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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD F O U N DAT I O N S F O R T H E F A M I LY S E R I E S BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD WAYNE GRUDEM, EDITOR C R O S S W AY B O O K S A DIVISION OF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS WHEATON, ILLINOIS Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood Copyright © 2002 by Wayne Grudem Published by Crossway Books A division of Good News Publishers 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by USA copyright law. Crossway’s publication of Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood is in cooperation with FamilyLife and the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Cover design: David LaPlaca Cover photo: Josh Dennis First printing 2002 Printed in the United States of America Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are as follows: Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7: The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Chapters 2, 4, 6, 9, 10: The Holy Bible: New International Version,® © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The “NIV” and “New International Version” trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society. Chapter 8: The New American Standard Bible, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Biblical foundations for manhood and womanhood / Wayne Grudem, editor. p. cm. — (Foundations for the family series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-58134-409-0 1. Women—Biblical teaching. 2. Men—Biblical teaching. 3. Man-woman relationships—Biblical teaching. I. Grudem, Wayne A. II. Series. BS680.W7 B53 2002 261.8'343—dc21 2002001697 CIP 15 14 15 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 09 9 08 07 06 8 7 6 05 5 04 4 03 3 2 02 1 To Dennis Rainey Stalwart defender of God’s plan for the family, and faithful friend CONTENTS The Contributors 9 Preface 13 I. O VERVIEW 1 The Key Issues in the Manhood-Womanhood Controversy, and the Way Forward Wayne Grudem II. T HE G LORY OF M AN C REATED BY G OD AND W OMAN 19 AS 2 Male and Female Complementarity and the Image of God Bruce A. Ware 71 3 The Surpassing Goal: Marriage Lived for the Glory of God John Piper 93 III. R ESOLVING THE D ISPUTED Q UESTIONS 4 Does Galatians 3:28 Negate Gender-Specific Roles? Richard Hove 105 5 The Meaning of kefalhv (“Head”): An Evaluation of New Evidence, Real and Alleged Wayne Grudem 145 6 The Historical Novelty of Egalitarian Interpretations of Ephesians 5:21-22 Daniel Doriani 203 7 The Myth of Mutual Submission as an Interpretation of Ephesians 5:21 Wayne Grudem 221 8 Tampering with the Trinity: Does the Son Submit to His Father? Bruce A. Ware IV. S TANDING AGAINST THE 233 C ULTURE 9 Sexual Perversion: The Necessary Fruit of Neo-Pagan Spirituality in the Culture at Large Peter R. Jones 257 10 The Unchangeable Difference: Eternally Fixed Sexual Identity for an Age of