This post is a part of the series comparing the teaching on various gender passages in the Bible. Read more about the series here. Ephesians 5:23 says, For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Context This verse… Read More Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:23
This verse is the mother of complementarianism. It establishes their core belief that God wants marriage to follow a pattern based on gender. To the egalitarian, this verse exemplifies the previous verse: submitting each to the other. Simply because Paul says wives are to submit to their husbands does not negate that husbands are to submit to their wives.… Read More Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:22
What does submission mean? Does submission require a leader? Can it be mutual? The Comp and Egal debate continues.… Read More Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:21
Does this declaration rule out spiritual and physical hierarchies? Or can spiritual privileges and responsibilities weigh heavier on some because of race or gender, not because of talent, gifting or the merit of character?… Read More Problem Passages: Galatians 3:26-28
This post is a part of the series comparing the teaching on various gender passages in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 14:34-4034 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their… Read More Problem Passages: 1 Corinthians 14:34-36
Kay Bonikowsky 