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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve There’s nothing in the Biblical law that says that women should be silent in the assembly. That is from the Talmud, the oral Jewish traditions because they were trying to prevent males from lusting after women by hearing their...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve There’s nothing in the Biblical law that says that women should be silent in the assembly. That is from the Talmud, the oral Jewish traditions because they were trying to preve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

RT @DustinBenge: On this day, in 1536, William Tyndale was strangled and burned

RT @DustinBenge: On this day, in 1536, William Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake for translating the Scriptures into English fo…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-05

@DickSaban1 @YouMayCallMeV1 @BibleBashed 🤔 You are starting to argue like a lib

@DickSaban1 @YouMayCallMeV1 @BibleBashed 🤔 You are starting to argue like a liberal. The text here says “ish” and its singular. Whether Israelite or foreigner…still a man. https://t.co/kVA3Ch3nn4

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@fishercatMaine Thanks for the encouragement! It seems so obvious to me now but

@fishercatMaine Thanks for the encouragement! It seems so obvious to me now but I grew up complementarian too…so it took me time to unwind the knots so I have sympathy for others.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provides time for the congregation to share in response t...

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provide

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, and this is expressly what

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, and this is expressly what Timothy was to do with the false teachers at Ephesus which was also a problem with the church Titus was shepherding. Je

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Just finished watching this excellent messag

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Just finished watching this excellent message. However, he wasn’t addressing Gal 3:28.

Gal 3:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

@DavePosMil @haymes_joshua The passages I was referring to where pronouns are in

@DavePosMil @haymes_joshua The passages I was referring to where pronouns are inserted in the English is 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

Titus 1:5-9 1 Tim 3:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi I’m not looking for your confirmation. Mutual submission is all over the New Testament. 1.Phil 2:3-4 - “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above...

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi I’m not looking for your confirmation. Mutual submission is all over the New Testament. 1.Phil 2:3-4 - “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or va

Phil 2:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi However, when someone lays their life down for others, this is the ultimate act of submission. "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than you...

@tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi However, when someone lays their life down for others, this is the ultimate act of submission. "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humili

Phil 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to as a shepherd. - Name one person in the NT church...

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to

1 Tim 3:1-2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bishops because its the same as elder/overseer/pastor.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thing as they end up being used interchangeably, but ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pasto

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pastors/overseers are all interchangeable in scripture. We use the term elders and pastors. So no and yes.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Th...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogu

Acts 17:10-11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul is disqualified given he is single and he wishes e...

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul

1 Cor 7:7 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@PerinDana @pauldirks This is like our older English use of “Sir” and “Ma’am.” “Yes, sir” and “yes, ma’am” can come off sounding slavish, but these are how each of us shows we are bending our will towards the other, not an acknowledgment that we are...

@PerinDana @pauldirks This is like our older English use of “Sir” and “Ma’am.” “Yes, sir” and “yes, ma’am” can come off sounding slavish, but these are how each of us shows we are bending our will to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I don’t know what this picture is referring to or pro

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I don’t know what this picture is referring to or proving, but are you suggesting this is evidence for women deacons/elders/bishops—women leaders?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rather, the real question is whether someone can serv...

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rat

1 Pet 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@RebelDissent @rightresponsem America is not under a theocracy. If two consenting adults do things in their bedroom, you have no right to punish them for it! if they claim to be Christians, the most you can do is remove them from the church. Yes, ...

@RebelDissent @rightresponsem America is not under a theocracy. If two consenting adults do things in their bedroom, you have no right to punish them for it! if they claim to be Christians, the most

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@GraduatedBen @BonifaceOption Rabbinical Jews don’t read the New Testament silly. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is about a deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church. The one passage that might highlight Jewish thinking is 1 Cor 14:34-35 which is actuall...

@GraduatedBen @BonifaceOption Rabbinical Jews don’t read the New Testament silly. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is about a deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church. The one passage that might highlight

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@Jgrey2003 @PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Why do you think it is wrong? Paul is responding to the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1). The statement in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts the inclusivity of the rest of the chapter (see v31). The referen...

@Jgrey2003 @PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Why do you think it is wrong? Paul is responding to the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1). The statement in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts the inclusivity

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel? Yet just as we d...

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 son

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. Th

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. They establish and plant churches and oversee their proper operation. That’s literally the point of his epistles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was as he is—single (1 Cor 7:7)! Paul is most definit...

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was

1 Cor 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@iamgandaalf @Ajiboyeyemiade @jon_d_doe Oh, I like your stop sign! It seems clear because you are reading it in English and assuming a patriarchal mindset, which the translators also assumed for the most part. Take another look. I go through all t...

@iamgandaalf @Ajiboyeyemiade @jon_d_doe Oh, I like your stop sign! It seems clear because you are reading it in English and assuming a patriarchal mindset, which the translators also assumed for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with those who were outstanding among the apostles. Wh...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature of the language. The only phrase that seems to app...

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature o

1 Tim 3:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded people to band together with so we can help the church ...

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded peopl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ortrails @DavidMGreen16 @goteamcarr The 12 male disciples were chosen before the church began. They were also all Jewish. But once the church was formed, the barriers on the basis of ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status were removed. That m...

@ortrails @DavidMGreen16 @goteamcarr The 12 male disciples were chosen before the church began. They were also all Jewish. But once the church was formed, the barriers on the basis of ethnicity, gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@godlywomanhood 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature of the language. The only phrase that seems to apply to males only is μι...

@godlywomanhood 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature of the language. The o

1 Tim 3:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@HalalFinisher That passage is dealing with a specific deceived woman teaching i

@HalalFinisher That passage is dealing with a specific deceived woman teaching in Ephesus who is off the reservation and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not deceived. Paul is not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@DST_QA It is not about authority or assuming authority. You appear to be connecting this to 1 Tim 2:12, but that is dealt with in another thread. What makes perfect sense is that the Jewish men who need to pray and do their readings with a pure st...

@DST_QA It is not about authority or assuming authority. You appear to be connecting this to 1 Tim 2:12, but that is dealt with in another thread. What makes perfect sense is that the Jewish men who

1 Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@KaeleyT If Paul said "Yet I wish that all were even as [he] himself is" and "I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I" then being single is not a sin or a problem that has to be fixed unless you do not h...

@KaeleyT If Paul said "Yet I wish that all were even as [he] himself is" and "I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I" then being single is not a sin or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@calvinrobinson @seatradelaw Christ also chose 12 Jewish males, so that must mea

@calvinrobinson @seatradelaw Christ also chose 12 Jewish males, so that must mean that only Jewish men can teach in the church? The apostles were chosen before the start of the church. https://t.co/0

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Paul said that he wished they were all single as he was (1 Co

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Paul said that he wished they were all single as he was (1 Cor 7:7). What happens to single women or barren women or widows?

1 Cor 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Ja

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd Im taking it precisely with Paul’s specific grammar in context of what he says in chapters 1 and 2.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanctity with moderati...

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translati

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translating the Greek (NASB 2020). It means that the scriptures contain all I need to be thoroughly equipped, to be made perfect

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@DavidCShell1 @Emma41913442572 @p3_1415926i @TnShitStirrer @Eric_Conn What makes you think every Christian believed what you do? Even if all got it wrong, the apostles didn’t. Jesus picked 12 Jewish males but we don’t say only Jewish males can be p...

@DavidCShell1 @Emma41913442572 @p3_1415926i @TnShitStirrer @Eric_Conn What makes you think every Christian believed what you do? Even if all got it wrong, the apostles didn’t. Jesus picked 12 Jewish

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jewish Oral Traditions in th

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the lette

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jew

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@Onewhitefrijole @BabuDark1 @NCRonline 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter

@Onewhitefrijole @BabuDark1 @NCRonline 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jewi

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-05

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible that rolls off the tongue from Richard Dawkins. Nat...

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-03

@masonmennenga I have to agree with you here. Paul even said: “I wish that all

@masonmennenga I have to agree with you here. Paul even said: “I wish that all of you were as I am” (1 Cor 7:7).

1 Cor 7:7 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose Peter might have been thinking of in Paul’s writi...

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose

2 Peter 3:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@CatOnTheFridge @BrianMonzon Take a look at this interpretation. Paul is quotin

@CatOnTheFridge @BrianMonzon Take a look at this interpretation. Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1) and refuting them. The law is from the Jewish Oral Traditions in the

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@TimothyGroves2 @RongpiSr @NoHolyScripture 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the le

@TimothyGroves2 @RongpiSr @NoHolyScripture 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@LLLloyd1 Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 C

@LLLloyd1 Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). He quotes from them to refute them. 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from that letter which refers to Jewish Oral Tr

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary