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Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-14

A 14-Point Biblical Case for Women Leaders and Teachers And Why Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists Are Wrong About This

A 14-point biblical case for women leaders and teachers, responding to Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists

1 Cor 12:21-24 1 Cor 14:26 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-25

Specific Or General Woman

This post will be an expansion on the reasons why I believe that 1 Timothy 2:11-15 is about one specific woman and why a general reference to women does not line up with the grammar within the surrounding context. I will also consider the challenge to my view from the new verbal aspect theory

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-05

Prohibit Teaching A Man

Some egalitarians suggest that the object “a man” in 1 Timothy 2:12 should rightfully be connected to only one verb “authentein” and that the infinitive form of the verb “to teach” was not meant to be connected to the object “man”

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-04-14

1 Timothy 212 Prohibitions Revisited

I started a post months ago and then life became so complicated I had to set my blog aside to cope. This post will now be the new “home” on the discussion on whether 1 Timothy 2:12 has two prohibitions or one

1 Timothy 1:20 1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-08-03

A Woman Anaphoric

In a recent blog post , there has been some discussion on 1 Timothy 2:11, 12 in the comment section, and the question of whether “a woman” is generic woman or a specific woman. I always appreciate questions and challenges on my position as it continually pushes me to continue to do research in order

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-14

T4G Comp Tied To Gospel

The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J

Colossians 14:34-35 Ephesians 4:2 Exodus 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-25

Round 4 Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post is the fourth one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands no such thing. Clearly Paul in his personal letter ...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the usual authority. Just like we might pick up an ar...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Not so. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Also, where is authentein used positively of...

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Not so. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to any

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA You may also wish to consider Belleville’s excellent work on authentein leaning towards my interpretation. The forbidden fruit brought death. This wasn’t about usurping male authority as Paul doe...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA You may also wish to consider Belleville’s excellent work on authentein leaning towards my interpretation. The forbidden fruit brought death. Thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Belleville shows that there was an Attic understanding this...

@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Bellevill

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take authority over anyone in the church? Because auth...

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 The word didaskein (ie. to teach) is there, but why do you think it has to do with teaching truth when the letter was about stopping false teaching? Also, authentein doesn't mean authority in a good sense. That word is extremely rare and ...

@Paula_333 The word didaskein (ie. to teach) is there, but why do you think it has to do with teaching truth when the letter was about stopping false teaching? Also, authentein doesn't mean authority

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by anyone. Nowhere is 'authentein' being used positiv...

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by

1Ti 2:12-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk In Wisdom of Solomon 12:6, authentas is used (the accusative plural noun form), whereas in 1Ti 2:12, authentein is a present active infinitive verb form. They are related, and I do agree with you that there is a sense of murder here which...

@darylsterk In Wisdom of Solomon 12:6, authentas is used (the accusative plural noun form), whereas in 1Ti 2:12, authentein is a present active infinitive verb form. They are related, and I do agree w

Solomon 12:6 1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely r

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely rare in all antiquity. Yet since context guides meaning, I think we can still get pretty close to the meaning by carefull

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepresenting the details you can turn any text into a p...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals You are taking 1Ti 2:11-12 out of context. Paul’s purpose in writing his personal letter to Timothy was for Timothy to deal with the false teaching not the stopping of anyone teaching the truth to anyone. That conclusion ...

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals You are taking 1Ti 2:11-12 out of context. Paul’s purpose in writing his personal letter to Timothy was for Timothy to deal with the false teaching not the stopping of any

1Ti 2:11-12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Winger’s lexical defense is weak because: - The word is rare, and his “neutral”

Winger’s lexical defense is weak because: - The word is rare, and his “neutral” example is non-parallel. - Paul uses it in a uniquely cautionary context. - The NT never commends men to authentein. - C

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—E

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—Eve’s deception, Adam’s passivity, and the false teaching crisis in Ephesus—make a negative reading more plausible. /10

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the term in a pastoral, theological warning about decep...

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@ronhenzel @carol66944 @BibleU777 Well now, the only place authority (exousaizo)

@ronhenzel @carol66944 @BibleU777 Well now, the only place authority (exousaizo) is mentioned and it’s *mutual*? Did you miss that? Where is the husband said to authentein anyone let alone his wife?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning You are making this up since Eve is never said to authentein Adam (and the LXX is the Greek OT). She didn’t even speak to Adam or teach him in the text of Genesis 3. That Adam is prophe...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning You are making this up since Eve is never said to authentein Adam (and the LXX is the Greek OT). She didn’t even speak to Adam or teach

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only the serpent! Also, God doesn’t curse the man nor th...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is wh

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is what some believe means to “exercise authority over” someone. This is the only place it is used in the Bible. Why isn’t it

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix I see. Well the word for teach is in 1Ti 2:1

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix I see. Well the word for teach is in 1Ti 2:12. Do you believe men are supposed to authentein others? (That’s the Greek word Paul used which some translate as have a

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usurp authority” (are men even allowed to do that?) an...

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t allowing the teaching of truth but that contradict...

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-26

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii There's no positive sense in which a man is said to authentein anyone, so you cannot use a hapax legomenon to establish such doctrine. Since the letter's purpose was about false teaching, you cannot just infer this is about wo...

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii There's no positive sense in which a man is said to authentein anyone, so you cannot use a hapax legomenon to establish such doctrine. Since the letter's purpose was about fals

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever wants to be the greatest should be the slave of a...

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @MikeWingerii There’s a word commonly used for authority, and a

@LM4819962872993 @MikeWingerii There’s a word commonly used for authority, and authentein isn’t that word. There’s clearly something else going on in Ti 2:11-15. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Is that why Paul said for in v13, an explanatory conjun

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Is that why Paul said for in v13, an explanatory conjunction to provide 'cause or reason'? So Paul used a myth to explain why he did not permit a woman to teach or authentein

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Whatever this woman was doing Paul says "I do not permit." But we have no positive instance where authentein is used for men, so we don't know why Paul uses this extremely rare verb. A...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Whatever this woman was doing Paul says "I do not permit." But we have no positive instance where authentein is used for men, so we do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I never got that from reading Terran. I very much

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I never got that from reading Terran. I very much appreciated the timestamps so I could watch the video and listen in context. Though I admit the most disagreement I had

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over Eve? How then does creation justify such a stateme...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and t...

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no mention of the

@Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no mention of the Artemis cult which I’m sure many believers left to accept Christ. How does authentein mean dominance? How does that rel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Word not work (typo). Authentein is the wor

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Word not work (typo). Authentein is the word Paul used in 1Ti 2:12. Exousia is the word used for authority (see 1Ti 2:2, for example).

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 2:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii The only place you are getting the idea that women are not allowed to have authority is from 1Ti 2:12 and authentein. But that is not the normal work for authority and is not even used for men or anyone. If you ca...

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii The only place you are getting the idea that women are not allowed to have authority is from 1Ti 2:12 and authentein. But that is not the normal work for authority

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Why did Paul write ‘a woman’ instead of ‘women’ like in vs9-10? Why did Paul use authentein, a verb form that is only found once in the Bible and 8 times in antiquity if he meant normal authority? Paul notes tha...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Why did Paul write ‘a woman’ instead of ‘women’ like in vs9-10? Why did Paul use authentein, a verb form that is only found once in the Bible and 8 times in antiq

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

@BeyondZenny @Brian_Sauve Everyone wants to change Paul’s inspired grammar to th

@BeyondZenny @Brian_Sauve Everyone wants to change Paul’s inspired grammar to the plural and suggest that authentein is normal authority. That doesn’t bother you?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

@Brian_Sauve So you changed ‘a woman’ to the plural and made authentein into nor

@Brian_Sauve So you changed ‘a woman’ to the plural and made authentein into normal authority that men exercise and neglected the context that the personal letter to Timothy was about dealing with fal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@TarienCole @VCITW I don’t ignore this, just interpreting it in context. Paul do

@TarienCole @VCITW I don’t ignore this, just interpreting it in context. Paul doesn’t say women (plural) but “a woman.” And he uses a very unusual word authentein (no man is said to authentein anyone

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is bei

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is being quoted out of context, says nothing about godly women preaching or teaching truth to anyone to be a sin, nor does it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@revjeffvox @JollyStine @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis How odd that you think that the text implies that men are to authentein⎯ how odd is that? And then to think that a woman simply explaining scripture with men...

@revjeffvox @JollyStine @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis How odd that you think that the text implies that men are to authentein⎯ how odd is that? And then to think

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis Since when are men supposed to “exercise authority” over anyone? Show me how a man is to authentein anyone? Guess what?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@carol66944 Why do you frame the opposing view as a "one-off marital dispute of

@carol66944 Why do you frame the opposing view as a "one-off marital dispute of usurping"? Are you referring to my view or that of someone else? I don't believe that authentein means "usurping authori

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@ronhenzel Ron, the verb authentein is rare showing up something like 8 times in

@ronhenzel Ron, the verb authentein is rare showing up something like 8 times in antiquity. How can you say it is “hardly rare”? Are you serious?

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