Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

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

@BronWen727104 @RenewedReformed @sola_chad Philip Payne argues for this idea but I don’t believe it is faithful to the early manuscript evidence. I believe Paul was quoting the Corinthians and so intentionally put v34-35 in, though some scribes later...

@BronWen727104 @RenewedReformed @sola_chad Philip Payne argues for this idea but I don’t believe it is faithful to the early manuscript evidence. I believe Paul was quoting the Corinthians and so inte

Acts 2:17-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:33-37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Hebrews 2:9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

λαλέω (laleo)

to speak, to talk, to proclaim; general word for verbal expression

The manuscript evidence for the passage is overwhelming -- no textual basis for removal

Mike demolishes the interpolation argument with textual evidence.

Outline of the teaching: hinge points for each view

Mike explains his format for analyzing each view through key 'hinge points' that each view depends upon.

Interpolation View Hinge 1: No manuscript lacks these verses

Mike examines the manuscript evidence and finds that not a single manuscript omits 1 Corinthians 14:34-35.

The UBS apparatus rates these verses as 'almost certain' to be authentic

Mike explains the UBS (United Bible Societies) critical apparatus and its rating of these verses.

Anthony Thiselton's summary of the manuscript evidence

Mike quotes scholar Anthony Thiselton summarizing which manuscripts have the verses in which location.

A.C. Wire's analysis showing the displacement manuscripts are connected

Wire demonstrated that every displacement manuscript is either a Greek-Latin bilingual or Latin text with traceable connections.

Conclusions from manuscript evidence: most scholars rightly reject interpolation

Mike summarizes what the manuscript evidence teaches about the authenticity of the passage.

J.M. Ross quote: we must accept unanimous manuscript testimony

Mike quotes Ross on the obligation to accept what all manuscripts attest.

Interpolation View Hinge 2: Does the passage fit Pauline style?

Mike transitions to the second hinge point -- arguments that the passage does not match Paul's writing style.

Textual criticism principle: the reading that explains the other readings is likely original

Mike applies a standard textual criticism principle to the manuscript evidence.

Mormon evangelism relies entirely on emotional experience (pray and feel a burning) rather than evidence — because there is no manuscript, archaeological, or doctrinal evidence for Mormonism.

Mike explains why Mormon evangelism is feelings-based: it has no evidentiary basis.

Valid prophecy requires dateable pre-event writing. Manuscript evidence (e.g., Dead Sea Scrolls) places Isaiah and the Psalms before Jesus, making their messianic content genuine prediction rather than post-hoc composition. This distinguishes biblical prophecy from the Book of Mormon or Quran examples.

God's timing for the Incarnation was strategically optimal — Jesus came when manuscript distribution, roads, and population growth maximized gospel spread

Mike continues the Matthew 11 answer by addressing why Jesus did not go to Sodom in the past.