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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 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 1-2: The Designer Knows Best

[Music] oh [Music] Lord why would you give me gifts that you don't allow me to use in the church just because I'm a woman why does the bible always use the term man am I important to God [Music] too why do you love boys more than girls why am I told that I can't lead in public prayer why are there s...

1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Timothy 2:13 2 Timothy 3:16 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve 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 2010-05-23

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 2009-10-01

Adam Rule Woman Animals

## Adam the ruler of the animals AND the woman

Colossians 3:16 Genesis 2:20 Genesis 2:21 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-28

Semi Egalitarians

USA Today has an editorial written by David P Gushee in which Mr. Gushee challenges complementarians that they are actually semi-egalitarians and they should be willing to openly acknowledge this

Isaiah 5 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-14

Is Complementarianism Merely Personal Conviction

This post is a response to Randy Stinson’s article titled “ Is Complementarianism a Merely Personal Conviction. “

1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 7:14 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-27

The Unfaithful Watchman

In the last article we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food. In another post we will talk more about Eve’s words to the serpent and

1 Timothy 2:14 Ecclesiastes 1 Ezekiel 3:17 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-19

Was The Man Given Authority To Rule The Woman

This is the fifth and final response to Matt Slick’s article called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority

1 Timothy 2:11-15 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 2:16 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-12

Special Authority To Adam

This is part two of the response to an article by Matt Slick of CARM called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” found here

Colossians 21 Exodus 18 Genesis 1:27 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

The Husband As King Over The Wife

In part two of this discussion we asked whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her. Today we continue our discussion about whether a husband is to have the position of king over his wife in their marriage

Acts 4 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-20

Gods Woman Is She Needy Of A Representative Priest Part 2

In part one, ( click here to read ) we discussed whether God created the woman as needed or needy. In this continuing discussion we ask whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her

1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:11 1 Peter 3:7 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Does Head Mean Boss When It Is Connected To The Body

This is the first in a series about marriage and the connection between marriage to women’s gifts in the church

Colossians 2:19 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-02-27

Catching Up

Well part one of the relocation of our ministry and the move of our household has occurred and we have a two week break before we go into phase two of the move

Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-28

Does Husband Of One Wife Disqualify Women From Being A Pastor

I was listening to the January 26, 2007 radio program online by Matt Slick of carm. org

1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:12 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is he

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is held responsible. And yes, Adam is the head, but head can also mean source and clearly marriage is established as a one fl

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@sl4Yahweh Except you are describing a military and not a church. And “head” lan

@sl4Yahweh Except you are describing a military and not a church. And “head” language isn’t even used regarding the church, but only for husbands. Husbands and wives are one flesh unions not mini mili

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

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

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express orig

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s often missing here. When a leader sees himself as the...

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s oft

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith It means that you are to remember that your wife, while she is from another family, is one flesh with you in marriage. Just as Eve wasn’t created separately from the dust but from Adam’s flesh and bone, so you should see her and treat her a...

@ncksmith It means that you are to remember that your wife, while she is from another family, is one flesh with you in marriage. Just as Eve wasn’t created separately from the dust but from Adam’s fle

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundatio

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express o

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and bone and Jesus provide life to His church. But he...

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There you go again—reinterpreting what I’m saying to try to have me claim that I think I become God in heaven. Being equal doesn’t mean equal in all ways, but it means that Jesus doesn’t put His church under His feet ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There you go again—reinterpreting what I’m saying to try to have me claim that I think I become God in heaven. Being equal doesn’t mean equal in all ways, but it means

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

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

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the very basis of what marriage comes from. It points back to the first marriage where marriage is identified as one flesh unio

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 Jesus isn’t siding with Shammai. He’s not tightening up Dt 24.

@JonByers186054 Jesus isn’t siding with Shammai. He’s not tightening up Dt 24. He’s correcting the whole premise. He takes the conversation back to Genesis: “The two shall become one flesh. What G

Mt 19:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect hi

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect him by giving him the appropriate place in your life (one flesh priority). …in general, husbands are going to prioritize t

Eph 5:33 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Oh boy, Grumpy. Are you suggesting that as Jesus is the Lord and master that the husband is the lord and master over his wife? Because that's not Paul's argument here. Paul's argument is to agai...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Oh boy, Grumpy. Are you suggesting that as Jesus is the Lord and master that the husband is the lord and master over his wife? Because that's not

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are treated. We are co-heirs with Christ and share His...

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are t

Eph 5:32 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-19

@RoiRogers2 @ZA_Legacy @smashbaals Marriage has its foundation in the first man and woman. Since Adam was formed first and then Eve from his flesh and bone, it is said that the husband is the source or origin of his wife. It portrays an intimate one ...

@RoiRogers2 @ZA_Legacy @smashbaals Marriage has its foundation in the first man and woman. Since Adam was formed first and then Eve from his flesh and bone, it is said that the husband is the source o

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages She was married. Even in polygamous

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages She was married. Even in polygamous marriages there is a one flesh relationship with each wife.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@biblemarriages @SupermomShayla One flesh not one spirit.

@biblemarriages @SupermomShayla One flesh not one spirit.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@SupermomShayla My initial reaction to what you said was because the women are not intimate with each other. However, it does seem that each wife is one flesh with the husband. "Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one bo...

@SupermomShayla My initial reaction to what you said was because the women are not intimate with each other. However, it does seem that each wife is one flesh with the husband. "Or do you not know th

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@biblemarriages @SupermomShayla Eve was made directly from Adam’s flesh and bone. Technically, all the descendants are products of that one flesh union. But the way the Bible speaks of marriage is that it always points back to the first one-flesh uni...

@biblemarriages @SupermomShayla Eve was made directly from Adam’s flesh and bone. Technically, all the descendants are products of that one flesh union. But the way the Bible speaks of marriage is tha

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

The reason he leaves is because the first woman was taken out of the first man.

The reason he leaves is because the first woman was taken out of the first man. He leaves because the woman was sourced in the man. In other words, he initiates to show the source relationship betwee

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

Let's look at the text: "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mothe

Let's look at the text: "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." (Gen 2:24, NASB) Notice how it is the man who leaves, n

Gen 2:24 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

Actually…it appears that the parents of the groom should probably be giving him away…but I guess that doesn’t fit the tradition either. 🤷‍♂️ "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall beco...

Actually…it appears that the parents of the groom should probably be giving him away…but I guess that doesn’t fit the tradition either. 🤷‍♂️ "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his moth

Gen 2:24 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason **a man shall leave** his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." (Gen 2:24) The ma...

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason **a man shall leave** his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; an

Genesis 2:24 Gen 2:24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife isn't his employee, it is a one-flesh union! Maybe in a secular way he could income split with her because her house work has value and so he would split his income to reduce his taxes and show the value o...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife isn't his employee, it is a one-flesh union! Maybe in a secular way he could income split with her because her house work has value and so he would split h

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-03

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reason Paul refers to the creation order is not becaus...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reas

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@RedBeardthePat @smashbaals Yes, the man was created first and was the source of the woman, his wife. This has nothing to do with authority and everything to do with equality—they are one flesh. And you claim I’m rejecting scripture and inventing a...

@RedBeardthePat @smashbaals Yes, the man was created first and was the source of the woman, his wife. This has nothing to do with authority and everything to do with equality—they are one flesh. And

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@allattwa66533 He defined what marriage is. “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will...

@allattwa66533 He defined what marriage is. “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and

Matthew 19:4 question
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:24

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:24 one flesh,marriage,leaving,cleaving,union
Theology greek term

צֵלָע (tsela)

side, rib, architectural side-chamber

greek
Theology greek term

בָּשָׂר אֶחָד (basar echad)

one flesh

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Egalitarian quotes: Belleville, Keener, and Payne all argue that Gen 3:16 is descriptive of fallen conditions, not prescriptive, and should not be enforced by church rules.

Egalitarian argument: the curse should be overturned, not propagated

Philip Payne Linda Belleville Gen 3:16
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Critical distinction: Genesis 2-3 is about HUSBANDS and WIVES, not men and women in general -- 'know your place' language wrongly presupposes universal female submission to all men.

Limiting the scope of the Genesis teaching

husband-wife scope Gen 2-3 universal female submission rejected
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Marriage grounded in creation (Genesis) and salvation (Christ and church), not culture

Mike argues the passage's own grounding prevents culturally-bound interpretations.

Ephesians 5:31-32 Genesis 2:24 creation order Ephesians 5:31-32 Genesis 2:24
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