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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2Co...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astr

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent. A sticky situation for the young single Timothy,...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Cor 7) would mean there would be no leaders if every...

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The prophecy portion was that Eve would desire her husband. There are things God said would change. Increasing her rate of conception is not a judgment. That she would toil because of how many ...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The prophecy portion was that Eve would desire her husband. There are things God said would change. Increasing her rate of conception is not a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine The requirements for elder are character qualifications and ability to teach, not whether you are male, female, Jewish, Gentile, married, single, short, tall, young or old, single, widowed, rich or poor. Paul's purpose was to stop the ...

@LovesSardine The requirements for elder are character qualifications and ability to teach, not whether you are male, female, Jewish, Gentile, married, single, short, tall, young or old, single, widow

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 1Ti 3:2 says "one woman man" or "one wife husband"⎯the male form is clear. I never said Paul wasn't using the male form of this idiom. But it doesn't mean male only is what I'm saying. Just like it doesn't mean married. Unless Paul is...

@JonByers186054 1Ti 3:2 says "one woman man" or "one wife husband"⎯the male form is clear. I never said Paul wasn't using the male form of this idiom. But it doesn't mean male only is what I'm saying.

1Ti 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine If someone believes they are following scripture, how is that pride? I believe scripture encourages those who have the appropriate character and ability and desire to serve as overseers⎯they desire a good thing! You cannot presume the ...

@LovesSardine If someone believes they are following scripture, how is that pride? I believe scripture encourages those who have the appropriate character and ability and desire to serve as overseers⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JackmanRobert That said, no where in scripture is a woman "forbidden" to be a pastor/elder/overseer. You are obviously reading this into the text. We don't have anything like that "an elder must not be a woman" for example. 1Ti 3:2 is using the male...

@JackmanRobert That said, no where in scripture is a woman "forbidden" to be a pastor/elder/overseer. You are obviously reading this into the text. We don't have anything like that "an elder must not

1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 I don't know what you are talking about. I'm reading the Bible, not feminists. Why do you think I need to read feminist literature to understand the Bible? I think you are confusing me with someone else... Actually, I don't know very...

@JonByers186054 I don't know what you are talking about. I'm reading the Bible, not feminists. Why do you think I need to read feminist literature to understand the Bible? I think you are confusing me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@RevBCD The words that he is using is a very popular discussion and debate in the church right now. It is a huge issue in the SBC. I chose to speak on what I understood from his words. It's my page and I can do that if I want. Also, it seems everyone...

@RevBCD The words that he is using is a very popular discussion and debate in the church right now. It is a huge issue in the SBC. I chose to speak on what I understood from his words. It's my page an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 I referenced 1Co 7 because Paul clarifies that he is single and advocates for others to desire to be single which would mean that if they all followed his advice, there would be no elders whatsoever! But see, you note as I did "...but *...

@JoeAdrian256 I referenced 1Co 7 because Paul clarifies that he is single and advocates for others to desire to be single which would mean that if they all followed his advice, there would be no elder

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 The interesting thing is that many feel that a married man being a

@JoeAdrian256 The interesting thing is that many feel that a married man being a pastor to a single woman which is frequently problematic isn't a problem also. The way to resolve this of course is to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely Timothy, not to mention Paul advocates for everyone...

@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely T

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks, Joe. I agree that it is absolutely ok to disagree as long

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks, Joe. I agree that it is absolutely ok to disagree as long as we are sincerely following scripture. I have served in complementarian churches for about half my life and I'm curren

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people fr

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people frequently mishandle and misinterpret scripture. So you are right to be suspicious. Also, anyone who believes the Bible te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ First, Eve's rate of conception would increase so that the world would be populated since they would die. Second, Eve wouldn't divorce her husband but would desire him (it doesn't say desire to...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ First, Eve's rate of conception would increase so that the world would be populated since they would die. Second, Eve wouldn't divorce her husb

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Since women were always able to be saved, Gal 3:28 does not teach that finally in the new covenant women could be saved and all those women before this point are eternally lost. Gal 3:28 is th...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Since women were always able to be saved, Gal 3:28 does not teach that finally in the new covenant women could be saved and all those women bef

Gal 3:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Which passage are you referring to? Gen 3:16? God didn't command Adam to rule his wife but this was a consequence of sin. I'm saying Adam didn't have to rule his wife and would have done better...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Which passage are you referring to? Gen 3:16? God didn't command Adam to rule his wife but this was a consequence of sin. I'm saying Adam didn'

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a p

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a proof text. Please, sir, I have some questions arising that need your wisdom. https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Tako1Fall Wait, how is obeying Mt 28:18-20 good but then if you teach truth and

@Tako1Fall Wait, how is obeying Mt 28:18-20 good but then if you teach truth and disciple in that truth with a specific title or position you are rejected by God? Are titles and positions sins?

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an elder in this life a sin for someone especially i...

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an

1Co 6:2-3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins when applied to certain people. Consider the fema...

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@fishercatMaine Absolutely. Such a distraction to focus on a title or position a

@fishercatMaine Absolutely. Such a distraction to focus on a title or position as being a sin rather than what such a person is teaching or doing.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins when applied to certain persons and positions are ...

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture is clear on what sin is. For example see the following images. Where does scripture call a female pastor/elder a sin or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@AMalteseSailor No, you cannot make up sin. The Bible is clear when it comes to sin. Because if someone sins unrepentantly they are not in the kingdom of God. What you call “subverting God’s Word” is actually just careful interpretation and rightly d...

@AMalteseSailor No, you cannot make up sin. The Bible is clear when it comes to sin. Because if someone sins unrepentantly they are not in the kingdom of God. What you call “subverting God’s Word” is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confession. Perhaps you can educate me where a female is ...

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confessi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7, God appeals to Cain’s moral agency to rule over ...

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7

Ge 4:7 Ge 2:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is meant to be done in small home groups is fine, bu...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is

1Co 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii God's choice was clearly the apostle

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii God's choice was clearly the apostle Paul. And all 12 apostles were also Jewish (not a single one was a Gentile). We don't say "explain why no Gentile was co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time profe

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time professional pastors. If we followed 1Cor 14 more closely, we would see the so often unused gifts the Holy Spirit has given f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@deadtosin610 I think at some point it makes more sense to start a church than t

@deadtosin610 I think at some point it makes more sense to start a church than to travel 2 hours a day round trip to go to one.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@janine_ped86302 @HeisenBurrrrrg @haymes_joshua Is this funny to you? You should

@janine_ped86302 @HeisenBurrrrrg @haymes_joshua Is this funny to you? You should take this more seriously as you are accusing some of sin where the scripture makes no such assertions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a clear note that this makes one disqualified for leade...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a cle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua I’m still confused… where is pastor (poimen) defined as male only such that any female serving as a shepherd is in unrepentant sin? Imagine, a female following Mt 28:16-20, teaching others to obey all that Jesus commande...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua I’m still confused… where is pastor (poimen) defined as male only such that any female serving as a shepherd is in unrepentant sin? Imagine, a female following Mt 28:16-2

Mt 28:16-20 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a femal

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a female pastor ever said to be in sin because of being a female?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecting creation order with deception, this context str...

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the term in a pastoral, theological warning about decep...

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in betwe

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in between a husband and wife (the wife is teaching heresy and the husband, likely an elder, is silent). To assist Timothy, he

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote auth

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote authority or leadership than the popular argument you (and many others) espouse falls apart. But whatever you want I guess…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There’s a difference between using generic pronouns like ‘tis’ in 1Ti 3:1 and male forms of words and explicitly calling out “must be a man” or “must not be a woman.” Paul clearly isn’t intending to restrict based on wh...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There’s a difference between using generic pronouns like ‘tis’ in 1Ti 3:1 and male forms of words and explicitly calling out “must be a man” or “must not be a woman.” Pa

1Ti 3:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@Dankrightanon @LordFerguson09 No, a woman cannot be a husband. The idiom is in the male form as a generic characteristic that can apply to anyone regardless of gender. Else it requires one to be married and have 2 or more children and Paul was neith...

@Dankrightanon @LordFerguson09 No, a woman cannot be a husband. The idiom is in the male form as a generic characteristic that can apply to anyone regardless of gender. Else it requires one to be marr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' al

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' all agreed with you, that doesn't mean they are correct.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon You sound like you are presuming your conclusion. If Paul is using an idiom to describe character (which is the case for all the other things Paul lists), then this isn't about being married or male. Paul wasn't marrie...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon You sound like you are presuming your conclusion. If Paul is using an idiom to describe character (which is the case for all the other things Paul lists), then this isn'

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem Paul is not using head to mean the authority of or th

@path1_one @rightresponsem Paul is not using head to mean the authority of or the boss of. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Paul is using “one woman man” idiomatically to re

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Paul is using “one woman man” idiomatically to refer to marital faithfulness (character) and not being married or one’s gender. See below for some scholars who support a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both t

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both the husband and wife may have been elders. Nothing specifies either way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to be pastors." You are making things up.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and not animals. Plus animals were cursed. Further, the Greek for hierarchy does not occur either in the LXX or the New Tes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@Dankrightanon Nowhere does scripture ever say that Deborah was made judge as a judgment on Israel. And that’s not how the pattern of the judges worked. God turned Israel over to their enemies because of their sin and then when He had compassion on t...

@Dankrightanon Nowhere does scripture ever say that Deborah was made judge as a judgment on Israel. And that’s not how the pattern of the judges worked. God turned Israel over to their enemies because

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