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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul didn’t require marriage just as he didn’t require h...

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Women preaching true doctrine or pastoring (making disciples according to Matt 28:18-20) is heresy?? I realize you believe it is wrong but heresy is usually reserved for things that make someone outside of the faith...

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Women preaching true doctrine or pastoring (making disciples according to Matt 28:18-20) is heresy?? I realize you believe it is wrong but heresy is usually reserved

Matt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@DickSaban1 @smashbaals You don’t need to agree with me on the egalitarian view

@DickSaban1 @smashbaals You don’t need to agree with me on the egalitarian view of leadership. Just sharing my Biblical view to show that there is a Biblically faithful position behind egalitarian le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that s

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that saving faith is not what Paul was referring to in Eph 2:8.

Eph 2:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@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
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@JoshuaTCharles @mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon It means faithful if married, a good

@JoshuaTCharles @mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon It means faithful if married, a good manager if one has children. How you get that celibacy is required from 1 Tim 3 I don’t understand.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by Faith alone (pre Luther) and believed in the pries...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@theblaze I understand this concern, but allowing gifted, qualified and faithful women to preach and teach is not the same as promoting gender fluidity and going outside the bounds of sex being between one man and one woman "until death do they part....

@theblaze I understand this concern, but allowing gifted, qualified and faithful women to preach and teach is not the same as promoting gender fluidity and going outside the bounds of sex being betwee

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter is the embodiment of faith in daily life, a faith...

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@btgolz @megbasham You could say that to everyone who challenges your view of scripture. Why don’t you actually read and challenge my interpretation specifically? I’m claiming to be faithful to God’s word and to be holding to it. And for those who...

@btgolz @megbasham You could say that to everyone who challenges your view of scripture. Why don’t you actually read and challenge my interpretation specifically? I’m claiming to be faithful to God’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from re

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from repentance and faith (which require an act of the will), then this becomes a primary issue. I think there may be those wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@megbasham It is fine for those who believe the pastorate should be males to keep on doing what they are doing. But they shouldn’t be kicking out other churches that disagree with their views on this. Why not? Because it’s not a primary matter of ...

@megbasham It is fine for those who believe the pastorate should be males to keep on doing what they are doing. But they shouldn’t be kicking out other churches that disagree with their views on this

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring called a sin in any list of sins? Or is it just a si...

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring cal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber By all means, share them if you want.

@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber By all means, share them if you want. Again, I’m not saying you have to agree with egalitarians on this. Just that it is not an essential of the faith and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber Did you forget that the church belongs to Jesus and not to the SBC or to @bartbarber? No one should be disfellowshipping anyone over something that is not a primary matter of the faith or a sin issue. The SBC has gone t...

@William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber Did you forget that the church belongs to Jesus and not to the SBC or to @bartbarber? No one should be disfellowshipping anyone over something that is not a primary matte

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@JustinPetersMin I object because the SBC disfellowshipped them on the basis of something that should have never been listed in any statement of faith. This is Jesus’ body, not the SBC’s private kingdom!! They don’t have to agree with egalitarians,...

@JustinPetersMin I object because the SBC disfellowshipped them on the basis of something that should have never been listed in any statement of faith. This is Jesus’ body, not the SBC’s private king

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@AaronOKelley @bartbarber Whether or not women are ordained or not is not an essential of the faith! Why is this so hard to understand? You don’t need to agree with egalitarians. **However, you NEED to work with them.** This is Jesus’ body, not y...

@AaronOKelley @bartbarber Whether or not women are ordained or not is not an essential of the faith! Why is this so hard to understand? You don’t need to agree with egalitarians. **However, you NEE

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. You don’t have to agree with egalitarians. **But yo...

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. Yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@megbasham The SBC adding secondary matters into its statement of faith (even though done years ago) is causing harm to the body of Christ. The church belongs to Jesus and Jesus cares about unity in His body. When we divide over matters that are no...

@megbasham The SBC adding secondary matters into its statement of faith (even though done years ago) is causing harm to the body of Christ. The church belongs to Jesus and Jesus cares about unity in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont That is an idiom that means faithful in m

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont That is an idiom that means faithful in marriage. Paul wasn’t married and advocated for others to remain single as he was.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Tomasdearc @colinsmo That’s my point—a statement of faith shouldn’t be about se

@Tomasdearc @colinsmo That’s my point—a statement of faith shouldn’t be about secondary matters. It is Jesus’ church and He cares about unity.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@DineshDSouza However, the SBC made gender-roles part of their statement of faith. While those who disregard scripture are most certainly in danger of becoming progressive, there are those who believe gender restrictions are not Biblical...because o...

@DineshDSouza However, the SBC made gender-roles part of their statement of faith. While those who disregard scripture are most certainly in danger of becoming progressive, there are those who believ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the Bible means with a high view of the text and bein...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugating women, maybe people wouldn’t have taken that tur...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugatin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded people to band together with so we can help the church ...

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded peopl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting for teaching and she is sound in the faith and qual...

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@Emma506131772 @SaulMelow @HamzahSsebunya @Mwembugaoficial @_Huza01 @faith_nabushawo @Abusengz In the church, we are called a kingdom of priests. This is for all believers. “And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to...

@Emma506131772 @SaulMelow @HamzahSsebunya @Mwembugaoficial @_Huza01 @faith_nabushawo @Abusengz In the church, we are called a kingdom of priests. This is for all believers. “And has made us to be a

1 Tim 2:11-15 Rev 1:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, the woman and her husband] continue in faith, love a...

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, th

1 Tim 2:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural] continue in faith, love and san...

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb

1 Tim 2:15 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “one woman man” means faithful to one’s spouse…unless you think an overseer must be married with children which the apost

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanctity with moderati...

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@bellator777dei @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Yes, this description of what God did through Paul…even though a cloth used for blowing your nose in…is amazing. The faith was in God doing the miracles through Paul, not in the handkerchief. Also, it is...

@bellator777dei @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Yes, this description of what God did through Paul…even though a cloth used for blowing your nose in…is amazing. The faith was in God doing the miracles t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women from teaching, just those teaching false doctrine… https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be preserved [future] through the [definite article] childbearing [noun]—if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanc

1 Tim 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one another as equals who are differently gifted and those ...

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one anoth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-25

@faithwillsaveu A qualified and gifted woman should not be prevented from preach

@faithwillsaveu A qualified and gifted woman should not be prevented from preaching true doctrine, overseeing or pastoral ministry. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgg1O

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make no mistake, faith is an admission of weakness and ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because God is drawing us and teaching us. But it is we wh...

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because G

John 6:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-20

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be including those whom we may disagree with on seconda...

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted in salvation means that if you don’t abide in Him you will be broken off (John 15, Rom 11).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well. Why don’t you take another look at a consistent, Biblically faithful, egalitarian interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-36 and

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Tim 2:11-15 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

Ephesians 2:8 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for Calvinism which teaches that God was partial in selecting to give certain people the faith to believe and passing by th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more primary to me than whether a woman is allowed to teach ...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more prima

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vital to consider the historical context. The patri...

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@DickSaban1 The phrase “one wife husband” repeated for deacons and also in Titus 1 and in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” is an idiom for faithful to one’s spouse if married. Paul was not married and advocated for singleness so this cannot mean must...

@DickSaban1 The phrase “one wife husband” repeated for deacons and also in Titus 1 and in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” is an idiom for faithful to one’s spouse if married. Paul was not married and

1 Tim 5:9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Both forms are used so I summarized as “faithful to one’s spouse”. 1 Tim 3:2,12; Tit 1:6 is the husband form and 1 Tim 5:9 the wife form. The “he’s” are following the default but the male pronoun isn’t there. ...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Both forms are used so I summarized as “faithful to one’s spouse”. 1 Tim 3:2,12; Tit 1:6 is the husband form and 1 Tim 5:9 the wife form. The “he’s” are follow

1 Tim 3:2 1 Tim 5:9 Tit 1:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek This is implied. If the person is a man and is married, he must be faithful to his spouse. If married and having kids then must have the kids under control. This does not imply that a person cannot be an elder ...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek This is implied. If the person is a man and is married, he must be faithful to his spouse. If married and having kids then must have the kids under control. Thi

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