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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@ronhenzel @122R1 The problem with your assertion is that what you are stating s

@ronhenzel @122R1 The problem with your assertion is that what you are stating so authoritatively is provably wrong, you just can't see it yet. That's why the authority is in the text. That's also why

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and its meaning is defined by the context in how Paul...

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 You said the context is clearly authority and that I have decided not to let the text change me. You merely listed texts without explaining them and then decided what I have decided. Then you followed up that any answer I gi...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 You said the context is clearly authority and that I have decided not to let the text change me. You merely listed texts without explaining them and then decided what I have

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head (ie. source) of Christ’s body. Nothing to do with...

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is unfit to lead her family? Haven’t you read 1 Timothy 5? https://t.co/o5lskFF6pv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is the source of his wife. Our marriage simply maps ...

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives?? Our family believes this and we are married and...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Yes, they can certainly be used differently. But it would be confusing if the topmost part of the body is meant to be about hierarchical authority and then not to think that the chest is in authority over the waist which is ...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Yes, they can certainly be used differently. But it would be confusing if the topmost part of the body is meant to be about hierarchical authority and then not to think that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 They are also Jewish. Just because God has a task for

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 They are also Jewish. Just because God has a task for these Jewish virgin male, and similarly the 12 Jewish male apostles, doesn’t mean that leadership roles are limited to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 The context is what determines meaning. I’m curious why you think the clear terms meaning authority were not used but a body part was? When Paul says that the eye cannot say to the ear ‘I don’t need you’ is part of the head ...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 The context is what determines meaning. I’m curious why you think the clear terms meaning authority were not used but a body part was? When Paul says that the eye cannot say

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m certainly not. But I don’t believe head means authori...

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m cer

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Where do they say “authority of husbands over wives”?

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Where do they say “authority of husbands over wives”? Are you presuming head means “authority over”? And “worldly leaders” of the Church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix I see. Well the word for teach is in 1Ti 2:1

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix I see. Well the word for teach is in 1Ti 2:12. Do you believe men are supposed to authentein others? (That’s the Greek word Paul used which some translate as have a

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@WriteTalkCreate @KaeleyT A leader is someone who acts independently on his or h

@WriteTalkCreate @KaeleyT A leader is someone who acts independently on his or her convictions and demonstrates what God wants of us. It matters not if anyone is following you as you are still a leade

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@da_sojourner I read it very carefully and definitely conclude that women and me

@da_sojourner I read it very carefully and definitely conclude that women and men should both lead and that there’s no restriction based on male/female. I draw this conclusion from scripture alone and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man Are we reading the same Bible? I think if every single man and wo

@Grump_Old_Man Are we reading the same Bible? I think if every single man and woman were a leader God would be more than elated. https://t.co/p80BoAMc30

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@AtomicGirlFTW @KaeleyT Well, if she is a Christian (I’m not presuming you are r

@AtomicGirlFTW @KaeleyT Well, if she is a Christian (I’m not presuming you are referring to Christians), then she is also under the leadership of male leaders in the church, not all men.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and female. I’m an egalitarian and think that women and men working together without some gender-hierarchy constraint in le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Moppybottoms @KaeleyT The short answer is any role where a woman is in a position of authority over a man. Many believe Gen 2-3 establishes male authority and female submission, 1Co 14:34-35 commands women to respect that authority by remaining sil...

@Moppybottoms @KaeleyT The short answer is any role where a woman is in a position of authority over a man. Many believe Gen 2-3 establishes male authority and female submission, 1Co 14:34-35 command

1Co 14:34-35 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@AllScript_Alone @autocorrect2_0 @jess_ann_pin Show me where Jesus takes authori

@AllScript_Alone @autocorrect2_0 @jess_ann_pin Show me where Jesus takes authority over His church in a different way than any believer or the church itself is told to do (ie 1Co 5:6-9 and Mt 18:15-17

Mt 18:15-17 1Co 5:6-9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

RT @ryanschatz: @rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority t

RT @ryanschatz: @rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all to lead with courage and conviction. Includ…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all

@rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all to lead with courage and conviction. Including women. Because I’m a man of course.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody No, it’s not meant to convey both senses at the same time. Does Jesus as God have all authority? Absolutely! But scripture doesn’t ever describe the man Jesus as ever taking authority over His bride. He does remove “lamp...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody No, it’s not meant to convey both senses at the same time. Does Jesus as God have all authority? Absolutely! But scripture doesn’t ever describe the man Jesus as ever taki

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage reflects Adam and Eve in Eden and Adam’s flesh an...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usurp authority” (are men even allowed to do that?) an...

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m trying to point out. Male or female or your ethnici...

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @Autumn_Armyworm @BornAgainMissy Church leaders affirmed what the peo

@ImRevAlan @Autumn_Armyworm @BornAgainMissy Church leaders affirmed what the people generally knew to be scripture. You simply have to read the texts and you can tell by reading them.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@dTipping62 @megbasham No one is called the head of the church except Christ. An

@dTipping62 @megbasham No one is called the head of the church except Christ. Anyone serving in leadership should be qualified and just because you find disqualified women doesn’t mean all of them are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals I linked to a post above where I explained the context

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals I linked to a post above where I explained the context. I’ll include another one here too as I added more details about the reason Paul gives Timothy his authority. https://

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@MLbelch @smashbaals What scripture are you relying on that talks about preachin

@MLbelch @smashbaals What scripture are you relying on that talks about preaching authority?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@MLbelch @smashbaals You have no authority⎯none at all. It is all in the Word. You can't tell me to do anything that isn't clearly in the Word. You also don't have the authoritative interpretation of the scripture. Your job is to serve by convincing ...

@MLbelch @smashbaals You have no authority⎯none at all. It is all in the Word. You can't tell me to do anything that isn't clearly in the Word. You also don't have the authoritative interpretation of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-21

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations.

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations. The good ones don’t want to go to liberal churches and the conservative churches won’t let them lead…so they are all pro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is no

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is not about head coverings as symbols of authority but uncovering our heads to symbolically show that in Christ the shame of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this life is less than and therefore granted by her aut...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prophesying. It explains it quite clearly and complet...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prop

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to decide whether to cover or uncover their heads. Th...

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to

1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or r

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or ruler over but source of because marriage always maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh and bone o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@John42991250 @smashbaals All of the prophets, apostles and Jesus Himself are Jewish. How do I not stick to what scripture teaches? Actually, I explicitly and fervently only want to stick to what the scripture teaches as it alone is the sole authori...

@John42991250 @smashbaals All of the prophets, apostles and Jesus Himself are Jewish. How do I not stick to what scripture teaches? Actually, I explicitly and fervently only want to stick to what the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@MyronBourne @Rach4Patriarchy Who said anything about authority? Where does the

@MyronBourne @Rach4Patriarchy Who said anything about authority? Where does the husband take authority over the wife in scripture? Do you emulate Jesus? Because He never for ed His will even on those

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT BTW, headship doesn’t automatically mean oppression as the claim is that the husband is to emulate Jesus (which is strange because all believers are being conformed to Christ). Anyways, when did Jesus ever force His will on anyone? W...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT BTW, headship doesn’t automatically mean oppression as the claim is that the husband is to emulate Jesus (which is strange because all believers are being conformed to Christ). Anyway

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT The slightly less modern take is that headship means rule and au

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT The slightly less modern take is that headship means rule and authority. I’m claiming that this is not what the Bible means. It certainly is not a gospel issue.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@kanarymine2 @smashbaals The Talmud is their traditions. The authority is scrip

@kanarymine2 @smashbaals The Talmud is their traditions. The authority is scripture. Why do you suggest that I ‘worship’ Talmudists? How bizarre!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too (which, BTW, isn’t only a characteristic of males). Supporting qualified and godly women in leadership and not forbiddi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@Derelictiondino @wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I don’t have a back bone? (Laughing out loud). You clearly don’t know me at all. The world already hates me because of the gospel—but churches excommunicate you for believing that godly and qualified women...

@Derelictiondino @wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I don’t have a back bone? (Laughing out loud). You clearly don’t know me at all. The world already hates me because of the gospel—but churches excommunicat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@HarrowingDell @Eric_Conn Head in the Bible in these contexts means source not a

@HarrowingDell @Eric_Conn Head in the Bible in these contexts means source not authority of.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Hey, if your version of authority is to serve the other person’s needs and desires (ie. the one who is first is the slave of all), then I’m all for that kind of authority. Can you show me where Jesus t...

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Hey, if your version of authority is to serve the other person’s needs and desires (ie. the one who is first is the slave of all), then I’m all for that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I’m no beta. Why is allowing qualified and gifted wo

@wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I’m no beta. Why is allowing qualified and gifted women to lead alongside of qualified and gifted men mean I’m beta?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Eric_Conn Every cell in my body has XY chromosomes. I have a wife and 3 adult c

@Eric_Conn Every cell in my body has XY chromosomes. I have a wife and 3 adult children. I’m a masculine man. And I still think competent gifted women should not be prevented from being leaders in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Not only does v21 include husban

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Not only does v21 include husbands in all submitting to each other, but the fact that the husband is to love his wife like Christ loves the church is th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee I have examined most of the scri

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee I have examined most of the scriptures that appear to state that women are not to lead and conclude that none of them restrict based on male/female. htt

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