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Scripture Commentary article 2026-03-27

Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission

The mutual and reciprocal nature of hypotasso in Eph 5:21 makes a hierarchical reading of v22 semantically incoherent. Paul cannot establish one-to-another voluntary submission and then immediately mean one-directional hierarchy without breaking the logic of his own passage.

Eph 5:21 Eph 5:22 Eph 5:23 Ephesians 5 Headship & Kephale

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 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 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale

Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale

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 2009-11-05

The Dark Side Of Submission

## The Dark Side of Submission

1 Peter 3:7 Isaiah 5:23 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse

Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-04

Wayne Grudems An Open Letter To Egalitarians

In 1998 Wayne Grudem wrote “An Open Letter to Egalitarians,” and in the letter, he gave six questions that he said have never been satisfactorily answered

Isaiah 1 Philippians 2:7 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Trinity

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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and whether kephale means ruling before we are concerned wi...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and wheth

Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission

Women In Ministry Research Notes

κεφαλή (kephale) — Logos Clippings (Cheryl Schatz)

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Comp View Of 1Cor11 Mark

The Dark Side Of Submission

Wayne Grudems An Open Letter To Egalitarians

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

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and whether kephale means ruling before we are concerned wi...

Mike claims that men are told to lead their families and to be the head, but the

@uncledando @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Except kephale (head)

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife m

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, what in the context of Eph 5 leads you to believe tha...

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see

@danitreweek I think Grudem and others got this one wrong because they weren’t p

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose You sound like you are making things up.

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Here’s the thing—kephale or head is still in play but it’s not about authority or control being in the hands of the so-called head. Rather, head is being used by Paul to refer to source or origin...

@refiners_forge @wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley @mattbpeine @MikeWingerii Mike’s w

And God is said to be the kephale of Christ (1Co 11:3). Jesus’ body was prepared by the Father (Heb 10:5; Ps 40:7). Jesus “…came forth from the Father…” (Jn 16:28) Also, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him ...

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation o

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished

If submitting oneself to each other has nothing to do with authority, then why do people recoil at the idea that Jesus submits Himself to the church? It all comes does to the word “head” (kephale). Ever wonder why “head” is never used to describe a...

@Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng What does it mean that he is your head? Does th

@CoreyJMahler Give me just one instance where a leader, apostle, prophet, elder,

@CoreyJMahler A husband is the kephale (head) of his wife. Jesus is the kephale

@CoreyJMahler Let me be very clear: I DO NOT DENY headship (properly defined). T

@autocorrect2_0 @Pastor_Gabe This presumes head in scripture means leader or ‘on

@ladies4pd I’m a bit curious. You say “those who wield the terms in a certain way” and “this group of prots” and “how the Trinity is conceived”. Do you have a post where you explain what you are referring to here? My intent is to use kephale how th...

@ladies4pd This is an interesting hypothesis (from the Orthodox Church, I presume), but I don’t see anything in scripture tying kephale with the mind, the intellect, the brain or anything like that. While I might agree with you that the emotions and ...

@TonyG_in_LV It seems that in this way it adopted unbiblical concepts which are

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves and which is the source of seeds or new life of t...

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people who see kephale as meaning leader over or boss of o...

@WillYoungIII None of the lower umbrellas are needed. Seems like man trying to m

@oliverburdick Consider what the Bible means by the term kephale (head). https:/

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Let’s look at kephale, shall we? http

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one i

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge The same things Jesus says to his Jewish-only, male-only apostles is to be taught to everyone. We are all to emulate Christ, not just males! There is no prescriptive text giving authority to husbands in the home. Kep...

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the ver

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii Yes…but it still says he is the kephale. My point is

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii I agree that scripture is not teaching male authority.

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not redefining kephale to mean something else. I'm asking of each text what sense the author intended by using this word. What makes you think that Jesus' intention is to be the 'boss of' His bride? Jesus is the cr...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote auth

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon The thread was about Kephale and your question wa

@path1_one @rightresponsem What is distorted? Kephale is being used to mean sour

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What that means in context is the question. And every ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says keph

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