Was Paul a Woman-Hater?

[525 words] “Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. I praise and appreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to the traditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head (authority over) of every man, and man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1-3 AMP). Some religious minded people say that the apostle Paul was a woman hater. That is, a misogynist. Of course, that is not true. We confuse the chain of authority in Scripture with the worth of an individual. A private in the army is a person just like the sergeant. The sergeant is a specific rank within the Army and Marine Corps that determines the authority of a soldier, and it has nothing whatsoever to do…