NLT Study Bible

Hey all, I just recently got a NLT Study Bible. I really like the NLT translation; it's just so readable. So I get my new Bible and I'm looking at some of the notes, and I get to the note on 1 Cor 11.3. The text of 1 Cor 11.3 is "But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God". Now this is a much debated verse; the debate centred on the meaning of the word "head". We see this debate in the textual notes which shows that the word 'head' could be replaced with the word 'source' or 'is responsible to'. The study notes however say: NLT gives the literal reading head of, which is a methephor for either source or authority. The immediate context and Paul's overall teaching both favour understanding head in the context of authority. Personally, I have to admit I think NLT Study Bible has got this wrong and a lot of Biblical Commentators agree with me (such as Gordon Fee, NT Wright, Walter Kaiser, Millard Erickson and more). There are people that argue that the concept of authority is present in this verse, I agree with the writers above that the word is better understood as 'source'. The point that I'm wanting to make in this blog is that translators acknowledged the debate surrounding this verse. Why didn't the study notes? I have no problem with someone viewing something different from me. In fact, I readily admit in gray areas, that I could well be wrong. But given the abuse (I use that word on purpose) that the Church has dished out to females over the years through the misreading of this verse and others, surely an acknowledgment that 'leading Biblical scholars' read this verse differently should have been added in this study note. Anyway, theres my wringe.

I do wish note though with that said. I do like my Study Bible.

I got the cloest thing I've had to a complete all clear from my Hodgkins Cancer today. Still need to have 6 monthly scans to make sure that it doesn't try a comeback, but for now, all is good.

Also been on a mission trip to East Timor. Biggest thing that hit me this time was the state of the High Schools over there. They are a mess - seriously. I'm not meaning the teachers or education set-up; I don't anything about them. I mean the buildings and grounds that kids try to learn in. The missionaries that we support and work with have set up a Pre-School which is far better equipped than any of the High Schools we saw over there. Will blog more on Timor soon - for now it's bed time

Til next time
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