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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 2024-09-03

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

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

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-14

A 14-Point Biblical Case for Women Leaders and Teachers And Why Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists Are Wrong About This

A 14-point biblical case for women leaders and teachers, responding to Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists

1 Cor 12:21-24 1 Cor 14:26 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
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 B)

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

1 Chronicles 29:6 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:32 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-24

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 2 on Genesis 1-3 and whether women's submission was just a curse to be overturned

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-27

Ephesians 5 Christian Liberty

This post is the essence of the sermon Spirit-Filled Living part 1 by Pastor Darrell Johnson of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you would like to listen to the entire sermon, you can listen to the sermon here

Ecclesiastes 5 Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 5 Women in Leadership
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 2010-06-21

The Humble God

In our past discussions on Ephesians 5:21-22, we have been discussing the issues of mutual submission and whether there is authority in marriage. In this post, we will discuss the foundation of humility

1 Peter 3:7 1 Peter 3:8 1 Peter 5:5 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
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 2010-06-01

Authority Vs Submission Ephesians 522 Continuing Comments

Since our last post on authority and submission had so many comments, it appears it is going to crash the post like another post did. So I am asking everyone to continue their comments on this post (comments post #2) so that we can continue without having a crash

Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
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 2009-07-05

Wayne Grudem Part 2

In my last post I copied Wayne Grudem’s “Open letter to Egalitarians”, and I listed the first question of his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his second question, Suzanne McCarthy’s expert Greek answer, and my own challenge after that

1 Peter 3:1 Acts 5:21 Proverbs 5:21 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-04

Hey @haymes_joshua, ever gone to the grocery store at the request of your wife? Done some heavy lifting for her? Generally been a ‘helper’ to your wife? Lots more examples. That’s called mutual submission. Because wives were generally treated as prop...

Hey @haymes_joshua, ever gone to the grocery store at the request of your wife? Done some heavy lifting for her? Generally been a ‘helper’ to your wife? Lots more examples. That’s called mutual submis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in ma

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in marriage. Look, if you go to the only chapter that speaks about authority over each souse in marriage it is completely mut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@american_d1ce @smashbaals You think that by teaching mutual submission that thi

@american_d1ce @smashbaals You think that by teaching mutual submission that this is subverting whole households and spreading Jewish myths? Nonsense!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Except feminism don’t agre

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Except feminism don’t agree with me. My view is not to assert your rights but mutual submission. Everyone laying them down just like Jesus did. Th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC I believe in mutual submission. That

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC I believe in mutual submission. That’s not what the world teaches.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion? Submission in Eph 5 isn’t blind obedience. It’s Ch...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@susannemaynes Thanks, Susanne. The whole trick is that Biblical submission is about hierarchy and authority. By mixing worldly ideas in with mutual submission and completely overlooking Jesus’ clear example of submitting by laying His life down as a...

@susannemaynes Thanks, Susanne. The whole trick is that Biblical submission is about hierarchy and authority. By mixing worldly ideas in with mutual submission and completely overlooking Jesus’ clear

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

If you want Biblical hierarchy, then that means each of you are to put yourself

If you want Biblical hierarchy, then that means each of you are to put yourself under others not over them. Mutual submission is the explicit teaching of Jesus! We are not to “exercise authority” ove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submis

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submission by definition means laying aside one’s own interests for the sake of the other. That’s what ALL Christians are ca

Php 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

🧵Mark, unlike Mike Winger (@MikeWingerii), you’re actually engaging with the text.👏 Mike calls mutual submission a “trick,” but Peter warns us not to twist Paul’s words to mean what he never meant (2Pe 3:15–16). Paul taught mutual submission not ge...

🧵Mark, unlike Mike Winger (@MikeWingerii), you’re actually engaging with the text.👏 Mike calls mutual submission a “trick,” but Peter warns us not to twist Paul’s words to mean what he never meant (2

2Pe 3:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@DirkWalstead @BawitdaBavinck No, and thanks for asking. It refers to Eph 5:21 in relation to mutual submission one to another. I prefer this over the term Egalitarian because the latter is often seen as asserting one’s rights, but I think Biblically...

@DirkWalstead @BawitdaBavinck No, and thanks for asking. It refers to Eph 5:21 in relation to mutual submission one to another. I prefer this over the term Egalitarian because the latter is often seen

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@WayneShaff60221 I think most people see it as a response to patriarchy. Did it

@WayneShaff60221 I think most people see it as a response to patriarchy. Did it go too far? Certainly. But this is culture we’re referring to not Christianity. The Christian ideal is mutual submissio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domination. Anarchy rejects all structure; egalitarian...

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the smallest parts of grammar or the context. The only ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the sm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or something. That’s not how this works! It is an attitude of...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or somethin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinless. What precisely is there to rule over? Does thi...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to put yourself under others not over them. Mutual submission is the teaching of Jesus and Paul (Mk 10:42-45; Eph 5:21). ht

Eph 5:21 Mk 10:42-45 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Thanks for highlighting your questions again. How do you know that Jesus nor Paul were egalitarian? I prefer the notion of mutual submission as the Christian view is not about clamouring for high positions but the ups...

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Thanks for highlighting your questions again. How do you know that Jesus nor Paul were egalitarian? I prefer the notion of mutual submission as the Christian view is n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed” (Jn 17:5). Mutual submission is absolutely ...

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world exi

Jn 17:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@BNickdoc @ronhenzel I also appreciate the time Ron takes to respond to me point by point. He is doing what most are not willing to do and I respect him for that. But you might want to wait to hear my response before you think he’s closed the case a...

@BNickdoc @ronhenzel I also appreciate the time Ron takes to respond to me point by point. He is doing what most are not willing to do and I respect him for that. But you might want to wait to hear m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives?? Our family believes this and we are married and...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Frankly, I don’t know anyone who feels confident

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Frankly, I don’t know anyone who feels confident about their view of 1Ti 2:15! All patriarchalists and complementarians I have heard from seem to believe that Eph 5:21

Eph 5:21 1Ti 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your framework relies on pretext, not exegesis. P

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your framework relies on pretext, not exegesis. Paul’s call to mutual submission challenges worldly hierarchies, not endorses them! +

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Eph 5:21 does not limit submission to specific “lesser-greater” relationships; this is your imposed framework. The participle “ὑποτασσόμενοι” is reciprocal. Paul applies mutual submission to marital dynamics, elevatin...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Eph 5:21 does not limit submission to specific “lesser-greater” relationships; this is your imposed framework. The participle “ὑποτασσόμενοι” is reciprocal. Paul appli

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Where is unilateral authority here? You argue as

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Where is unilateral authority here? You argue as if authority inherently excludes mutual submission, but Paul’s words reject authoritarian patterns by focusing on servic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Loving "as Christ loved the church" flips typical patriarchal authority on its head⎯Christ led by serving and dying for the church (Mk 10:42-45). You also point to the "totality of Scripture," yet mutual submission cle...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Loving "as Christ loved the church" flips typical patriarchal authority on its head⎯Christ led by serving and dying for the church (Mk 10:42-45). You also point to the

Mk 10:42-45 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@tattered_bible Interesting perspective. So if this is the problem that women ar

@tattered_bible Interesting perspective. So if this is the problem that women are ruling their husbands then why not correct it by emphasizing mutual submission—submit as your husband is submitting?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't seem so dangerous or wrong. I think most of these w...

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-26

@BdtKim There are no gender role differences related to submission or authority.

@BdtKim There are no gender role differences related to submission or authority. Both have equal authority as the only authority given by God was given equally to men and women. The only way to harm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-26

@subq @harmonizedgrace God’s Word teaches mutual submission. I’m all about follo

@subq @harmonizedgrace God’s Word teaches mutual submission. I’m all about following God’s Word 💯 %

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-26

And the husband gets off Scott free for not also submitting to his wife? Nothin

And the husband gets off Scott free for not also submitting to his wife? Nothing that a little mutual submission wouldn’t fix @harmonizedgrace https://t.co/63m7ZUI8Ls

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell I'm not encouraging them to disobey

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell I'm not encouraging them to disobey scripture! I'm encouraging them to obey what it says, that we are to be in mutual submission!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@walkingmushr00m @mtnhousewife 1️⃣, I’m egalitarian, not feminist. I stand for equal opportunity based on merit and in a Christian context, mutual submission (all set aside their rights to serve and love on another). 2️⃣, you know nothing of my wife...

@walkingmushr00m @mtnhousewife 1️⃣, I’m egalitarian, not feminist. I stand for equal opportunity based on merit and in a Christian context, mutual submission (all set aside their rights to serve and l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@LRopa21333 @kenalexander77 @RealDavidReece My take of what the Bible says is that there is a willing mutual submission, not that there is no submission. In the first century, wives’ submission was out of duty, not love like they did for Christ. The ...

@LRopa21333 @kenalexander77 @RealDavidReece My take of what the Bible says is that there is a willing mutual submission, not that there is no submission. In the first century, wives’ submission was ou

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem You are right... let me rephrase: The true view

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem You are right... let me rephrase: The true view is no restrictions based on one’s gender and mutual submission within the entire body. ☺️

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