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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the wife is not the type of Christ in marriage itself but that’s as far as the type goes. This type neither implies nor req

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elders. Leadership leads to Christ and His Word; it i...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elde

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn'

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or women https://t.co/SMUaKrLevt

1 Tim 3:1-13 Titus 1:5-9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divid

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divide and work in unison with those we disagree with on secondary matters. 🧵

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Jesus washed Judas' feet at the last supper...Paul called himself "a bondservant of Christ." We are all servants. The context has to be used to determine whether the person is a leader or not. It is leaders t...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Jesus washed Judas' feet at the last supper...Paul called himself "a bondservant of Christ." We are all servants. The context has to be used to determine wheth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Again, the apostles are chosen before the church is instituted. Just because men were chosen first doesn’t mean women cannot follow as apostles (though different than the foundational apostles). Just like chur...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Again, the apostles are chosen before the church is instituted. Just because men were chosen first doesn’t mean women cannot follow as apostles (though differen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@outcatching @TomBuck Firstly, all believers are priests already. You are right to think that leadership requires mature examples, but 1 Tim 3:2 says literally “one wife husband” which doesn’t mean married (Paul isn’t married) but faithful if marrie...

@outcatching @TomBuck Firstly, all believers are priests already. You are right to think that leadership requires mature examples, but 1 Tim 3:2 says literally “one wife husband” which doesn’t mean m

1 Tim 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck So where does that leave single women? I have a feeling we have a totally different idea of what leading means. Both the husband and the wife lead in different ways and different times. It is a mutual leadersh...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck So where does that leave single women? I have a feeling we have a totally different idea of what leading means. Both the husband and the wife lead in different

commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@ChrisHohnholz You make good points here. And clearly men can be deceived and women can rebel against what they know. However, there is no evidence of authority or leadership in the original creation. Yes, God's sovereign will was to create the ma...

@ChrisHohnholz You make good points here. And clearly men can be deceived and women can rebel against what they know. However, there is no evidence of authority or leadership in the original creatio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-05

@ronhenzel I get what you are saying...but sometimes a church is "lifeless" beca

@ronhenzel I get what you are saying...but sometimes a church is "lifeless" because the leaders stifle the church. Sometimes sermons are boring...because they really are boring.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@Kdubtru You are just showing there’s a spectrum of male priority in leadership. If patriarchy seems too extreme you can be complementarian. If you don’t believe women speaking in church is shameful you can still believe that she is meant to not ju...

@Kdubtru You are just showing there’s a spectrum of male priority in leadership. If patriarchy seems too extreme you can be complementarian. If you don’t believe women speaking in church is shameful

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-03

@ronhenzel @YouHaveFought It’s good to be passionate and of course we wouldn’t hold to a belief if we didn’t really think it was true. It’s also hard to change your beliefs. Further, one may have a lot of followers or may get removed from your chur...

@ronhenzel @YouHaveFought It’s good to be passionate and of course we wouldn’t hold to a belief if we didn’t really think it was true. It’s also hard to change your beliefs. Further, one may have a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@Schweinzig @HwsEleutheroi I realize we disagree…but even most complementarians

@Schweinzig @HwsEleutheroi I realize we disagree…but even most complementarians wont say that women are not able to lead. Most think it’s just what God requires (which I would contend with). There a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-25

@William_E_Wolfe The answer to patriarchalism and feminism which are on the right and left is egalitarianism. Egalitarians understand general differences between men and women but that these do not prevent qualified women from leadership. In fact, ...

@William_E_Wolfe The answer to patriarchalism and feminism which are on the right and left is egalitarianism. Egalitarians understand general differences between men and women but that these do not p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 I'm not starting from a pre-conceived idea of egalitarianism. I was raised with the idea that women were not allowed to preach and that the leadership role was male only. The CBE article you linked makes the following comment: "In J...

@BogdanOancea77 I'm not starting from a pre-conceived idea of egalitarianism. I was raised with the idea that women were not allowed to preach and that the leadership role was male only. The CBE art

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@MikeWingerii Central to the 'in house' debate on this issue has to do with whet

@MikeWingerii Central to the 'in house' debate on this issue has to do with whether one side sees the other as 'in sin' and creating division over this (ie. the SBC kicking out churches who allow wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii If you want a quick explanation of how I interpret Ge

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii If you want a quick explanation of how I interpret Genesis 2 which Mike says implies Adam’s leadership over Eve as part of the original creation intent of God, see this post

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@jmmooreo @brmorris “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesi

@jmmooreo @brmorris “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21, NIV). This most certainly means men to women and women to men, leaders to congregants and congregants to lead

Ephesians 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@_nomadic_soul Church is about people. It is very understandable how you feel. I recently got pushed out of a church and 3 that I looked into won't ever allow me into leadership because I am egalitarian. The church I'm now going to seems focused o...

@_nomadic_soul Church is about people. It is very understandable how you feel. I recently got pushed out of a church and 3 that I looked into won't ever allow me into leadership because I am egalita

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin “After 2000 years of study”⎯ you realize that

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin “After 2000 years of study”⎯ you realize that the Jewish leaders had many years of study and they completely missed the Messiah? Paul didn’t have a wife or children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin There are no male pronouns in 1 Tim 3. V11 sa

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin There are no male pronouns in 1 Tim 3. V11 says “Women likewise…”. Isn’t it possible that the male only leadership model you were taught wasn’t Biblical?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@sarahfaith316 It is commendable you want to serve God whatever He commands. It

@sarahfaith316 It is commendable you want to serve God whatever He commands. It’s important to make sure you’ve got the commands right. God nowhere says that a leader or elder must be male or must n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-18

@William_E_Wolfe Does that include the radical gender ideology that places only

@William_E_Wolfe Does that include the radical gender ideology that places only men in church leadership?

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Complementarian leaders are doing what they believe is right, so I don't think they should be forced to allow women if they think it's not Biblical, but they shouldn't treat others as though they are in ...

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Complementarian leaders are doing what they believe is right, so I don't think they should be forced to allow women if they think it's not Biblical, but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The qualifications in Titus 1 are very similar to 1 Tim 3. Faithfulness to one's spouse (if they have one) is a character quality. Paul doesn't make ethnicity, socioeconomic status or gender a qualificatio...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The qualifications in Titus 1 are very similar to 1 Tim 3. Faithfulness to one's spouse (if they have one) is a character quality. Paul doesn't make ethnic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii We can certainly agree with Warren’s points on th

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii We can certainly agree with Warren’s points on these passages, but he has to exegete the hard passages for women in leadership, namely 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 T

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have a husband wife pastor team. P and A were leaders of some kind⎯there's a lot of things we don't get told explicitly abou

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren The reason why many focus on 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, Gen 2-3, etc is because they seem to speak to the issue of women in leadership. I believe however, that if ...

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren The reason why many focus on 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, Gen 2-3, etc is because they seem to speak to the issue of

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp leadership but I know 3 churches where I asked the p...

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris I read a book recently titled “As Christ Sub

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris I read a book recently titled “As Christ Submits to the Church: A Biblical Understanding of Leadership and Mutual Submission,” by Alan G. Padgett. He talks about t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc.

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc. so it can apply to everyone and not only those appointed for non-elder leadership. So how would Paul have to refer to P

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gender is a requirement for leadership. Women can le...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gen

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Scripture Commentary debate point

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

[general] From: Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

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Scripture Commentary debate point

One of the arguments that complementarians employ against women in ministry is the argument that God only used women as prophets and leaders in the Bible when there were no men available at the time. Is this really a valid argument

[counterargument] From: Laying A False Argument To Rest

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Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:3-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Timothy 1:3-5 false teaching Ephesus strange doctrines
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:13-16

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 1:13-16 mercy,ignorance,pattern,hybristEs,paul,blasphemer,persecutor,violent aggressor,deception,egalitarian,restoration
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 3:14-15

Sections: exegesis

1 Timothy 3:14-15 letter purpose conduct church
Theology verse entry

Revelation 2:14

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Revelation 2:14 Balaam false teaching didasko
Theology verse entry

Revelation 2:20

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Revelation 2:20 Jezebel false prophetess didasko
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 12:11, 17-18

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 12:11, 17-18 sovereignty of God Holy Spirit spiritual gifts
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 12:28

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 12:28 apostles prophets teachers
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 14:12, 16, 29-31

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:12, 16, 29-31 edification tongues interpretation
Theology verse entry

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement
Theology verse entry

Luke 24:1-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Luke 24:1-26 resurrection witnesses,women,testimony,unbelief,commission,egalitarian,prejudice
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 4:11-13

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 4:11-13 spiritual gifts,Christ distributes,pastors,teachers,apostles,prophets,evangelists,equipping,unity,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 1:26-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 1:26-28 creation,dominion,co-equal,image of God,male and female,egalitarian,gender roles,imago dei,equality
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:15-20

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:15-20 garden,guard,ezer,helper,creation order,egalitarian,woman,ezer kenegdo,naming animals,no counterpart,strength
Theology verse entry

Philippians 2:3-8

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Philippians 2:3-8 kenosis,humility,self-emptying,Christ example,tapeinophrosyne,egalitarian,servanthood
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