Galatians 3:28
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Articles (7)
Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28
[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...
Galatians 328 Is It Only About Salvation
According to complementarians, Galatians 3:28 is not about equality in Christ, but about all of us being in the same “boat” of salvation. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) has made quite an effort to try to demolish Galatians 3:28 as a basis of spiritual equality outside of salvat
Spiritually Different By Design
CBMW (Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) puts on conferences called “Different by Design” and in these conferences they teach that God created men and women different for different purposes
Three Spheres Of Subordination Shrinks To Two
In my last post I pointed to USA Today’s editorial that challenged complementarians who are willing to accept a woman as the Vice President of the country, that they should admit that they are full fledged egalitarians in the realm of society, the workplace and public life
Are Females Saved Just Like Males
Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:
Should A Woman Fear Using Her Spiritual Gifts
Can a woman serve God with all her heart without fearing that somehow she is violating a commandment by God. This segment is a preview of part 7 of the 4th DVD of “Women in M inistry Silenced or Set Free
Is There No Distinction Between Male And Female
> Q: Some feminists say that there is no distinction to be made between male and female. Is this what you believe
Theology Entries (1)
Mike Winger Ideas (30)
Preview of next video: Galatians 3:28 — 'the ultimate egalitarian proof text'
Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian： Women in Ministry part 6
Introduction of Galatians 3:28 as the egalitarian 'silver bullet' verse
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Galatians 3:28 used by egalitarians to override other passages like 1 Timothy 2
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
The text of Galatians 3:28 and its three pairs
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Basic egalitarian logic of Galatians 3:28
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Cynthia Long Westfall's use of Galatians 3:28 as an interpretive rule
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Westfall on egalitarian and feminist claims about Galatians 3:28
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
F.F. Bruce's declaration that Galatians 3:28 is the basic principle governing other Pauline texts
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
The central question: Does Galatians 3:28 limit interpretation of other passages?
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Greek construction difference: 'kai' instead of 'nor' for male and female, alluding to Genesis 1:27
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Alternative explanation for the Genesis allusion: women do not need to marry a circumcised man to be fully in Christ
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Westfall's analytical categories for interpreting Galatians 3:28
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Craig Blomberg's refutation: 'heis' (one) does not mean 'equal in all respects'
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Westfall's equivalence claim: male/female parallels Jew/Greek in the same ways
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Galatians 3:28 does not prove complementarianism right either — it is simply about a different topic
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Two-step egalitarian method: expand Galatians 3:28, then make it a rule for all other passages
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Revisiting Westfall and F.F. Bruce quotes on Galatians 3:28 as an interpretive override
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Tom Schreiner on the fundamental purpose of Galatians 3:28
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Egalitarian pushback: Mike treats the male/female pair differently than Jew/Gentile and slave/free
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Male/female distinctions parallel the other pairs: differences in marriage and eldership continue
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Hypothetical: if Scripture required Jewish elders, would you accept it?
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
The culture would not have read 'no male and female' as abolishing role distinctions
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Final conclusions: what Galatians 3:28 does and does not mean
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Egalitarians use a verse not about the topic because the verses about the topic are unhelpful to them
The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7
Wife as precious vessel and co-heir -- equal inheritance in Christ
Have We Misunderstood ＂Wives Submit＂？ Women in Ministry part 9
Two relationships: humans to creation (equal) vs. humans to each other (different roles)
All The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)： Women in Ministry part 10
Application of the Messianic view: women are equal in salvation, different in role
ALL The Debates Over 1 Tim 2_11-15： Women in Ministry part 12 (it took me a year to make this)
Genesis establishes equal image-bearing of men and women; Galatians 3:28 establishes equality in salvation — different roles do not imply different value.
Answering Questions From Live Chat Today on Theology, Apologetics and the Christian Life
Mike gives an extended reading and defense of 1 Corinthians 11 on head coverings, arguing the text is about role differentiation within a framework of equal personal value, not about female inferiority, and that charging God with sexism reflects moral overreach toward the Creator.
Live Q&A With Mike Winger
Ministry titles and the clergy-laity distinction: what Jesus really forbade in Matthew 23
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 19)
Related Comments (20)
Mark, “masculine” words in Greek do not mean the word is masculine. That’s a common mistake Enlish speakers make. The gender of a noun is part of the language; it doesn’t mean a “masculine” word there...
Lin, You are exactly right in that “heir” is something beyond salvation. Complementarians have tried so hard to make Galatians 3:28 to be nothing but salvation. However the context right flows right ...
Cheryl, I was very sorry to read Kamilla’s response. I thought your rules of engagment were very protective for her. And I agree that a public correction is the only option here. We must all test ever...
Lin, Thanks for providing that quote. I do have several Russell Moore audio lectures on the collapse of patriarchy. It has been awhile since I listened to the audio tapes. I will have to pull them o...
Truthseeker, I spent years in a Calvary Chapel environment, and it sounds like you are well aware that they are strict fundamentalists. Fundamentalism actually began as a good thing in the early 19...
‘The context of Galatians 3:28 makes abundantly clear the sense in which men and women are equal in Christ: ‘ Hi, I’ve only read up to there. But already I’m thinking there’s that escape word again,...
It was just a few years back that a CBMW alumni insisted to me that Galatians 3:28 was only referring to equality in salvation. I was blown away by this view. Now, I am seeing this taught all over the...
Thanks pinklight & Rachel! Lin, I remember the first few times I heard complementarians insist that Galatians 3:28 is only about salvation and I wondered how they could justify women being a part of...
Don, Yes, the literal Greek is male and female in Galatians 3:28. It is very good to pay attention to the words the way that God breathed them. You said: > “curse of the law” I see as not saying t...
Don, I think we can safely assume that Paul is talking about the Jewish inheritance rights for several reasons: 1. The “law” that is referenced is the entire code of law given to the Jews not the G...
“I agree we are all legal hiers thru adoption, just that there does not need to be any mapping of a woman to a legal son, what counts is being a legal heir. ” Don, I am a bit confused as to what you ...
Cheryl wrote in the original post: *Galatians 3:28 contains a negation of three categories that reflected common ways of distinguishing humanity among the Jews. The Jewish cycle of morning prayers fo...
What do I think? I think you are right. I think that [Genesis 2](logos4:///Bible/Ge 2) and 3 makes Eve out to be the first apologist (one who gives an account of their reasoning for faith in God). ...
Cheryl, I would also like to take this opportunity to say that I thank God for you and your willingness to use the gifts He has given you in the face of much opposition. Your ministry and that of Car...
Ladies, ladies, please relax, calm out, and enjoy some peace, and let me be mad, annoyed, cross, vexed, irritated, indignant, irked, furious, enraged, infuriated instead. { ; o ) Pastors? Hmmm? D...
“There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.Galatians 3:28 NRSV Does this verse say male and fema...
It’s such a blessing to know the truth about women in ministry! For years I stayed away from this type of website thinking people just didn’t want to accept the Scriptures! What darkness there was in ...
Kristen, I guess I’ll address your concerns first…you have a lot, so hopefully I’ll get them all. First, creation order is used as an analogy, not a reason, in 2 Cor 11:3. Second, in 1 Cor 11, the f...
Kristen (continued), I just think that’s a weak argument that in a letter that mentions Phoebe, not addressed to her, Paul would tell her the guidelines to exercising her influence. Women were permi...
Jeremy, you said: “First, creation order is used as an analogy, not a reason, in 2 Cor 11:3.” Then how can you be sure it is a reason, and not an analogy, in 1 Tim 2:13? You said: “Second, in ...