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@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to tell me what to do or not to do, only scripture has ...

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to te

@David_wthebeard @jr88030 You quoted bits and strung them together to say what s

@David_wthebeard @jr88030 You quoted bits and strung them together to say what scripture didn’t say. https://t.co/6IeeOWplAg

@David_wthebeard Is this how your Bible reads? 👇 https://t.co/DqUPUN6Jlx

@BorisNoris60406 @coffeelover4646 I don’t think taking a verse out of its context is helpful to understand what it means. Just like when Jesus appears to say that you must hate your mother and father, we have to carefully look at the context to deter...

@BorisNoris60406 @coffeelover4646 I don’t think taking a verse out of its context is helpful to understand what it means. Just like when Jesus appears to say that you must hate your mother and father,

@iroquoisplskn87 You said "...if you never learn to submit to..." How does that

@iroquoisplskn87 You said "...if you never learn to submit to..." How does that apply to me?

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means anyone or someone. Both the wife and husband rule. Did you completely forget God’s command Im Gen 1:28? When did God un

Gen 1:28 commentary

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others who are not elders can teach, so that’s not it. Elde...

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others wh

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and pol

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and police. But in His church, there’s no pope and leaders are simply those with character, experience and wisdom and abilities

@iroquoisplskn87 What a bizarre response to my statement that I submit to everyo

@iroquoisplskn87 What a bizarre response to my statement that I submit to everyone.

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy How is egalitarian not good even if it is a fic

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy How is egalitarian not good even if it is a fiction (despite me and my wife deciding by consensus and sharing equal authority)?

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domination. Anarchy rejects all structure; egalitarian...

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domin

Eph 5:21 debate

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Second, Greek doesn’t require repeating nouns when the subject is understood. The subject chain is: • Eve (v14) = “the woman” • σωθήσεται (v15) = “she will be saved” → clearly still the woman • ἐὰν μείνωσιν = “if they remain…...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Second, Greek doesn’t require repeating nouns when the subject is understood. The subject chain is: • Eve (v14) = “the woman” • σωθήσεται (v15) = “she will be saved” → clearly

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I’m egalitarian and all 3 of my children came to Ch...

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I

Eph 5:21 question

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband?) continuing in faith. It’s practical hope, not h...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband

1Ti 2:15 commentary

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Well, you are wrong because that is what Paul is doing here. Paul is not permitting a specific individual whom he knows is deceived and teaching heresy to continue. She must first quietly (ie. while not teaching) learn the tru...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Well, you are wrong because that is what Paul is doing here. Paul is not permitting a specific individual whom he knows is deceived and teaching heresy to continue. She must fi

1Ti 2:15 debate

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s not it. Jesus is also the chief shepherd and he als...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s no

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions they were taking to deal with the false doctrine were...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions the

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all sub

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all subject ourselves to one another *in the fear of Christ*. This clearly has nothing to do with intimacy. For that we have e

Eph 5:21 debate

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Bizarre that this is precisely the claim frequently ma

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Bizarre that this is precisely the claim frequently made against the egalitarian.

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Where are you getting this from? These are not sound a

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Where are you getting this from? These are not sound arguments. https://t.co/Gc54Pibhqi

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Interesting…you are one of very few who call Paul a pastor. Because 1Ti 3:2 appears to disqualify singles and females from serving as elder/pastor. Nowhere does scripture say that Priscilla was under the authority of her hu...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Interesting…you are one of very few who call Paul a pastor. Because 1Ti 3:2 appears to disqualify singles and females from serving as elder/pastor. Nowhere does scripture sa

1Ti 3:2 debate

@Prov_Standards All of the scripture is about Christ. So when you share and teach God's Word, you are 'preaching Christ'. Leadership is simply those who are of exemplary character and lead by example and able to train and correct others. The only o...

@Prov_Standards All of the scripture is about Christ. So when you share and teach God's Word, you are 'preaching Christ'. Leadership is simply those who are of exemplary character and lead by example

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 But Paul doesn’t say it was in her nature but relates to the time sequence of creation. Adam was created, placed in the garden, trees were created before his very eyes with full fruit, then animals from the dust (likely the ...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 But Paul doesn’t say it was in her nature but relates to the time sequence of creation. Adam was created, placed in the garden, trees were created before his very eyes with f

@FlyingHowitzer You are referring to 1Ti 1:12. It’s not referring to pastors, the context of the letter is stopping false teaching, the grammar is explicitly singular and the ‘the woman’ gives us evidence that there’s a specific woman who is deceived...

@FlyingHowitzer You are referring to 1Ti 1:12. It’s not referring to pastors, the context of the letter is stopping false teaching, the grammar is explicitly singular and the ‘the woman’ gives us evid

1Ti 1:12 commentary

@carol66944 @5pur5y I don’t understand how you connect scripture like that. That Adam would rule was spoken to Eve and wasn’t an imperative and was a consequence of the fall. That God rules is a given. His humbling Himself to take on flesh and subje...

@carol66944 @5pur5y I don’t understand how you connect scripture like that. That Adam would rule was spoken to Eve and wasn’t an imperative and was a consequence of the fall. That God rules is a give

@KlarsKl I would say with knowledge comes responsibility. They were given equal authority but not equal knowledge given the time sequence order of creation. Adam was told to guard the garden and you are not told this without knowing what you are guar...

@KlarsKl I would say with knowledge comes responsibility. They were given equal authority but not equal knowledge given the time sequence order of creation. Adam was told to guard the garden and you a

1Ti 2:13-14 debate

@carol66944 @5pur5y I appreciate your desire to see redemptive threads throughout Scripture, but I think your symbolic reading of Gen 3:16 stretches the text beyond what it actually says. Gen 3:16 is part of the consequences spoken to the woman afte...

@carol66944 @5pur5y I appreciate your desire to see redemptive threads throughout Scripture, but I think your symbolic reading of Gen 3:16 stretches the text beyond what it actually says. Gen 3:16 is

Gen 3:16 Gen 3:16 debate

@Paula_333 The facts are that Paul's description links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So something about the order and how he prepared Adam to guard the garden ensured he wouldn't be deceived, whereas Eve being the last thing cre...

@Paula_333 The facts are that Paul's description links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So something about the order and how he prepared Adam to guard the garden ensured he wouldn't

@Paula_333 I go into all of these details and demonstrate clearly that Paul is q

@Paula_333 I go into all of these details and demonstrate clearly that Paul is quoting and refuting the Corinthians in 1Co 14:34-35. https://t.co/NGWOMj1n8o

1Co 14:34-35 general

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 debate

@Paula_333 No, that's not it. Paul is clearly responding to things that the Corinthians wrote (see 1Co 7:1), but there are not quotation marks in the Greek manuscript, so you have to infer the quotes. 1Co 14:34-35 clearly stand out from the rest of t...

@Paula_333 No, that's not it. Paul is clearly responding to things that the Corinthians wrote (see 1Co 7:1), but there are not quotation marks in the Greek manuscript, so you have to infer the quotes.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach t

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach them? I challenge you to support the idea from the Bible that "preaching is to be done by qualified elders, ie, exclusive

@kelvin80085 @CoreyJMahler You guys are crazy. Who talks like this? Punishing on

@kelvin80085 @CoreyJMahler You guys are crazy. Who talks like this? Punishing one's wife is required to not be condemned? Truly unbelievable.

This is such a crazy response! Is this how patriarchalists think? https://t.co/4

This is such a crazy response! Is this how patriarchalists think? https://t.co/4kGHubJqvw

@cb75075 @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not using edge cases. What edge cases? I work with a number of women Jn engineering who are fully qualified and capable. Some are better than 99% of the men. I support Israel’s egalitarianism. Why would I want women to ...

@cb75075 @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not using edge cases. What edge cases? I work with a number of women Jn engineering who are fully qualified and capable. Some are better than 99% of the men. I support I

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be used when intending either men or women. And Is 3:...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be us

Is 3:12 debate

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatism. Tell me please: were women equally saved befor...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatis

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 I refuse to talk about your mental capacity as that doesn’t contribute to the discussion in any way whatsoever. My point was that the wife doesn’t just sit there and do nothing if protecting is required and her stron...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 I refuse to talk about your mental capacity as that doesn’t contribute to the discussion in any way whatsoever. My point was that the wife doesn’t just sit there and

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Also, the passages you listed about the requirements for elders do not say that an elder must not be a woman. The fact that they both use an idiom, directly translated ‘one woman man’ or ‘one wife husband’ is an idiom. When...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Also, the passages you listed about the requirements for elders do not say that an elder must not be a woman. The fact that they both use an idiom, directly translated ‘one

@autocorrect2_0 @BronWen727104 Ah, that’s what you were getting at. Submission doesn’t mean unquestioning obedience. It also doesn’t mean you are supposed to subject yourself to physical abuse. It just means to serve his best interests. I serve my wi...

@autocorrect2_0 @BronWen727104 Ah, that’s what you were getting at. Submission doesn’t mean unquestioning obedience. It also doesn’t mean you are supposed to subject yourself to physical abuse. It jus

@jdogmac117830 @subq Yes. Which is absolutely not what Calvinism teaches. I argu

@jdogmac117830 @subq Yes. Which is absolutely not what Calvinism teaches. I argue Calvinists misread Rom 3:10-12 taking it out of its original context from Paul’s quote from Ps 14 and 53.

Rom 3:10-12 debate

@JosiahHuggins1 @subq You’re treating the meme like it was trying to quote Scripture word-for-word, but it’s a parable. It’s a compressed, satirical illustration to expose the logical flow of Calvinist thought. It wasn’t intended to be a transcript. ...

@JosiahHuggins1 @subq You’re treating the meme like it was trying to quote Scripture word-for-word, but it’s a parable. It’s a compressed, satirical illustration to expose the logical flow of Calvinis

@TodAshby @5Solas2 The question in the OP was “perfect” and. The Hebrew term use

@TodAshby @5Solas2 The question in the OP was “perfect” and. The Hebrew term used in Ezekiel 28:15 means perfect. Clearly Adam nor any person in creation was created without the ability to sin. https:

Ezekiel 28:15 commentary

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from t

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from the context that “no one” is “not one of those fools who says in his heart, ‘there is no God.’” Paul is not taking Ps 14

@Timothy_ElderJr @5Solas2 Without free will? Where did you get that from? Note h

@Timothy_ElderJr @5Solas2 Without free will? Where did you get that from? Note how Lucifer was said to be ‘perfect’ until unrighteousness was ‘found in him’—not ‘until God placed unrighteousness in hi

@MackDonahue "What makes his request for repentance sinful and yours justified?" Mike is asking egalitarian teachers to repent of something he himself claimed was secondary while acknowledging that repentance has to do with matters of sin. My call ...

@MackDonahue "What makes his request for repentance sinful and yours justified?" Mike is asking egalitarian teachers to repent of something he himself claimed was secondary while acknowledging that r

@JonByers186054 @ssiena017 @dalepartridge @GracefilledWomb I never said I reject all authority, just that God never intended that a husband be in authority over his wife. And yes, Jesus⎯though also the God of the universe⎯as the man treats the churc...

@JonByers186054 @ssiena017 @dalepartridge @GracefilledWomb I never said I reject all authority, just that God never intended that a husband be in authority over his wife. And yes, Jesus⎯though also t

@MackDonahue ✅It is not divisive to disagree with a church on secondary matters

@MackDonahue ✅It is not divisive to disagree with a church on secondary matters and then quietly leave and find one that doesn't bother your weaker conscience. ❌It IS divisive to disagree on matters y

@MackDonahue If someone becomes a complementarian and then becomes uncomfortable with their female pastor, then they should quietly leave because this is not a sin issue. Mike himself says that. And he clearly shows he knows repentance has to do wi...

@MackDonahue If someone becomes a complementarian and then becomes uncomfortable with their female pastor, then they should *quietly* leave because this is not a sin issue. Mike himself says that. And

@RealDavidReece That may be. But what is the 'head' of the house and why are eld

@RealDavidReece That may be. But what is the 'head' of the house and why are elders never referred to as 'head'? Don't you find that interesting? https://t.co/bfn9yq1jcI