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From MinistryMagazine: "'The head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God' (1 Cor. 11:3). Here Christ, though equal with the Father, recognizes God as head. Priority does not necessarily mean superiority. In office, according to this text, man is first and woman is second, but they are both-human. The Father and the Son are different in rank, but they are both divine."
Reply: I have read many "scholars" tie themselves into ridiculous knots over this Scripture as they cannot let the plain meaning of this passage stand as is. Thayer's Lexicon says "Head" (Gr. kephale) means "anything supreme, chief, prominent" and the BDAG Lexicon says that it denotes "superior rank." Also, sharing a human or a divine nature does not negate any of this. A servant may share a human nature with its master, but one is of superior rank. Additionally, a man and a woman, a servant and a master, and a father and son are to different and distinct beings. They do not occupy the same space.
James Yates in 1815 wrote:
“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” 1 Cor. xi. 3. This passage plainly signifies, that, as man ranks above woman, and as Christ is superior to his disciples, so God is superior to Christ.
The subjection of our Lord to the one true God, the Father, is described by a great variety of expressions.
He was
CHOSEN by God; “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen.” Mat. xii. 18.
APPOINTED by God; “Faithful to him that appointed him.” Heb. iii. 2.
SANCTIFIED by God; “Him, whom the Father hath sanctified.” John x. 36.
INSPIRED by God; “I will put my spirit upon him.” Mat. xii. 18. - "The spirit of the LORD (Jehovah) is upon me.” Luke iv. 18, quoted from Is. lxi. 1. “God giveth not the spirit by measure unto him.” John iii. 34.
ANOINTED by God; Jehovah “hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.” Luke iv. 18. “He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ (that is, the Anointed)
of God.” Luke ix. 20. “The rulers were gathered together against the LORD (i. e. Jehovah) and against his Christ, (or, his Anointed, see Ps. ii. 2.) For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together.” Acts iv. 26, 27. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy spirit and with power.” Acts x. 38. “God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” Heb. i. 9.
GIVEN by God; “God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten son." John iii. 16.
SENT by God; “Then said Jesus to them, (the Apostles,) Peace be unto you; as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” John xx. 21. 66 As Thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” John xvii. 18. See also Luke iv. 18. 43. John iii. 17. 34. iv. 34. v. 24. 30. 36, 37, 38. vi. 38, 39, 40. 44. 57. vii. 16. 18. 28, 29. vü. 16. 18. 26. 29. 42. ix. 4. xii. 44, 45. 49. xiv. 24. xv. 21. xvi. 5. xvii. 3. 21. 23. 25. Acts iii. 26.Rom. viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. 1 John iv. 9, 10. 14.
That God could be Chosen, Appointed, Sanctified, Inspired, Anointed, Given, or Sent, especially BY HIMSELF, is plainly impossible. But the application of these expressions to Jesus agrees with his assertions, that he came to do the will of a superior, and not his own, which assertions he often repeated during the course of his ministry, and which prove decidedly his subjection to the only true God. My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” John iv. 34. “I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." John vi. 38. “I have not spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.” John xii. 49. “That the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do, arise, let us go hence.” John xiv. 31. See also John xv. 10. xvii. 4. xviii. 11.
To the same head may be referred those passages, in which Jesus is said to have come in the name of the Lord. Mat. xxi. 9. Mark xi. 9. Luke xix. 38. John v. 43. xii. 13. Every messenger is inferior to the person, in whose name he comes, from whom he receives his commission, or with whose authority he is invested.
Further, Jesus is called the SERVANT of God. The phrase, which expresses this title in the original Greek, occurs in the four following passages; Mat. xii. 18. Acts iii. 26. iv. 27. 30. In the passage from the gospel of Matthew, it is rightly translated Servant. In the three others this rendering is avoided by the authors of the common Version; but the sense of the original is not the less decisive in proof of the subjection of Christ to God. The title SERVANT OF God is however an honourable title on account of the majesty of the person served. Still more honourable is the title Son of God, by which our Lord is repeatedly designated in the New Testament, and which also implies inferiority and subordination to the Father.
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