-03

Is Short Hair A Sin For A Woman

Continuing on with our verse by verse discussion through the section of 1 Corinthians 11 about women, we come to verse 13:

1 Corinthians 11:13 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:15 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Where To Next

I should be done the verse-by-verse discussion on 1 Corinthians 11 (the head covering & hair issue verses) this week and I was thinking that I would move on to a discussion of God giving teachers to the body of Christ – are teachers part of the gifts of the Spirit or “offices” that must be filled by

Colossians 11 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-28

Interdependence In The Lord

In our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we now come to verse 11:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-21

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-07

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Two

Complementarians have stated that God has a law that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men. This law, they say, is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks about in his book Beyond the Basics. If Numbers 6 ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-04

@KyleJezwinski @dalepartridge I merely repeated Paul’s statement at the end of the section concerning head coverings. What else do you want to talk about? That a woman has authority over her own head (to decide whether to cover or not)—because of the...

@KyleJezwinski @dalepartridge I merely repeated Paul’s statement at the end of the section concerning head coverings. What else do you want to talk about? That a woman has authority over her own head

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@BrendenHen8500 @sanderson1611 Many feel ashamed they are going bald and want to

@BrendenHen8500 @sanderson1611 Many feel ashamed they are going bald and want to get hair transplants. How is it a shame for a man to have long hair? You still have to explain how nature teaches this

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@sanderson1611 What from nature teaches you long hair on a man is shameful? John the Baptist was a Nazarite like Samson and never cut his hair… Nature teaches you that arm hair stops growing at a specific length and that head hair keeps growing the ...

@sanderson1611 What from nature teaches you long hair on a man is shameful? John the Baptist was a Nazarite like Samson and never cut his hair… Nature teaches you that arm hair stops growing at a spe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose That translation doesn’t reflect the Greek. It should be “let her” not “she should.” This is referred to as permissive imperative. κειράσθω is a 3rd person singular present middle imperative, hence: “let her c...

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose That translation doesn’t reflect the Greek. It should be “let her” not “she should.” This is referred to as permissive imperative. κειράσθω is a 3rd person sin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of the false teaching spreading. Paul didn't want them ...

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@SOPincorporated I must admit, Heiser is reaching far and wide to find something outside of the text to explain this. If her hair is inherently sexual because of some idea of semen traveling through hair, then why does Paul say that her hair is given...

@SOPincorporated I must admit, Heiser is reaching far and wide to find something outside of the text to explain this. If her hair is inherently sexual because of some idea of semen traveling through h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-07

@philip_reformed @Bildor_MoM @smashbaals How does “nature” teach you that long h

@philip_reformed @Bildor_MoM @smashbaals How does “nature” teach you that long hair on a man is disgraceful? What about John the Baptist?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@jdenehar @ostrachan How does nature teach you that there is a difference betwee

@jdenehar @ostrachan How does nature teach you that there is a difference between a male and female with regard to head hair? If uncut, they both grow long, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@BronWen727104 Could be. Though in 1Ti 1 where Paul introduces the strange doctrines, he refers to myths and genealogies and fruitless discussions about the law. I’m not sure what that has to do with Artemis. 1Ti 2:9 refers to elaborate hair—likely a...

@BronWen727104 Could be. Though in 1Ti 1 where Paul introduces the strange doctrines, he refers to myths and genealogies and fruitless discussions about the law. I’m not sure what that has to do with

1Ti 2:9 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how *nature* teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows stop growing (until you get old!). But let the ha...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how *nature* teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature its

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair *nor* that hair is a woman’s glory, for hai

translates 11:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, in 11:5, Paul explains the cultural implic

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, in 11:5, Paul explains the cultural implications for women, especially those who are married to unbelieving Jewish husbands. In 11:6, we have the permissive imper

In 11:6 in 11:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I've read ideas about how hair was sexualized in the

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I've read ideas about how hair was sexualized in the Talmud, but what does this have to do with angels? Is Paul making an argument from the Jewish oral law? But why go the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Here are the parts of the head: which one (or all?) is the husband: Scalp, hair, forehead, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, jaw, skull, brain, facial muscles, optic nerve, sinuses, tongue, teeth, gum...

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Here are the parts of the head: which one (or all?) is the husband: Scalp, hair, forehead, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, jaw, skull, brain, facial

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which applies to both men and woman) his entire life requiring him to not cut his hair... was he vile? Even Paul took a Naza

Num 6:1-6 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-19

@Christianous100 @Ready4Eternity The question is how does *nature* teach you tha

@Christianous100 @Ready4Eternity The question is how does *nature* teach you that there should be a difference in head hair length when both male and female head hair doesn’t stop growing when left to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-19

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to be short and a woman’s hair ought to be long, then nature would have applied under the old covenant also. Are you sayin

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