Woman's Rights Men

Did you know that most abolitionists were also advocates for equality of the sexes?

Theodore Weld, who trained abolition activists and eventually married Sarah Grimke, was legendary for his courage. Despite criticism, he welcomed women into the abolition movement and insisted on treating them as autonomous equals.

In fact, the abolition movement is what kicked off the American Woman's Rights Movement. Weld trained women alongside men and treated them as self-governing equals in every way.

Weld and Grimke's egalitarian marriage lasted happily for over four decades.

Another well-known abolitionist was Frederick Douglas, who declared that he was proud to be denominated as a woman's rights man.

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Why women were exempted from attending the mandatory Feasts in Jerusalem

  

Luke 2:1-7 [emphasis on verse :7], gives a perfect illustration as to why women were exempted from the requirement for all Hebrew males to attend the three mandatory Feasts of the LORD in Jerusalem each year--regardless of how far away they lived.

   In Luke chapter two, we read that Caesar Augustus commanded every person [regardless of sex or age] in all the world [meaning those under his jurisdiction, i.e., the Roman Empire] to be taxed. Because of this command, at nine-months pregnant, the mother of Jesus was required to make an arduous journey to the town of her birth and deliver her baby, the Messiah, the Savior of the world, in an unsanitary stable, surrounded by livestock. 

   In the TORAH, we read that only Hebrew males are commanded to attend three of the seven annual Feasts of the Lord. The male-only requisite had nothing to do with male superiority but rather with protection of mothers, newborns, infants, toddlers, and children. 

   At feast-time in Israel, at any given time, how many expectant or newly-delivered mothers would have been in the midst of or on the verge of delivery or going through required purification periods after giving birth? How many mothers would have been caring for newborns, sick infants or children?

   Can anyone imagine the mother and infant mortality rate if these women had been required to make a seven-day [not counting travel-time] thrice-yearly pilgrimage to Jerusalem?

   Yahweh is more merciful to his people than any earthly government. And fallen human nature tends to turn the kindness and mercies of God into excuses to build sinful and harmful hierarchies.  

   There is not a single instance of male exclusivity found in the TORAH that under-girds traditional-gender-role-religion or the complementarian doctrine of male headship.  

   In the beginning Elohim created male and female and commanded his entire human creation to dominate the earth (manage the earth's resources) together. There was never a command to dominate one another. The unscriptural paradigm of male domination of God's female creation is entirely a result of sin. 

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Southern Baptist Churches are Rejecting Male Leadership

Mike Law, a pastor in Arlington, Virginia, is concerned the complementarian paradigm of female submission to male headship is in jeopardy. So much so, he sent an open letter/petition (with 1,100 signatures to date) to The Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Executive Committee requesting the Southern Baptist Constitution be amended to read that women may not be appointed as pastors of any kind. He even recommended that titles such as Women's Pastor and Children's Pastor be denied to women. 

These guys are running scared. 

As they should be. Complementarianism, the doctrine of female submission to male leadership in the church and home is unscriptural, and nothing less than religious extremism that endangers the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical welfare of women and children. 

Pastor and author, John Piper, says the practice of male headship should even extend into the secular workplace. He shames Christian men by saying that true biblical men could not tolerate subordinate positions to women. But if they will not or cannot change jobs, Piper offers advice on how men can keep the upper hand in such situations by perverting common courtesies. I write about this in my book.

In his open letter/petition, Law wrote that five SBC churches within a five-mile radius of his congregation had appointed women as pastors of various kinds, including Sr. Pastor. That means five out of six churches within his radius, are either egalitarian or possibly angling in that direction. And that has Law, along with at least 1,100 other SBC pastors terrified that God's created design of equality of the sexes and gender-autonomy might actually become the unofficial norm in Southern Baptist churches...which would eventually lead to an official change in doctrine/policy.

Law stated that he objects to women holding titles such as Co-Pastor, Worship Pastor, Discipleship Pastor, Women's Pastor, Children's Pastor, etc., as he considers it trading in the "Office of Pastor." He wrote that "Ushering women into the Pastoral Office in Southern Baptist Churches unsettles our Convention's unity."

The Convention's unity certainly needs to be unsettled, just as in the days when the Southern Baptists broke away from the Northern Baptists for the singular purpose of preserving chattel slavery in the south. The SBC was formed for that reason and that reason alone and preached from every pulpit that slavery was God's design. In the slaveholding south, the fight to protect that evil institution was called a "Glorious Cause." 

The female submission/male headship movement, headquartered with the SBC [and disseminated from there to almost every other denomination], calls female submission, "God's Glorious Design." Sound familiar? They even use the same language as their slave-holding predecessors. And as the SBC finally issued a public denouncement of and apology for their support of chattel slavery, it is time for them to denounce and apologize for the gender-based Christian Caste System enforced within their churches and homes and promoted in their Bible colleges and seminaries. 

Whether they will ever do that is doubtful. It is more likely another split will occur; it appears that many SBC churches are passively resisting, quietly disregarding their bigoted leaders, and appointing women to leadership positions anyway. And that's a good thing. 

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Hypotasso also means arrayed "With" or "BESIDE"

 Hypotasso: Scholars Omit Two Crucial Definitions of the Word

 

 Two definitions of the Greek word "hypotassō," almost always translated as "submit" in the New Testament, would bring unity and healing to the Body of Christ by shedding the light of truth on a contentious and divisive subject... if they were included in Christian study resources. 

 

But these definitions though clearly seen within the context of scripture, are conspicuously absent from the scholarly record. 

 

   Hiearchical-English-translation-theology owns the field when it comes to the Greek word "hypo"--G5259 [pronounced hupo], from which the compound words hypotassō [Koine TR as seen in Strong's] and hupotassetai [as seen in Scrivner TR] are derived.  

   Both words are essentially the same and defined as arrayed "under" [hypo] by James Strong [G5293]. 

   Context reveals that "hypo"--G5259, can also mean over [2 Cor 2:11], or beside [Hebrews 1:3 ...and in Koine manuscripts, 2 Peter 2:5]. but it appears that Bible scholars and commentators do not want Christian laypeople to know this.
   The hierarchical applecart would certainly be upset if lay-Christians understood that the New Testament does not teach political or military-like hierarchy within the Body of Christ.
   James Strong, created an extraordinary work with his exhaustive concordance, but also exhibited extraordinary bias in some of his definitions, G5259-hypo being just one example. 

   Though we appreciate and use his work, we do this understanding his human frailties and biases. Strong's concordance erroneously perpetuates the unscriptural "clergy-over-laity" paradigm that, in Revelation 2:6, God says he hates. And one glaring example of this is his neglect to include the other two scriptural meanings of the word hypo-G5259, and this despite the fact he lists the scripture passages in which they are found. So we know he was aware of them.

   In this, whether intentional or not, James Strong has done a great dis-service to Bible scholars, students, and all Christians who depend heavily on his work for biblical understanding.

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1 Peter 3:1 Does not mandate female subordination or male headship

 

 Likewise the women yield to your own men that if any obey not the word they also may without The Word be won by the behavior of the wives [1]

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[1] In 1 Peter 3:1, is the writer telling wives that they are basically slaves and should emulate the subjective behavior of slaves as instructed in 1 Peter 2:18? 

This writer does not believe so. Hebrew and Greek scholar, Bruce Fleming, does not believe so either. Fleming teaches that 1 Peter 3:1 is not connected at all with 1 Peter 2:18-25 but rather an entirely new subject. He speaks about this in season four of his Eden Podcast, and he makes some very good points.

Fleming’s interpretation is possible. But regardless, this writer believes there is no doubt [that in the mind of the biblical writer] 1 Peter 3:1 is a continuation of the subject introduced in the last eight verses of 1 Peter 2 [:18-25] about slaves enduring unjust harshness and violence from masters. Without chapter and verse breaks [which is how the Bible was originally written], the passage is clearly one unbroken conversation about one topic, that of slaves being subject to masters and the writer leads seamlessly into the subject of women subjecting themselves to men: QUOTE “Slaves [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward For this [is] thankworthy if one for conscience toward God endure grief suffering wrongfully For what glory [is it] if when you be beaten for your faults you shall take it patiently But if when you do well and suffer [for it] you take it patiently this [is] acceptable with God For even to this were you called ^{we are all called to this} because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that you should follow his steps Who did no sin neither was guile found in his mouth Who when he was reviled, reviled not again When He suffered he threatened not but committed [himself] to Him that judges righteously Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we being dead to sins should live to righteousness by whose stripes you were healed For you were as sheep going astray but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls Likewise women …[be] in subjection to your own men that if any obey not the Word they also may without the Word be won by the behavior of the women.” END QUOTE

Peter certainly made a seamless connection when writing about the subjection of slaves to masters and the subjection of women to their men. This is confirmed in 1 Peter 3:5-6 where he wrote that Sara called Abraham master. Nowhere do we read in scripture where Sarah called Abraham master, so this statement must be taken from the Jewish extra-scriptural writings. These writings are commentary and not inspired scripture, but Peter was obviously familiar with them.

19^th Century Greek and Hebrew scholar, Katherine Bushnell did not believe women are scripturally commanded to subject themselves to male dominance on any level. But she also believed that 1 Peter 3:1 was connected with 1 Peter 2:18 and she had this to say about it she began with the Hebrew and then show how the Greek [in 1 Peter] connected with it: QUOTE “The Old Testament sense in which "to be in subjection" is sometimes used, is highly suggestive and instructive. Psalm 62:1 reads in the English, "truly my soul waits upon God; from Him cometh my salvation.” At verse 5 of the same Psalm, we read: "My soul, wait thou only upon God.” In Psalm 37:7 we find the words: "Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” The words "wait" in the first passages, and the word "rest" in the last are all three represented in the Greek version by the single word hupotasso, "be in subjection," while the literal sense of the Hebrew original word is "be silent unto.” Compare this with 1 Peter 3:1,2, where wives are exhorted to win unbelieving husbands by "subjection.” Surely Peter is not here exhorting wives to blindly obey unbelievers, for if heathen, they would at once remand them back to the worship of the gods; if Jews, back to Judaism. Rather, they are to win them away from these by their "manner of life,” “without The Word,"--actions speaking louder than words. "Coupled with fear,"—such fear of God as would cause these women, so gentle, quiet, and patient in daily life, to be as adamant in their truth to God; and the husbands so overawed by their quiet maintenance of principle, whereas they are so ready to yield to their husbands when principle is not involved, that the husbands dare not try to compel their wives to violate conscience, and thus are themselves gradually led into the Christian faith. Where “subjection” is spoken of as a woman’s duty, without further immediate specification, it has been too readily assumed that this means subjection to a husband. But many women even from Apostolic days, and certainly an increasing large proportion of women in latter days, have no husbands. In both 1 Corinthians 14:34, “let them be in subjection”; and in 1 Timothy 2:11, “learn in all subjection,” this O. T. idea of waiting on God, or the thought of a spirit of humility towards God, may be all that is intended.” END QUOTE

Another View

The biblical writer’s direction to slaves and women were not biblical condonements of institutionalized slavery or systemically-mandated female subjection to males, but this writer believes the instruction found 1 peter 2:18 and 1 Peter 3:1 stem from concern for the safety of both.

It was taught then that all Christians [slaves, women, and men] were spiritually free in Christ, and all Christians [then and now] are equal ^{Galatians 3:28,1 Peter 5:5}, but depending on geographic location and local and national laws, all were, and are, not entitled to the same legal autonomy. While earth-bound, Roman slaves and women were still confined by oppressive laws and cultural expectations. That is still the case in many parts of the world today. 1 Peter 2 & 3 was both instruction and encouragement that a godly lifestyle in freely subjecting oneself to an unfortunate legally-mandated lot would not only *keep slaves safer but also was not un-noticed by God and would not go unrewarded. Women were higher on the social and legal scales than slaves, but their autonomy was still greatly restricted, and they were maliciously written about by philosophers, playwrights, and poets of the day. Though enjoying more legal protections, by the first century, domestic violence was still a very real part of Roman and Jewish life and first century Christian women were certainly at risk.

*Throughout Roman history, slaves could be killed at will by masters with no repercussion. By the time of Christ, manus marriage, which entitled Roman husbands to arbitrarily kill wives was replaced by sine manu marriage, whereby married women remained under the protection of their pater-families or of a male guardian appointed by their pater-families. This made the murder wives [with little to no legal or social repercussion] much more difficult. But domestic violence and abuse was another subject altogether. The Romans from Augustus on, liked to appear fair and gentle in public by passing some very good laws favoring women, but one Greek/Roman historian lamented that literary writings on the subject of domestic abuse and domestic violence [in the late republic] is frustratingly quiet. In other words, domestic abuse was winked at and swept under the rug.

Domestic violence and abuse are a given in any society that considers women as inferior or lesser than men. Virtually all the Church Fathers, considered women inferior and dangerous if given autonomy. They repeat this often in their writings. These same Church Fathers continue to be studied extensively today, as they should but with their anti-women rhetoric refuted in Christian seminaries, but it is not. It is simply ignored.

Gender-bias in Bible translation is rampant and creates a perceived scripture-bias against women where none exists. Holy Spirit inspired biblical writers do not exhibit such bias, but this is difficult to see when modern translators insist on holding to historical and traditional attitudes that are harmful to women. Even today, with progressive laws, three women a day [in the United States] die from domestic violence. A Methodist survey done in the 1970’s, found that one in six Christian women experienced violence at the hands of husbands or boyfriends. Domestic violence among professing Christians is just as rampant as among unbelievers. Why would anyone assume that First Century women were not at even greater risk when misogyny was the systemically legal order of the day and the norm for their culture?

Cultures exist today, where Christians are both legally enslaved and women are literally slaves of their husbands. Many of these women must hide their faith in Christ. They would not in any case be able to speak of Christ or share his Word with their husbands, who are literally and legally their masters. Many have zero legal recourse against abuse or potentially deadly domestic violence. They must, of necessity endure the harshness and danger, with seemingly no hope of escape. Just as 1 Peter 2:18 is not a message to Christian slaves that institutionalized slavery is God’s will, 1 Peter 3:2 is not a message to Christian women that God created them as inferiors to men or that it is his will for them tolerate violence and abuse. It was a message intended to protect [as much as possible] and encourage slaves and at-risk women of every era. 

 

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Adam threw Eve Under the Bus...Twice

 

Let’s revisit the idea that the man was created to be the woman’s leader and protector. In the garden, the woman had no need of a protector, and YHWH ELOHIM was the leader of both the man and the woman. The Genesis account says nothing about the man being a mediator between the woman and her creator.

During the psy-op attack by the serpent [in The Garden], the man never said a word to either the serpent or the woman, though he witnessed the entire thing from start to finish. He was standing right there the whole time, watching the whole thing go down, and never said a word.

Interesting that, later, when YHWH ELOHIM asked the man about his actions, his angst was against his wife, and not against the serpent. He allowed her to take a bite knowing full-well she could die. He watched for her to die. Only after she did not, he decided it would be ok for him to taste the fruit. She offered him the fruit, but there is no evidence she had to talk him into taking a bite.

Then, when things went sideways, he threw her under the bus a second time. The first time was when he watched her take a bite without saying a word. He was willing to let her die so he could become a god. If complementarianism was divinely ordained, then the sinless man would surely have stepped up to the plate to save his wife before she ever stretched forth her hand to pick the fruit. He wouldn’t have let her get anywhere near that fruit. She would not have taken a bite. And there would have been no Fall.

But male-headship is not divinely ordained. Both adults were created with perfect God-ordained individual autonomy. It was the woman’s choice to listen to the serpent, though, to her credit, she did argue the point with him. And it was the man’s choice to eat the fruit without any argument with the serpent.

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"Andersen is a gifted writer, and the book was easy to read even as it covers thoughtful and sometimes technical information. I am glad I read it. I’ve read a great deal about women in the church and home, and it is easy to think there is nothing new to be learned or considered – but this book has a unique approach and covers aspects overlooked by others. Everything is well documented with footnotes in case you have questions or want sources."

"The author is not only a gifted writer but clearly well-studied and informed."

" I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate and bias can come into play."

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Complementarianism: Extravagant Promises and Dire Threats

 

 Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment that includes a promise That it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth[1]

Ephesians 6:2-3

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[1] It is notable that when YHWH 'Elohiym commanded children to obey their parents, he showed respect even for children by explaining the reason for it. He did not simply say, “You must obey because they are adults and you are children.” No, he said if you obey this command, there is a conditional promise of long life attached to it. Likewise, when the apostle, quoted the commandment, he highlighted the promise. Both 'Elohiym and the Apostle Paul, felt it worthwhile to explain to children the reason for obedience, yet some complementarian teachers would have us believe that Paul commanded full grown adult women to obey husbands blindly, with *no promise attached, only threats of dire consequences if they don’t. 

** Some complementarian leaders do make unscriptural extravagant promises of temporal and eternal bliss if wives subjugate themselves to husbands, but common sense reduces this hypothesis to nonsense.

Here is one example of unscriptural presumptuous complementarian promises, “A woman finds peace and shelter in the submission to her husband.” There is no hint of such thing in the Bible. Yet, this is a popular mantra among complementarians. 

The obedience of children to parents is temporary. Once they reach their majority, children are free from the command to obey parents. Not so with complementarian wives. Complementarian wives are commanded to obedience throughout their earthly lives and into eternity, where they are told their husbands will present them to Christ and answer for them at the judgement seat. 

This creates god-complexes in boys and men and husband-idolatry and irresponsibility on the part of complementarian wives, who believe they have a husband-mediator between them and God, when the Bible says there is only one mediator between God and humanity, and that is the man Christ Jesus.

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

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"The author is not only a gifted writer but clearly well-studied and informed."

" I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate and bias can come into play."

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Male Headship and the Ten Commandments

 Children obey your parents[1] in the Lord for this is right Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with [that includes a] promise 

Ephesians 6:1-2

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[1] In the day 'Elohiym created '‘âdâm [humanity] in the likeness of 'Elohiym made he him male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name '‘âdâm [human] in the day when they were created. The first of the Ten Commandments, instructs children to obey their mothers equally with their fathers. Nowhere in the Ten Commandments, can it be found that wives are commanded to submit to husbands or that husbands are commanded to lead wives. How is it then that complementarian teachers have written that female submission to male “headship,” is an eternal life or eternal death issue?

Search the scriptures in vain to find a verse or passage to back that claim. It is simply not “written.” Yet, it is a familiar refrain among traditional-role-religionists that Adam neglected to lead his wife in the Garden and therefore was responsible for his wife’s sin.

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If female submission to male “headship” is scriptural and indeed a life or death issue, the nexus on which our salvation hinges, then surely YHWH ELOHIYM would have addressed it at Mt. Sinai. But he didn’t. Why? Because he settled the issue when he created the first couple. In Genesis chapter one he commanded them to dominate the earth together. Male headship is an entirely man-made fabrication depriving women of liberty when the scriptures say, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

 

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" I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate and bias can come into play."

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Do husbands present wives to God at the judgment?

  Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word That He might present it to Himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish [1]

Ephesians 5:25-27

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[1] This verse cannot be used as a basis for male headship trinity marriage teaching, or as a command for complementarian husbands and wives to engage in a cosmic role-play portraying god-husband and church-wife. The Out-Called is sanctified by Christ and His redeeming work on the cross, His death, His burial, and His resurrection, His triumph over death.

Wives cannot be made clean and set apart by husbands who cannot redeem. Husbands will not present their wives to God at the judgment. The “He” in verses 26 and 27 refers to Jesus and not to husbands. The “Himself” referenced in verse 26, is a reference to the eternal Godhead, because Jesus is God. Jesus is the God of the BurningBush: Beloved Son Eternal Father.

1 Corinthians 7:4,14 refutes the redeemer husband fallacy by saying that the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife else their children would be unclean. That verse remains a puzzle to some. It also says the wife has equal authority over the husband’s body. In Christ, according to Galatians 3:29, there is equality and autonomy between all races and both sexes.

This is an excerpt of The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

 Author and speaker, Jocelyn Andersen, is an eclectic Christian writer. She is a Bible teacher who writes about many subjects including Bible prophecy and equality of the sexes. She is best known for her advocacy in domestic violence awareness. Her book, Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence, has been a staple in the library of resources on that subject.  

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"The author is not only a gifted writer but clearly well-studied and informed."

" I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate and bias can come into play."

"Andersen tackles most of the primary the teachings of complementarianism with an impressive exegesis"

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How is the man the head of the woman?

 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I wish you to know that of every person the source is the Christ ^{Creator God—Colossians 1:15-19, 2:9} and [the] source of woman[kind] is the [first] man and the source of [the] Christ ^{in his incarnation as the human Messiah} is the God ^{Ho Theos—Jehovah [Jesus is Jehovah]} [1]

 Ephesians 5:23 For the man is the head of the woman even as Christ is the head of the Church [2]

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[1] There are two interpretations of 1 Corinthians 11:3, 8-12. One is hierarchical, and the other is chronological. Verses 8-12 are the contextual interpreters of 1 Corinthians 3:11. Context confirms the chronological interpretation of verse three is the correct one. But despite contextual evidence, verse three remains a hot-bed of controversy, largely because it is considered an ironclad, bedrock, verse subjecting women to men within the complementarian/male-headship movement. The grammar of 1 Corinthians 1:8-12, however, refutes traditional-role-religionist and complementarian male headship interpretations, by defining the verse as being prepositional (indicating movement or direction, in this case chronological flow), rather than hierarchical. 1 Corinthians 11:3 is a divine flow-chart:

1. The source of all humanity is the [Creator] Christ
2. The source of the [first] woman is the [first] man (God made the woman from the first man)
3. The source of the Christ [born of Mary] is God (Jesus is God)

This verse is a CHRONOLOGICAL [& circular] FLOW— NOT HIERARCHICAL: All things begin and end with the Creator God>all humanity>first woman from first man>Messiah born of Mary>[Jesus is] God>source of all humanity>source of first man the first woman>source of Messiah [born of Mary] [is] God>Jesus is God the Creator>humanity>the man>woman>Messiah>God….

It shows the source and chronological order of creation and appearance of humanity in the form of the first man, then the first woman, and finally the incarnate Messiah. It reveals the prepositional and chronological flow.

·         1.) 1 Corinthians 11:3 is a premier example of gender-biased-English-translation-theology. Regardless of how one defines kephale/head (whether source or authority) The Godhead is the source/creator and supreme authority over every human-being (Elohiym—the Godhead—created the heavens and the earth. He is creator/head/source of all people not just males ^{Genesis 1, John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9}. 

   Taken within the context of the entire Word of God, and understanding that all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus in physical form, there is no contradiction in recognizing Christ as Creator God at the beginning of verse three, which is the Divine Creative and Chronological Flow-chart of the Human Race. In scripture usage, the Greek word, aner [incorrectly translated as “man” in virtually every translation], cannot claim male exclusivity. In numerous instances, it is used of crowds/groups composed of both women and men. 

     In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the context is not hierarchical but rather chronological, so anēr is correctly translated, as human-being or “person.” The Creator Christ is the head/source of every human-being, not just of male humans.

·         2.) The first man—Adam—the beginning of the human race, was a special creation of God. He did not simply speak the human race into existence, he formed the first man from the dust of the earth with his own hands. The first man [the Greek specifically says “the” man—referring to only one man, Adam], who then became the head, the source of …

·         3.) …the first woman [only], and only in the sense that the first man’s body was the source from which God, with his own hands, formed the first woman. 

     Here is a perfect picture of absolute equality of the sexes. The first woman was just as much a direct creation of God as the man. God did not take one of his ribs or one of his cells, but rather one of his sides and formed an ezer neged, an equal counter-part [not a “help-meet,” which is a completely made-up word that does not exist in the Hebrew]. 

     The man himself had nothing to do with the creation of woman. He was the source only in the fact that God took one of his sides and used it to fashion the woman. The fact that God fashioned the woman from an entire side of the man, in no way diminished either him or her. He did not then become only half a person, nor was woman created a sub-[hu]man—doomed to subjugation to males for all eternity. 

     It cannot be found in scripture where the first man was designated as superior over the first woman based on chronology, or where all men are given command over all women based on order of appearance. The first man and the first woman were both special creations of God—fashioned with His own hands and not simply spoken into existence. God was the ultimate source of existence and life for both of them and ultimately the entire human race. 

   Both the man and the woman were commanded to dominate the earth (subdue and manage its resources) equally. The were never commanded to dominated each other. Male domination of females is a consequence of sin. Even role-religionists admit that no hint of hierarchy exists in the creation account of Genesis chapter one. Neither does it exist in the Hebrew language that Genesis chapter two was translated from. We find gender hierarchy only through gender biased translator supplements. 

·         4.) Christ/Messiah came from God [the Godhead] and entered the world as a human, born of a woman. To interpret this verse any other way, is to reduce God, as the Bible is clear that Messiah is God. Jesus claimed Jehovahistic identity.  On one occasion, the Jews sought to stone him because he told them they would die in their sins if they did not believe that he was the, I AM.

The chronological flow of 1 Corinthians 11:3,  From Creator/God/The Christ/Messiah, came the human race (the first man) >>> From the first man came the first woman >>> From the Godhead came the Christ [through a woman]. This chronology forms a perfect circle beginning with God and ending with God. Jesus is God. This is in absolute agreement with the entire volume of scripture concerning the creation and appearance of the first man, the first woman, and the birth of Messiah. The verse begins with the Godhead (for all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus in physical form) and ends with the Godhead. Jesus is God. It was Elohiym (the Godhead) who in the beginning created the heavens and the earth. And Jesus made the exclusive claim to be Elohiym (YHWH/Jehovah) when he said, “If you do not believe that I AM (EGO EMI), you will die in your sins.” The apostle wrote that the entirety of the Godhead resides in Jesus in physical form. Jesus is God.

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[2] Ephesians 5:28-29 explains what Paul meant when he wrote verse :23. 1 Corinthians 11:3 and Ephesians 4:15-16 show that Christ “as head” loves and nourishes the Church, which is his Bride. Paul may also have been addressing the issue of domestic violence and abuse, which was prevalent among Jews and gentiles and certainly would have carried over into the early Church as well. The Headship of Christ as Chief Cornerstone (Head of the Corner) is a direct reference to his function as The Capstone of the Church. There is only one capstone in the only building that has one, so the husband is not referred to, here, as the chief cornerstone in a marriage.

Jesus’ function as the head is described in Ephesians 4:15-16, which describes a human body using a building metaphor. In this passage the head is portrayed as a capstone. Jesus, as the Chief Cornerstone is building, edifying, and unifying the body. He will rule one day, but not yet, and there is no mention in this passage of ruling. At any rate, husbands cannot do what Christ did and continues to do in the building of his Body:

“But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ from whom the whole body fitly joined together (“Fitly joined together” is a building metaphor) and compacted by that which every joint supplies according to the effectual working in the measure of every part making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” 

Among humans, only Jesus has headship, not to be confused with ruling. At the time this is written, Jesus is not yet ruling in his kingdom but building and nourishing his Body. This passage bears witness to the fact that Christ’s headship has to do with the building, edifying/nourishing, and unifying of the Body of Christ.

Ephesians 5:29 tells us that Christ’s Headship includes the nourishment of the his Body.

Christ as the kephale of the corner (the capstone) is the only connection between the rest of the building [his Body] and the Godhead. And though there are many angles (corner stones) within the Body of Christ, there is only one Head of the Corner (capstone). And husbands are not capstones. That is why Jesus said, “I am the [only] way the truth and the [only] life no one comes to the Father but by me.”

 This is an excerpt from The Hungry Hearts Bible Commentary edited by this author.

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What readers are saying:

"This book is well written, well researched, and a real eye opener."

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"The author is not only a gifted writer but clearly well-studied and informed."

" I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate and bias can come into play."

"Andersen tackles most of the primary the teachings of complementarianism with an impressive exegesis"

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