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@iheartJ37 @TomBuck Yes, wives should be willing to be convinced by their husban

@iheartJ37 @TomBuck Yes, wives should be willing to be convinced by their husbands. Husbands are not commanded to coerce their wives!

@autocorrect2_0 @TomBuck ‘A husband’s authority’ as a thing that belongs to male

@autocorrect2_0 @TomBuck ‘A husband’s authority’ as a thing that belongs to males is a foreign concept snuck into the creation account. It’s time to excise it! https://t.co/wHT8WZWEVr

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck Where does scripture tell wives to obey their husbands

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck Where does scripture tell wives to obey their husbands?

In 1Ti 2:11-15, Paul is dealing with a specific woman who is teaching false doct

In 1Ti 2:11-15, Paul is dealing with a specific woman who is teaching false doctrine who's husband⎯likely an elder and who is not deceived⎯remains silent. Sound familiar? It's just like the account of

1Ti 2:11-15 question

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t tell wives to obey their husbands in everyt

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t tell wives to *obey* their husbands in everything. What verse are you quoting?

@rightresponsem Hm. It seems that people are questioning a husband’s authority o

@rightresponsem Hm. It seems that people are questioning a husband’s authority over his wife and doing it by posing questions. What’s wrong with that?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Perhaps the husband should be wo

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Perhaps the husband should be working out of the home so he can assist where needed.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the fath

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the father should “raise” children. That’s laying down their lives for their family. How is the husband dying by going to work?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husban

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husband’s call to submit to all including his wife as stated in Eph 5:21⎯ “And subject yourselves *to one another* in the fea

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ by submitting to another human even if that’s her husband. https://t.co/nl3rEZ8RG9

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in th

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in the fear of Christ. Whatever the following verses are meaning they cannot mean that submission is one way only.

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-28

@pegharpham1 @kevinmyoung Let’s look at your second point first. “If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court...

@pegharpham1 @kevinmyoung Let’s look at your second point first. “If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-26

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii Well, it was a particular kind of action going on between a deceived wife and her husband that was in play because he is associated with Adam who wasn't deceived and needs to be a participant in the wife's salvation (1Ti 2:15)...

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii Well, it was a particular kind of action going on between a deceived wife and her husband that was in play because he is associated with Adam who wasn't deceived and needs to b

1Ti 2:15 general

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii Not sure what this proves. I can drop the opposite in

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii Not sure what this proves. I can drop the opposite in and we still have the same result...🤷‍♂️ "But if you love your [husband], you won't disrespect [him]. If you respect

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii "Men need respect...primarily"⎯try disrespecting wome

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii "Men need respect...primarily"⎯try disrespecting women and see how that goes. "Women need love primarily"⎯if a wife hates or doesn't love her husband, but still respects hi

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii When the Bible says to love one another, it is not do

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii When the Bible says to love one another, it is not doing so in a gendered way (Jn 13:34-35). When it says that husbands are to love their wives and wives respect their husba

Jn 13:34-35 general

@MikeWingerii PS> Also... Wives should also love their husbands even if they

@MikeWingerii PS> Also... Wives should also love their husbands even if they feel their husband hasn't earned it. Husbands should show respect to their wives even if they feel their wife hasn't e

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-23

@MikeWingerii @SKokenos You say that the man is continually being unfaithful to his wives by his polygamous marriage. Your answer? Any/all of the wives have a right to divorce, but the husband doesn't. But if what you are saying is true, then the h...

@MikeWingerii @SKokenos You say that the man is continually being unfaithful to his wives by his polygamous marriage. Your answer? Any/all of the wives have a right to divorce, but the husband doesn'

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-21

@garlicmofongo @MikeWingerii @FlipperTGibbit Nice to see that Mike responded to this already. Thanks for the link. So to summarize, Mike’s first response is similar to my current view, but his appended response is that the husband is being unfaithfu...

@garlicmofongo @MikeWingerii @FlipperTGibbit Nice to see that Mike responded to this already. Thanks for the link. So to summarize, Mike’s first response is similar to my current view, but his append

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii I guess my point is how is it better that she be di

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii I guess my point is how is it better that she be divorced from her husband and forced to remarry when staying in her situation is likely better?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the hus

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the husband matter? If the goals of the wife matter only because the husband decides to agree with the wife then that just emph

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alon

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alone can work either. Read Proverbs 31 more carefully.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@smashbaals She’s the boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husban

@smashbaals She’s *the* boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husband.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a woman” nor does he even use any male pronouns and exp...

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a wom

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t they lead? He even thinks they can be deacons who ...

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@masonmennenga It’s very easy to avoid “the situation” by not being an ass? He wasn’t, yet Potiphar’s wife came after him and he had no witnesses so her false allegations were believed by her husband. It’s wise to avoid compromising situations so yo...

@masonmennenga It’s very easy to avoid “the situation” by not being an ass? He wasn’t, yet Potiphar’s wife came after him and he had no witnesses so her false allegations were believed by her husband.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@UrantiaPapers @rustyrockets One cannot eat symbolism. “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gav...

@UrantiaPapers @rustyrockets One cannot eat symbolism. “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, sh

Ge 3:6 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presence during the encounter. Regarding Adam's awarenes...

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband *with her*, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presen

Ge 3:6 Ge 3:17 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@Manny_Clay1 Wives are to be subject to their husbands, yes. But husbands also a

@Manny_Clay1 Wives are to be subject to their husbands, yes. But husbands also are to be subject to their wives. Wives are not like eternal children but are equal partners. Are you married by chance?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asserting he is being a good husband when he just let h...

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asser

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the best interests of their wife. I don’t see husban...

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 If a wife believes but her husband does

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 If a wife believes but her husband does not, are both saved because they are one?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@profitecpro 7. The New Testament doesn't support the view that husbands are to

@profitecpro 7. The New Testament doesn't support the view that husbands are to rule over their wives, but to humble themselves and serve them... "and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slav

Mk 10:44 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Isis233305 @Alex7Shiro Well, you certainly point out a valid and important point because there are clear passages that not only use “adam” to refer to mankind but “aner” or “andros” (the Greek for male or husband) to refer generally to people. For ...

@Isis233305 @Alex7Shiro Well, you certainly point out a valid and important point because there are clear passages that not only use “adam” to refer to mankind but “aner” or “andros” (the Greek for ma

Acts 17:34 Jas 1:20 Jas 1:8 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-31

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged & Jesus is the judge of our works. But this is cer...

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged &amp

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving like she serves Christ. It is meant to elevate her an...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving lik

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women be

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women because it applies to all. Of course not in the way that husbands and wives submit to each other (for the equal authority

1Co 7:4 debate

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale doesn’t mean he has authority over his wife. In fact...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale do

1Co 7:4 debate

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himsel

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himself to every woman in the church like he does to his wife (or vice versa)! That doesn’t mean that a husband ranks above h

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or rank. It elevated these lowly wives to serve their husbands in the same manner that they were to serve their wives.

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wiv

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wives nor is there a command that wives are not to lead. Co-leading is not a contradiction (unless you preclude it by your

@ronhenzel “relationships in the church” So how are Christians to treat one ano

@ronhenzel “relationships in the church” So how are Christians to treat one another once they step outside the Sunday meeting place? What if those two same Christians stepped into their home which th

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus we

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus went to specific concerns with the way husbands and wives were treating each other. I haven’t dodged anything. Isn’t clai

Eph 5:21 question

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel Excellent observation. Given wives were already being treated as property and slaves of their husbands, what do you think Paul’s intent was here? I think it was to elevate how they saw their service. Rather than a position o...

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel Excellent observation. Given wives were already being treated as property and slaves of their husbands, what do you think Paul’s intent was here? I think it was to elevate ho

@ronhenzel Eph 5:21 is clear: the subjecting is one to another (in a reciprocal manner) and includes all in the body. Phil 2:3—spoken to all including husbands—is very clear that you are to treat others, including your wife, as more important than y...

@ronhenzel Eph 5:21 is clear: the subjecting is one to another (in a reciprocal manner) and includes all in the body. Phil 2:3—spoken to all including husbands—is very clear that you are to treat oth

Eph 5:21 Phil 2:3 debate

@ronhenzel Paul didn’t need to write this to husbands as he said it to everyone.

@ronhenzel Paul didn’t need to write this to husbands as he said it to everyone. Does Phil 2 not apply to you? How do you treat your wife as *more important* than yourself? Doesn’t this mean to submi