Don& #39;t always believe when pastors say "actually, that English word means X in Greek/Hebrew".

Sometimes there are multiple definitions and there can be much scholarly debate.

Now, it& #39;s easy to look it up for yourself online for free.

Complementarian pastors tried to trick me.

For instance, I was told the word "submission" in Ephesians 5:22 meant:

"A Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader"." But the alternative meaning is...

"In non-military use, it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden."

PLUS "submission" (Hupotasso in Greek) doesn& #39;t even exist in Eph 5:22 it& #39;s implied from vs. 21 talking about MUTUAL submission.

https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/hupotasso.html">https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/...

That pretty much changes the whole meaning! Now the passage is talking about mutual submission of all believers, giving very little instructions to wives, and a heck ton of verses about how husbands need to learn to submit.

Tricky. Tricky.

Oh! And, they changed Junia the well known female apostle in the New Testament to a man& #39;s name or used the woman& #39;s name but said she wasn& #39;t actually an apostle.

Patriarchy be sly, yall! Watch out or they& #39;ll keep you in spiritual and relational shackles.