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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in marriage. I’m not calling Mike to repent of sprea...

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals Egalitarian does *NOT* mean there is no differ

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals Egalitarian does *NOT* mean there is no differences between male and female. But just as God created them *both* to rule (Ge 1:28) and not one to clean while the othe

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist this verse into a general statement about the epistle...

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist thi

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 3:14-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@ymmotrojam @onedayatatimeLB @smashbaals Paul’s sarcastic tone suggests that some in Corinth were acting as though they had special authority to dictate who could speak. Paul's commands are "For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn...

@ymmotrojam @onedayatatimeLB @smashbaals Paul’s sarcastic tone suggests that some in Corinth were acting as though they had special authority to dictate who could speak. Paul's commands are "For you

1Co 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@ymmotrojam @onedayatatimeLB @smashbaals The accusative here emphasizes exclusive reception—Paul is challenging their presumed monopoly on divine authority. It’s as if he’s saying, “Do you really think God’s word is for you alone?” Clearly they think...

@ymmotrojam @onedayatatimeLB @smashbaals The accusative here emphasizes exclusive reception—Paul is challenging their presumed monopoly on divine authority. It’s as if he’s saying, “Do you really thin

1Co 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@smashbaals But don’t worry! The only thing women seem to be forbidden from is t

@smashbaals But don’t worry! The only thing women seem to be forbidden from is teaching or leading from that 2x2 foot square in the middle of the stage for one hour on one day of the week. Women can

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Interesting. Are you saying she preached au

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Interesting. Are you saying she preached authoritatively to the pastor? Or took authority over him?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is wh

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is what some believe means to “exercise authority over” someone. This is the only place it is used in the Bible. Why isn’t it

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Ok, thanks for explaining your context. Wha

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Ok, thanks for explaining your context. What do you mean by “exercise authority” over you? Can you give me some examples? I served as an elder so I’m curious.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Thanks for your response. What’s so unique about a congregational setting? Does truth change when the congregation meets? Can a male override the scripture because he speaks authoritatively in the congregation? If...

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Thanks for your response. What’s so unique about a congregational setting? Does truth change when the congregation meets? Can a male override the scripture because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Not twisting anything. Actually, I’m just untwisting what others have pretzeled in their heads. Paul never forbade anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Scripture is authoritative, not the 2x2 box in the middle o...

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Not twisting anything. Actually, I’m just untwisting what others have pretzeled in their heads. Paul never forbade anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Scripture

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Wait…what?!? I want to follow scripture fu

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Wait…what?!? I want to follow scripture fully and completely and that leads to…what??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Where are you getting this from? There isn't a

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Where are you getting this from? There isn't a single person called "Lead Pastor" except Christ Himself (actually called the Chief Shepherd, 1Pe 5:4). Further, no one

1Pe 5:4 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@ElonFan_1 @smashbaals Probably she started at verse 21 showing that verses 22ff

@ElonFan_1 @smashbaals Probably she started at verse 21 showing that verses 22ff cannot be advocating for some sort of gender-hierarchy of authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@smashbaals Smash reminds me of how the early Jewish leaders persecuted true bel

@smashbaals Smash reminds me of how the early Jewish leaders persecuted true believers. Good grief! This is not something that should divide people. And Smash, do a better job of reading your Bible!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@NSReicher @ronhenzel I don't care how many Reformers all came to the same conclusion. I repeat the words of one reformer in particular, Luther: “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason—I do not accept the authority of [many Reformers], ...

@NSReicher @ronhenzel I don't care how many Reformers all came to the same conclusion. I repeat the words of one reformer in particular, Luther: “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason—I

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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 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part of sanctification (not salvation). Yes, Jesus cove...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part

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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

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the LXX) centuries before Christ, because many Jews no longer spoke Hebrew. NT writers often quoted the LXX, showing Greek

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Wow, can’t say I’ve heard anyone argue this way before. Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire, widely spoken by Jews in the diaspora and in Judea. The NT authors—being bilingual—wrote in Greek to reach a broader a...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Wow, can’t say I’ve heard anyone argue this way before. Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire, widely spoken by Jews in the diaspora and in Judea. The NT authors—b

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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 @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy I’m agreeing with what she wrote as if it

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy I’m agreeing with what she wrote as if it came from me, a male. I have the exegesis to back it up and thoroughly defend it. BTW, I’m misinterpreting something yo

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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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