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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@The11Hour_1776 Oh that’s cute—I don’t know what egalitarianism is? Certainly we might disagree on what it means, but I know what it means. Treating women like they are eternal children rather than as capable of decision making and leading is a prob...

@The11Hour_1776 Oh that’s cute—I don’t know what egalitarianism is? Certainly we might disagree on what it means, but I know what it means. Treating women like they are eternal children rather than a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT I appreciate you are still not convinced but at least you

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT I appreciate you are still not convinced but at least you recognize that the she in v15 can’t be Eve. So you see v13-14 as a strange interjection and the subject of v15 is ‘a wom

@JollyStine @MargMowczko @KaeleyT I’m glad you see there is a specific Ephesian

@JollyStine @MargMowczko @KaeleyT I’m glad you see there is a specific Ephesian woman who was in mind here.😊 Yes, both are deceived: that’s the idea Paul uses to link them together this way, yet “the

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT “Marg went shopping. The woman bought shoes.” This is strange speech. We either repeat the name or use the pronoun she; ‘the woman’ is awkward. Granted, what Paul said sounds like it could be Eve, “but she was deceived and bec...

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT “Marg went shopping. The woman bought shoes.” This is strange speech. We either repeat the name or use the pronoun she; ‘the woman’ is awkward. Granted, what Paul said sounds l

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii You really need me to answer them? Ok. There's no woman called "pastor" in the Bible. Neither is there any man called "pastor." What are you trying to prove? There's no Biblical book which claims to be written by ...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii You really need me to answer them? Ok. There's no woman called "pastor" in the Bible. Neither is there any man called "pastor." What are you trying to prove? There

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Why would Ruth write it when no woman is allowed to teach men or have any kind of authority? Nevermind she can prophesy and even be in the position of Samuel (Deborah)...but alas, all the men would have burned it if...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Why would Ruth write it when no woman is allowed to teach men or have any kind of authority? Nevermind she can prophesy and even be in the position of Samuel (Debora

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Esther, Ruth, Hebrews. Bothers you that maybe a woman wrote one or all of those, eh? When you call me mental, it is the biggest encouragement because it means you are running out of things to say. If you want a hi...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Esther, Ruth, Hebrews. Bothers you that maybe a woman wrote one or all of those, eh? When you call me mental, it is the biggest encouragement because it means you a

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Ok then, please show me who was explicitly called an elder? I'll help you: Peter and John are the only two and they self identify as elders. So out of 2 who self-identify you claim we don't have a woman mentioned as...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Ok then, please show me who was explicitly called an elder? I'll help you: Peter and John are the only two and they self identify as elders. So out of 2 who self-ide

1Ti 3:1 question

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii How would Paul identify a specific woman without naming her? He literally said "a woman" and then followed that with "the woman" showing that it cannot be a generic woman. Imagine if you were deceived and no one ha...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii How would Paul identify a specific woman without naming her? He literally said "a woman" and then followed that with "the woman" showing that it cannot be a generic

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Show me a man explicitly called "pastor" in the Bible. Who wrote Ruth? Esther? Hebrews? How do you know a woman wasn't involved in writing scripture other than assuming so? If a woman identified herself as the auth...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Show me a man explicitly called "pastor" in the Bible. Who wrote Ruth? Esther? Hebrews? How do you know a woman wasn't involved in writing scripture other than assu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from autho...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from auth...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@avyargo @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii Wow, if that’s the worst you’ve seen you must not have read much. Yes, Paul starts by referring to all people, then he speaks about the men, then the women, and then about a specific unnamed woman as she is dec...

@avyargo @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii Wow, if that’s the worst you’ve seen you must not have read much. Yes, Paul starts by referring to all people, then he speaks about the men, then the women, and

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@avyargo @TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii “I do not permit a woman…” could be referring to women generically or a specific woman in that church. How you determine which is by the context. I contend that his use of the definite article in v14...

@avyargo @TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii “I do not permit a woman…” could be referring to women generically or a specific woman in that church. How you determine which is by the context. I c

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@immrbloo @MikeWingerii That a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin??

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-03

Why does @MikeWingerii feel that just disagreeing with him does “great harm” to

Why does @MikeWingerii feel that just disagreeing with him does “great harm” to the church? How does a woman being in the “wrong place” do harm? Treating secondary issues like primary is actually wha

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-03

@NBidnz @YaakovSomar You are possibly right. Maybe he was thinking feminism mean

@NBidnz @YaakovSomar You are possibly right. Maybe he was thinking feminism meaning a woman or a man could lead and teach or maybe he is thinking transgender stuff…not sure which is why I asked.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman” in v14 referring to? “She will be saved…if they” ...

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman”

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use the si

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use the singular? Paul links the time sequence order of creation to why Eve was deceived—why? Who is “the woman” in v14? “She w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals No, a woman who God gifts to teach or p

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals No, a woman who God gifts to teach or pastor is not in rebellion. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heresy, not teaching the truth of the Bible. And Paul n...

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heres

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-23

@wgrapperhaus @MikeWingerii A godly woman preaching, teaching or pastoring even

@wgrapperhaus @MikeWingerii A godly woman preaching, teaching or pastoring even over men is not against God’s law.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching in Ephesus was important or Paul would have mentio...

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-21

@AverageSc0t The question is whether they are sinning. For example, a godly woma

@AverageSc0t The question is whether they are sinning. For example, a godly woman pastoring is not a sin.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@BenZeisloft Im not sure what exactly you are referring to by feminism, but a go

@BenZeisloft Im not sure what exactly you are referring to by feminism, but a godly woman teaching, preaching or shepherding is not incompatible with Christianity. That would be needlessly divisive.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s own flesh and bone shows that she is his equivale...

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

Yikes! Gen 3 doesn’t curse the man and woman; it curses the serpent and the ground. The woman’s increased toil in childbirth and her desire for her husband suggest a continued affection and bond to him, not dominance. Adam’s blaming Eve is the reas...

Yikes! Gen 3 doesn’t curse the man and woman; it curses the serpent and the ground. The woman’s increased toil in childbirth and her desire for her husband suggest a continued affection and bond to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

What makes a Tier 1 issue? That should be about matters central to the Christian

What makes a Tier 1 issue? That should be about matters central to the Christian faith (which this is not) and matters of sin (but where is a godly woman teaching truth stated as a sin?). /end https:/

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Further, there are egalitarian churches who are absolutely obeying God’s command

Further, there are egalitarian churches who are absolutely obeying God’s commands. They have studied and see how it’s not a sin for a woman to be in leadership. They see how no one is explicitly state

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we are to model one way submission, yet the Trinity i...

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we

There’s more going on in that picture besides the long hair. How about John the Baptist who was a Nazarite from birth and therefore never cut his hair? 🤔 "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor t...

There’s more going on in that picture besides the long hair. How about John the Baptist who was a Nazarite from birth and therefore never cut his hair? 🤔 "Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it

@LutheranVashist @smashbaals How does NATURE teach you there’s a difference be

@LutheranVashist @smashbaals How does *NATURE* teach you there’s a difference between the length of hair on a man and a woman? Put a boy and a girl side by side after letting each of their hair grow n

@smashbaals "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man

@smashbaals "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a substitute for coverings." (1Co 11:14-15, I

1Co 11:14-15 general

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, sin was not misunderstood for 2000 years. And it is ...

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, si

@RuthAmyAllan You have every right to. But it is demonstrably false to say that

@RuthAmyAllan You have every right to. But it is demonstrably false to say that a woman can’t preach. If she doesn’t have the gift of preaching and teaching then she’s not qualified, but those who do—

@zie95776 @kirableu @smashbaals Why are you making this a primary matter? Think

@zie95776 @kirableu @smashbaals Why are you making this a primary matter? Think about all the things going on in the church today to be concerned about and you are concerned about whether a godly woma

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals Your first statement is true if we assume that a wom

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals Your first statement is true if we assume that a woman teaching scripture to a man is a sin. I challenge you to find anywhere in scripture where it is called a sin or it in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@BenZeisloft 1Ti 3:1 ⎯ "...Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble tas

@BenZeisloft 1Ti 3:1 ⎯ "...Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task." Yet you make it out that if a woman wants to be an overseer she should repent. Notice how Paul doesn't say "aner"

1Ti 3:1 debate

@Theo_Chilton That verse is: - not a curse - God speaking to Eve (not Adam) - stating that the man ruling the woman is not in the imperative (not a command) - a prophecy that despite her toil in childbearing, she will still desire her husband (want t...

@Theo_Chilton That verse is: - not a curse - God speaking to Eve (not Adam) - stating that the man ruling the woman is not in the imperative (not a command) - a prophecy that despite her toil in child

@jhrjamharrea @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Right, so we won't respond or address my actual exposition, we have to resort to drawing pictures? - I have evidence of a specific woman in the anaphoric use of the article in v14 which cannot apply to E...

@jhrjamharrea @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Right, so we won't respond or address my actual exposition, we have to resort to drawing pictures? - I have evidence of a specific woman in the anaphoric

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and related to the first husband and wife, then this ...

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and

@Nathan_hughes7 Thanks for the comments. I accept the plain reading…a woman, a s

@Nathan_hughes7 Thanks for the comments. I accept the plain reading…a woman, a specific deceived wife whose husband is not deceived but is silent. Since she has not been duly confronted, Paul shows gr

@DFEACK1 At what specific age does teaching a male child scripture become a sin for a woman? 11 1/2? His 12th birthday? When he is 18? What if the father is at work all day—she should defer all teaching responsibility to her husband? What if she is m...

@DFEACK1 At what specific age does teaching a male child scripture become a sin for a woman? 11 1/2? His 12th birthday? When he is 18? What if the father is at work all day—she should defer all teachi

@landjax @Charb_izard Giving honor is due to those who work hard for the Lord. T

@landjax @Charb_izard Giving honor is due to those who work hard for the Lord. Their charge is their responsibility. If someone is teaching, they oversee not control and prevent them from teaching bec

@Oneantifem Differences in physical strength are evident. Not that a woman cannot open the jar or lift the heavy box but that I’m more suited to the physical tasks when there’s a load to be shared. But to force my wife to not do physical tasks is goi...

@Oneantifem Differences in physical strength are evident. Not that a woman cannot open the jar or lift the heavy box but that I’m more suited to the physical tasks when there’s a load to be shared. Bu

@landjax @Charb_izard I’m not promoting disobedience. No where is a godly woman

@landjax @Charb_izard I’m not promoting disobedience. No where is a godly woman teaching truth to anyone ever stated to be a sin! https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem I would say the authority for the man to rule over the woman wasn’t given by God, but both are equally commanded to rule. The problem with using head in English is we see it meaning ...

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem I would say the authority for the man to rule over the woman wasn’t given by God, but both are equally commanded to rule. The proble

@MrBully67 Pushing for a good thing is a disaster because good things only come

@MrBully67 Pushing for a good thing is a disaster because good things only come from God? What on earth? Authority has to be given from God. Tell me, where did God give man authority to rule over wom

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of th

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of the elders? Elders are not supposed to control things, but to oversee things. They should only be concerned that what is b