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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar—insistent that he had to be the authority but the...

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@StevenG57428175 But then don't you have to interpret the Catechism? So then you

@StevenG57428175 But then don't you have to interpret the Catechism? So then your priest is the only one who can interpret that. So basically, the Bible is not written for the believer who Jesus said

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church leaders in Iran are women?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@StevenG57428175 1. If so, then why don't they allow a confessing Christian to partake of the bread and wine as Jesus commanded? 2. The first kind of priesthood is the only one that rightfully exists in the church. 3. According to scripture, leaders...

@StevenG57428175 1. If so, then why don't they allow a confessing Christian to partake of the bread and wine as Jesus commanded? 2. The first kind of priesthood is the only one that rightfully exists

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@RoninOfChrist @RevKimWChafee Well, if we are going to talk about Roman Catholic practices, we will have a lot more to disagree with. Much of the things the RC church teaches today developed over a long period of time which makes sense because the RC...

@RoninOfChrist @RevKimWChafee Well, if we are going to talk about Roman Catholic practices, we will have a lot more to disagree with. Much of the things the RC church teaches today developed over a lo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ So Paul is referring to the leadership of the Cor

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ So Paul is referring to the leadership of the Corinthian and Galatian churches. Did you forget? I am not a new convert, silly. I have been a believer since I was a teen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2Co...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astr

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen and obey? Why can women teach other women and ch...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent. A sticky situation for the young single Timothy,...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about sour

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about source relationships not who is the boss of who. Jesus was very clear that His church was not to emulate how worldly leaders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Cor 7) would mean there would be no leaders if every...

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@_Nosoup4you__ @JonByers186054 Unfortunately, seeing how I'm being treated, it i

@_Nosoup4you__ @JonByers186054 Unfortunately, seeing how I'm being treated, it is clear that if any of these were to change their view, they would be persecuted and possibly kicked out of their church

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Right, of course. Such

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Right, of course. Such savage wolves to allow female leaders to lead alongside men, like Priscilla alongside Aquila... those savage wolves even

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching the truth doesn't lead to the occult. How is th

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching the truth doesn't lead to the occult. How is that a reasonable conclusion? Let me say it again. A woman teaching *THE TRUTH* does not lead to the occult.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine If someone believes they are following scripture, how is that pride? I believe scripture encourages those who have the appropriate character and ability and desire to serve as overseers⎯they desire a good thing! You cannot presume the ...

@LovesSardine If someone believes they are following scripture, how is that pride? I believe scripture encourages those who have the appropriate character and ability and desire to serve as overseers⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@KingRomans828 But also, there are many men who see this as God ordaining them t

@KingRomans828 But also, there are many men who see this as God ordaining them to take power over others. That seems to be a clear connection one can make if God only selects men to lead and that all

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Deborah was the judge of all Israel (spiritual and civil)! She w

@JonByers186054 Deborah was the judge of all Israel (spiritual and civil)! She was also the prophet. If that isn't a position of authority, I don't know what is. And God chose her and kept her there f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely curious. Also...we test against scripture not agains...

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely cur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Not one female elder or pastor in 2000 years? You're kidding, ri

@JonByers186054 Not one female elder or pastor in 2000 years? You're kidding, right? More than half of the underground church leadership in Iran is female. But my first question is for you to show me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Wait, hang on, where is it in God's law that a woman cannot be an elder or leader? How is it that God chose Deborah to be the judge of all Israel and its prophet? Leading others to teach truth and lead others into the truth⎯regardles...

@JonByers186054 Wait, hang on, where is it in God's law that a woman cannot be an elder or leader? How is it that God chose Deborah to be the judge of all Israel and its prophet? Leading others to te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people fr

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people frequently mishandle and misinterpret scripture. So you are right to be suspicious. Also, anyone who believes the Bible te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Ge 1:28 is where God gave commands fo

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Ge 1:28 is where God gave commands for both to rule and did not indicate any dominant one. Physical strength is not relevant to leading a church or Bible st

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Actually, I think you are reading you

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Actually, I think you are reading your own bias into scripture. But being male is not required for leadership. Maybe if we didn’t mess that up people wouldn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Chri

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Christ and discipling them, will God send her to Hell because she is teaching the truth merely because she is serving as a p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@The_Sig_ @grungus_4 @TinaFoughty What does your authority allow you to do? What is it that you command and your wife must obey? This is what authority is 👇 "For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ...

@The_Sig_ @grungus_4 @TinaFoughty What does your authority allow you to do? What is it that you command and your wife must obey? This is what authority is 👇 "For I also am a man placed under authorit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and e

@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and evidently that means that earth is not off limits. But he is not like other kings with earthly-based authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 Paul's authority comes as he was also an eyewitness of Christ who taught him in the desert after his Damascus encounter. This is not about preaching with authority as Paul himself admits that his speech was 'contemptib...

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 Paul's authority comes as he was also an eyewitness of Christ who taught him in the desert after his Damascus encounter. This is not about preaching with authority as P

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@HollandGreig 'A symbol of' is not in the Greek text. This is inserted to make i

@HollandGreig 'A symbol of' is not in the Greek text. This is inserted to make it seem like the woman has authority over her. But the text reads simply that She has authority over her own head (to dec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals Hierarchy is not the same as abilit

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals Hierarchy is not the same as ability. Those in leadership must be of high moral character and able to teach and demonstrate good leadership decision making

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceited. And they must be able to teach and be patient i...

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceite

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a clear note that this makes one disqualified for leade...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a cle

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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 2025-05-04

The grammar and context suggest that Paul is not banning all women from teaching

The grammar and context suggest that Paul is not banning all women from teaching or leading men in every context, but is instead dealing with a specific woman teaching heresy, a situation reminiscent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

This claim that Winger is responding to sets a problematic precedent by separating Paul’s inspired words from the authority of Scripture. However, I believe it is possible to honour Paul's authority and inspiration while examining what exactly Paul ...

This claim that Winger is responding to sets a problematic precedent by separating Paul’s inspired words from the authority of Scripture. However, I believe it is possible to honour Paul's authority

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Mike Winger rightly says that ἐπιτρέπω (“permit”) doesn’t inherently mean temporary or ongoing—it depends on context. I agree. But that’s exactly the issue: the context of 1Ti 2:12 shows this is not a universal law, but a situational application of ...

Mike Winger rightly says that ἐπιτρέπω (“permit”) doesn’t inherently mean temporary or ongoing—it depends on context. I agree. But that’s exactly the issue: the context of 1Ti 2:12 shows this is not

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

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in betwe

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in between a husband and wife (the wife is teaching heresy and the husband, likely an elder, is silent). To assist Timothy, he

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote auth

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote authority or leadership than the popular argument you (and many others) espouse falls apart. But whatever you want I guess…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Who said the whole church is wrong? Clearly there

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Who said the whole church is wrong? Clearly there are and were churches who allow women to minister and lead.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says keph

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says kephale means head doesn't mean that it means authority over. The meaning of a word is defined by the context in which the a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Is the authority based on a popular vote? Sola Sc

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Is the authority based on a popular vote? Sola Scriptura, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem Head literally means head😊. Whether it is being used

@path1_one @rightresponsem Head literally means head😊. Whether it is being used to mean authority depends on the context. https://t.co/oiaep5VdVu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem Why not use the word "authority" or "lord" if the int

@path1_one @rightresponsem Why not use the word "authority" or "lord" if the intention was to convey that Jesus is the authority over or boss over the church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem Paul is not using head to mean the authority of or th

@path1_one @rightresponsem Paul is not using head to mean the authority of or the boss of. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon What are you suggesting about “all authority”? A

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon What are you suggesting about “all authority”? Are you referring to the apostles? The scriptures are the foundation, not the views of later believers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@graysonfxx38325 @rightresponsem Such generic statements like that suggests women are like animals that need to be tamed and subdued is precisely why I wrote my response to Joel Webbon. Many men also have born bad fruit. Maybe that tells us that the...

@graysonfxx38325 @rightresponsem Such generic statements like that suggests women are like animals that need to be tamed and subdued is precisely why I wrote my response to Joel Webbon. Many men also

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