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@jhart_21 @Siryoungest @fartomcshitto @mmpadellan Starting with that last verse,

@jhart_21 @Siryoungest @fartomcshitto @mmpadellan Starting with that last verse, most people unfortunately have no idea what Paul is actually meaning by that passage. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@Alicia_Bittle_ You sound like you are referring to the church. Such focus on one specific person aside from Christ Himself, no matter how righteous you think they are, is not good. Mary is equal to any faithful believer. Hailing someone is calling ...

@Alicia_Bittle_ You sound like you are referring to the church. Such focus on one specific person aside from Christ Himself, no matter how righteous you think they are, is not good. Mary is equal to

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says instead of trying to silence her? And also, please e...

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says in

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have t

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have to take the context and the grammar seriously to understand what Paul is trying to say. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

@kevinmfry @godlywomanhood Do you know what Paul means by these verses? https://

@kevinmfry @godlywomanhood Do you know what Paul means by these verses? https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

@Tingamabobz @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty And just after Paul quotes from the letter from the Corinthians, Paul says to those who are trying to silence half the church, “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto y...

@Tingamabobz @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty And just after Paul quotes from the letter from the Corinthians, Paul says to those who are trying to silence half the church, “What? came the

1Co 14:36 question

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like men shouldn't be), not enslaved to much wine (same a...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like me

Tit 2:3-5 general

Tit 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 1Ti 3:11 debate

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 do not say anything like "must not be a woman," but rather "Women likewise..." (1Ti 3:11). https://t.

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 11:3 debate

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11:1-16 is explaining the reasons for the tradition to NOT wear head coverings which represent shame for sin. 1Co 11:3 is

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 1Cor 14:36 question

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those who are silencing half the body of Christ? “What...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty If you

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty If you claim to understand 1Ti 2:12, then please explain the capstone verse, v15. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

1Ti 2:12 general

@timotheeology @beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Origen is like many others, even those who were in the Church of Corinth which Paul rebukes by saying: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” ...

@timotheeology @beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Origen is like many others, even those who were in the Church of Corinth which Paul rebukes by saying: “What? came the word of God out

1Co 14:36 question

@beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Yes, that is the verse separa

@beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Yes, that is the verse separate from its context. What does Paul mean by that statement? https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul was saying wasn’t one sided, but to deal with spe...

@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a man should pretend to be a woman, to wear a dress or adorn fake breasts or claim to bear children. This is about leade

@Alicia_Bittle_ @herreisenheim00 @lebell79 @roserobins017 Was that only on Sunda

@Alicia_Bittle_ @herreisenheim00 @lebell79 @roserobins017 Was that only on Sunday during church or anytime?

@jtcope4 @godlywomanhood It doesn't mean all women are not supposed to teach men

@jtcope4 @godlywomanhood It doesn't mean all women are not supposed to teach men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@KRUSHWRLD @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Here's what 1Ti 2:12 mea

@KRUSHWRLD @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Here's what 1Ti 2:12 means in context. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@FaithWithMase @MichelleDLesley In order to obey 1Ti 2:12, you have to know what

@FaithWithMase @MichelleDLesley In order to obey 1Ti 2:12, you have to know what it means. And if you don't know what Paul's concluding statements mean in v15, then how can you know what v12 means? ht

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teach

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teaching men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 2:12 general

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid it in full on the cross and this caused havoc? Ive never heard anything like that…

@pbcmike98 @Guitardo7 @tchadwinder I prefer to say that there is nothing saying Adam’s guilt is imputed and there are scriptures explicitly saying that God does not pass on the guilt from the fathers to the sons (Ezekiel 18). What is passed on is ...

@pbcmike98 @Guitardo7 @tchadwinder I prefer to say that there is nothing saying Adam’s *guilt* is imputed and there are scriptures explicitly saying that God does not pass on the guilt from the father

@pbcmike98 @tchadwinder You are absolutely right. But is this what Calvin taught

@pbcmike98 @tchadwinder You are absolutely right. But is this what Calvin taught or are you just believing what the Bible says? 😏

@StothersRyan I appreciate your demeanour on this topic. Here’s another statement from Jesus similar to the one from John the Baptist: “Jesus answered, ‘You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason h...

@StothersRyan I appreciate your demeanour on this topic. Here’s another statement from Jesus similar to the one from John the Baptist: “Jesus answered, ‘You would have no authority over Me, unless i

Eph 5:21 Titus 2:5 debate

@BlackSheepPickl @MikeWingerii Titus 2:5 does say wives are to hypotasso their husbands. I didn’t say that wives are not to do this, only that Eph 5:21 says all are to do this to one another showing that it’s not a gendered hierarchical authority str...

@BlackSheepPickl @MikeWingerii Titus 2:5 does say wives are to hypotasso their husbands. I didn’t say that wives are not to do this, only that Eph 5:21 says all are to do this to one another showing t

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The NASB has “symbol of” but this is not in the Greek. ...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The N

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a river (the source of the river). The same word ca...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 I am not saying that kephale never conveys the idea of authority in any context. Regarding 2 Sam 22:44, David is not the King of the whole world. Does he set the policy of all the nations around him? Or is God simply makin...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 I am not saying that kephale never conveys the idea of authority in any context. Regarding 2 Sam 22:44, David is not the King of the whole world. Does he set the policy of

2 Sam 22:44 debate

@Dan_NY_Giants It says that you are to submit to one another. You initiate it. H

@Dan_NY_Giants It says that you are to submit to one another. You initiate it. How then is this something done to you? You make yourself lower. Jesus is clear—He did not come to be served but to be a

@Dan_NY_Giants As soon as you assume this is about authority, you have a problem. But it’s not about authority. It’s about “standing under” the other, even children, lifting them up to do what’s best for them. You trade your own personal desires to s...

@Dan_NY_Giants As soon as you assume this is about authority, you have a problem. But it’s not about authority. It’s about “standing under” the other, even children, lifting them up to do what’s best

@StothersRyan I’m not reducing the meaning of v22-23, just saying that it cannot be hierarchical if v21 is mutual—and it is. The husband and wife are established by the first marriage where Adam was the source of Eve (she came from his flesh and bon...

@StothersRyan I’m not reducing the meaning of v22-23, just saying that it cannot be hierarchical if v21 is mutual—and it is. The husband and wife are established by the first marriage where Adam was

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correctin

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correcting a problem, not encouraging what was already culturally commonplace. How? Take a look 👇 https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

Another common argument complementarians give is the role the wife plays to symb

Another common argument complementarians give is the role the wife plays to symbolize the church, and the husband to be like Christ. But aren’t we all to be like Christ? 🧐 https://t.co/CfGz4nbrJA

In the following, I show what I think Paul was doing in Eph 5:21-25. https://t.c

In the following, I show what I think Paul was doing in Eph 5:21-25. https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

Eph 5:21-25 general

This is what makes you a good complementarian, Mike. 😊 Imagine if you’d recogni

This is what makes you a good complementarian, Mike. 😊 Imagine if you’d recognize that the command to submit was actually given in v21?—everyone submitting to each other. Whatever Paul means, it’s n

@man1753 Not said by Jesus, but still scripture. Except that so many misinterpre

@man1753 Not said by Jesus, but still scripture. Except that so many misinterpret it...probably one of the most misinterpreted passages of the Bible. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@Joominmames Why is it one of the most based verses in the Bible? Are you sure y

@Joominmames Why is it one of the most based verses in the Bible? Are you sure you know what it means? https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@kenshirotism Just in case people are wondering, that verse is not about wives o

@kenshirotism Just in case people are wondering, that verse is not about wives obeying their husbands... https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 1:13 1Ti 1:19-20 general

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel Hi Tom. She’s not imaginary. Paul’s not naming her as a way of showing grace 1Ti 1:13 (he names and marks those who teach false doctrines with knowledge, 1Ti 1:19-20). Because it’s a personal letter to Timothy, what Paul said ...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel Hi Tom. She’s not imaginary. Paul’s not naming her as a way of showing grace 1Ti 1:13 (he names and marks those who teach false doctrines with knowledge, 1Ti 1:19-20). Because

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what is illegitimate in the appeals to context Aaron refers to that egalitarians often do.

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with it, but not because it is illegitimate. There reall...

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with i

1Ti 2:12 debate

@aaron_p_edwards @ronhenzel I appreciate the perspectives of those I disagree with and often disagree with those who are on the same side of the isle as me. I have no interest in progressive and post-modern interpretations of scripture, so I’m inclin...

@aaron_p_edwards @ronhenzel I appreciate the perspectives of those I disagree with and often disagree with those who are on the same side of the isle as me. I have no interest in progressive and post-

@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scriptures which appear to contradict the prevailing i...

@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scri

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards The sarcasm is certainly thick in Aaron’s post. It seems like you are offended by mockery, and righty so. I could clearly hear how ridicule and sarcasm were being used to mock egalitarians. It seems that being an egalitari...

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards The sarcasm is certainly thick in Aaron’s post. It seems like you are offended by mockery, and righty so. I could clearly hear how ridicule and sarcasm were being used to m

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 I guess that Paul should have taken a grammar class with

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 I guess that Paul should have taken a grammar class with Ron because then he should have used sozo plural? You and the NASB are interpreting Paul’s grammar. The English should

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wif

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wife in 1Ti 2:12 but here in 1Ti 3:11 when women is on its own you are happy to translate it as wives. I guess it fits your

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:11 debate

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 2:15 1Ti 3:11 debate

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whoops. You were referring to 1Ti 3:11 not 1Ti 2:15. I agree with the NASB on 1Ti 3:11 but not 1Ti 2:15. But whether 1Ti 3:11 should be women or wives depends on the context. Ron seems to have a problem with using wife in 1Ti ...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whoops. You were referring to 1Ti 3:11 not 1Ti 2:15. I agree with the NASB on 1Ti 3:11 but not 1Ti 2:15. But whether 1Ti 3:11 should be women or wives depends on the context. R

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel The NASB is explicitly mistranslating the singular to plu

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel The NASB is explicitly mistranslating the singular to plural to presumably correct Paul’s grammar in v15. This simply shows the translators recognize the problem in this verse,

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used to sidestep uncomfortable biblical teachings. 2....

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify or prohibit women from serving as pastors, elders...

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify