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Category: Ephesians 5

The head fills the body.

This puzzle has been shared around Facebook recently, and I thought it a perfect illustration of what submission to a source looks like. Or, rather what it doesn’t look like. I explain in the video.… Read More The head fills the body.

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 kbonikowskyLeave a comment

Problem Passages: Christian Submission in Ephesians 5

The context of wives submitting to husbands is from the larger result of Christians everywhere submitting to each other as they are filled with the Spirit of Christ.… Read More Problem Passages: Christian Submission in Ephesians 5

October 3, 2016October 18, 2016 kbonikowskyLeave a comment

Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:23

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

July 29, 2014October 8, 2020 kbonikowskyLeave a comment

Problem Passages: Ephesians 5:22

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

May 22, 2013September 20, 2016 kbonikowsky15 Comments

What do you emphasize?

Ephesians 5:22 or the  verse prior?  1 Timothy 2:9 or the verse prior?

May 20, 2013May 17, 2013 kbonikowsky4 Comments

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