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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have been in several churches which structured themselves...

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have be

Mt 18:15-20 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel Your comment “…in his authority, had us go outside and pray.” This is not the Biblical model. It is not the job of the pastor or elders to command the people to do this or that thing or use their authority to get everyone to co...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Your comment “…in his authority, had us go outside and pray.” This is not the Biblical model. It is not the job of the pastor or elders to command the people to do this or that

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have been in several churches which structured themselves...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Your comment “…in his authority, had us go outside and pray.” This is not the Biblical model. It is not the job of the pastor or elders to command the people to do this or that thing or use their authority to get everyone to co...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Who said that the church has to do one thing given the church constitutes many parts? If a person feels led to minister to those in prison and leads a group of 3 to assist, why is that in conflict? Elders who pray and confirm th...

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others who are not elders can teach, so that’s not it. Elde...

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and pol

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy How is egalitarian not good even if it is a fic

@ReformedArsenal But I’m leading together with my wife. We make decisions by con

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gentiles, Christ) without any textual anchor. None of...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Here’s the entry from the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 That’s what a deacon is… a supportive role. They organize teams, host, weight on tables, distribute donations, etc. Not a single person in the NT aside from Christ is named as a pastor. Only two are named as elder, Peter an...

@Prov_Standards There is no hierarchy for leadership because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Leaders are only those who demonstrate by example and are gifted and capable of teaching what was passed onto them, and correcting error. The auth...

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 The idea that they were under the authority of their h

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paul is introducing her to the church at Rome so they will immediately accept her and support her by serving under her leadership as normally it takes time to recognize leaders. I don’t see how you get the idea she wasn’t a...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Interesting…you are one of very few who call Paul a pastor. Because 1Ti 3:2 appears to disqualify singles and females from serving as elder/pastor. Nowhere does scripture say that Priscilla was under the authority of her hu...

@SingnRing Absolutely! The misguided emphasis on authority seems to be core to the problem. There seems to be a desire to emphasize and not diminish Christ’s authority over His church but Jesus doesn’t present Himself that way, always elevating the c...

@Prov_Standards All of the scripture is about Christ. So when you share and teach God's Word, you are 'preaching Christ'. Leadership is simply those who are of exemplary character and lead by example and able to train and correct others. The only o...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Rom 16 lists many female leaders. Leading in the churc

@josheber12 He stopped a woman from teaching false doctrine, but where does he s

@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...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Jesus also didn't choose a Gentile as one of his 12 ap

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 That's correct. I guess we agree on something :-) But

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down kings, determining Pharaoh’s role in displaying His...

@KlarsKl I would say with knowledge comes responsibility. They were given equal authority but not equal knowledge given the time sequence order of creation. Adam was told to guard the garden and you are not told this without knowing what you are guar...

@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 ...

@Crystalisives I like to frame it as 'authority over' because that accurately de

@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...

Complementarians say God gave Adam authority over Eve—and by extension, husbands over wives. But Adam was the one who failed (Ro 5:12). He wasn’t deceived, yet didn’t guard the garden or his own flesh, Eve. If failed shepherds are removed, why woul...

@Paula_333 So teaching true doctrine about Christ is not allowed? Preaching in s

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 But head doesn't mean 'the boss of'. Yes, that's right, this passage is not meaning to explain to us that the glorified Jesus is the boss of the church. As God who created and sustains everything, *obviously* he's the...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly one. In the body of Christ there is no "primary lea...

@JonByers186054 @ssiena017 @dalepartridge @GracefilledWomb I never said I reject all authority, just that God never intended that a husband be in authority over his wife. And yes, Jesus⎯though also the God of the universe⎯as the man treats the churc...

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

@darylsterk Again, yes, the focus on patriarchy actually seems to relate to “endless genaeologies” in the sense that it is because of their male pedigree that they are solely allowed to lead and teach. Though I’m not sure that this was the core probl...

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking ‘authoritatively’…but what I found is that in each...

@MikeWingerii Excellent collection of scripture. Leaders being the slaves of all

@AlaynePearl @BronWen727104 @turnedwife No, that’s not it. Read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are also saints, and that means they will also judge angels one day. So following Paul’s earlier argument then, women should have authority over their own head to deci...

@BronWen727104 Hint: read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are saints too, right? That means tha

Some say that a husband is the head of his wife means that he has the final deci

Instead of preserving the truth, it creates a parallel authority structure that

By elevating its own interpretive and declarative authority, the RCC can introdu

This inconsistency is itself an outcome of the teaching that the RCC has the aut

@bibleprophecyus @emilyjashinsky If this means authority over, ever wonder why '

@bibleprophecyus Only if you understand the way the Bible is using the term head

@nickschest @Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ"⎯it's mutual. So your comment about a "prideful woman who doesn't know how to follow" suggests a prideful man trying to force his ...

@Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng What does it mean that he is your head? Does th

@AChristianLens @BibleInContext1 So basically, your authority is the bishops and

@Kamalamaison @iamtheguardians @tmsilverman @legaltweetz 1. Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine and bringing her undeceived husband down with her (like Eve did with Adam). 2. Head doesn’t mean authority over but so...

@Reneechop You are making an assertion. Where does the text say that women are forbidden from teaching true doctrine to men? Or teaching authoritatively? Are men easily deceived that they cannot discern truth from error if a woman teaches but only if...

@Ryan_Adair_A Hi Ryan! From one Ryan to another, great name 😉 I see both as negative since Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy is to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop the spread of strange doctrines (ie. false teaching). ...

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@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 But head doesn't mean 'the boss of'. Yes, that's right, this passage is not meaning to explain to us that the glorified Jesus is the boss of the church. As God who created and sustains everything, obviously he's the...