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@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals That's what it has b

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals That's what it has become to be, but all have the precise same requirements scripturally. Whether one is over multiple churches or over one

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bishops because its the same as elder/overseer/pastor.

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thing as they end up being used interchangeably, but ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pasto

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pastors/overseers are all interchangeable in scripture. We use the term elders and pastors. So no and yes.

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders i

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to ascertain what Paul meant by what he said to Timo...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that there was a group who judged themselves unworthy of li...

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that ther

Acts 13:48 debate

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timo

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something in scripture. Scripture is sufficient and the me...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.” Where does it say that they were handed down oral...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.”

1 Cor 11:2 2 Tim 3:16-17 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Only to the traditio

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Only to the traditions written in scripture.

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor I laughed at that one! Another keeper I’m going to save! Yeah, I have long tweets…sorry, it takes time to explain these things because people are so steeped in traditions. Jesus talks about the teachings of man ...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor I laughed at that one! Another keeper I’m going to save! Yeah, I have long tweets…sorry, it takes time to explain these things because people are so steeped in tr

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Who’s the they? What does explaining more a

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Who’s the they? What does explaining more accurately mean? Did he learn something from “them”? Was Apollos not instructed?

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read you

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read your Bible too, or just base your conclusions on the teachings of men?

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Why are you laughing? The only thing that matters is the Greek. We haven’t lost that. The NASB is pretty good at getting to the original, but if you want the word by word, here it is. “They…explained” (plural)....

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Why are you laughing? The only thing that matters is the Greek. We haven’t lost that. The NASB is pretty good at getting to the original, but if you want the wor

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Adam as her source. Adam was created first. But authority doesn’t come from being created first or el...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Adam as her source. Adam was created first. But aut

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Priscilla doesn’t rule over Aquila and Aquila doesn’t rule over Priscilla. You are not understanding my view. Here’s the passage: Acts 18:24–26 (NASB 2020): 24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, a...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Priscilla doesn’t rule over Aquila and Aquila doesn’t rule over Priscilla. You are not understanding my view. Here’s the passage: Acts 18:24–26 (NASB 2020): 24 N

Acts 18:24 general

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed

1 Peter 5:1 1 Peter 5:4 general

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1) so someone can be both an Apos...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking ev

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking every word, its grammar, the context, the purpose of the letter, the surrounding commands—everything into consideration.

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoti

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoting from the Corinthian letter to Paul in this passage. What Paul is doing in refuting them from silencing women is the

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problems, traveled from church to church preaching and te...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problem

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscripts so you have to infer quotes from the context. ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscri

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize. He left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize.

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not deceived by is silent. Paul uses Adam an Eve as p...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or origin of Eve thus giving the grounding for marria...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem with “I prefer a white male over a black male preacher” or “I prefer a wealthy person over a poor perso...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem with “I prefer a white male over a black male preache

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Here’s a short summary of what

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Here’s a short summary of what Paul is getting at in that passage. I have a link in the bottom to a thread which has the full details. https://t.co/rB

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor If this means a deacon must be

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor If this means a deacon must be married, then how do we understand Paul not being married? https://t.co/bX4IlcWvef

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a servant. All Christians are servants also. So th...

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (

2 Pet 3:16 debate

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. Cultural Norms: The norms ...

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likel

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daug

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daughters are both in university and they are not getting drunk and becoming well used mattresses. Sounds like another one

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gender and socioeconomic barriers were torn down. I go...

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gende

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is addressing it. This is not general instructions f...

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe in the full inspiration of scripture and back up my...

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe i

@ronhenzel The Bible doesn’t teach that we are unable to respond to the gospel, just that we cannot save ourselves. Calling for help is not saving yourself! Notice how Calvinists have to resort to reformed systematics to support their theology? I ...

@ronhenzel The Bible doesn’t teach that we are unable to respond to the gospel, just that we cannot save ourselves. Calling for help is not saving yourself! Notice how Calvinists have to resort to r

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” o

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” over “monogamous.” https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

Titus 1:6 1 Tim 3:2 1 Tim 5:9 debate

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6, I see this as generic of monogomy but I think t...

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Qualifications are based on character, not one’s sex, skin color, whether they are married or not or their social status. You are reading into the requirements what you were brought up to believe. Not sur...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Qualifications are based on character, not one’s sex, skin color, whether they are married or not or their social status. You are reading into the requirem

@DickSaban1 @aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr You are not reading Isaiah 3:12 in context (see below). What Paul says is consistent with his other letters. Yes, only male Levites were the only ones allowed to be priests as that is what was in t...

@DickSaban1 @aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr You are not reading Isaiah 3:12 in context (see below). What Paul says is consistent with his other letters. Yes, only male Levites were the only o

Isaiah 3:12 debate

@pauldirks @FionaKabuki @KevinaFaga @KaeleyT You seem to be trying to show that there are differences between males and females and that those differences may get them ahead in different societal roles and that they need to be careful to wield their ...

@pauldirks @FionaKabuki @KevinaFaga @KaeleyT You seem to be trying to show that there are differences between males and females and that those differences may get them ahead in different societal role

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul is disqualified given he is single and he wishes e...

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul

1 Cor 7:7 commentary

@Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I explained that in the post I linked. Was Paul not an overseer himself? Surely he was. Yet he was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7). Therefore, if it doesn’t require marriage (but means faithful if marrie...

@Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I explained that in the post I linked. Was Paul not an overseer himself? Surely he was. Yet he was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7). Therefore, if it does

1 Cor 7:7 debate

@mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon The text cannot require marriage because Paul, an Apo

@mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon The text cannot require marriage because Paul, an Apostle and overseer, was not married himself and encourages others to be single.

@Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m not advocating for tradition but for the Apostolic instructions in scripture. 2 Tim 3:16–17 (NIV): “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righte...

@Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m not advocating for tradition but for the Apostolic instructions in scripture. 2 Tim 3:16–17 (NIV): “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for tea

2 Tim 3:16 debate

@DBrimzim @smashbaals Haha. Well, Paul didn’t exclude females. Because it’s a

@DBrimzim @smashbaals Haha. Well, Paul didn’t exclude females. Because it’s a matter of character, proven ability and desire not skin color, gender or social status. https://t.co/PxqmZAH8ib

1 Cor 11:2 1 Cor 6:3 debate

@Fair_and_Biased @Strangeland_Elf The answer is in 1 Cor 6:3⎯ "Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?" Paul praised the Corinthians for holding firmly to the traditions just as he handed them down to them (1 C...

@Fair_and_Biased @Strangeland_Elf The answer is in 1 Cor 6:3⎯ "Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?" Paul praised the Corinthians for holding firmly to the t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@PastorObscure @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference Not sure how you are defining your terms, but here’s the way I’m using them: ⎯ feminism/Matriarchy: female priority —masculinism/Patriarchy: male priority —egalitarianism: merit based, skills and qualific...

@PastorObscure @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference Not sure how you are defining your terms, but here’s the way I’m using them: ⎯ feminism/Matriarchy: female priority —masculinism/Patriarchy: male priority