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@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (or a better term ‘mutualists’) treat others as more...

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (o

Eve and Adam were both given rule over the earth. Her authority to judge and rul

Eve and Adam were both given rule over the earth. Her authority to judge and rule was always intact. So why believe women are barred from speaking or teaching? She was already empowered by God to repr

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views about Adam and Eve. Yet Paul’s intent doesn’t appear to be to address specific false teachings so much as to encourage

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT So you don’t think it’s reasonable that Paul is using Eve

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT So you don’t think it’s reasonable that Paul is using Eve as a prototype for this specific wife who is teaching in Ephesus? It seems to make sense of the details. Is there a reas

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have b

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have been a red flag 🚩 for him with the complementarian view. It’s so bizarre. https://t.co/NswgqANziG

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@JoeAdrian256 @ingersoll_bob @MikeWingerii @magnabosco In this case if we circle back to what you were saying about Terran William’s articles, this is not just about “interesting” but responding to those who are forbidding godly women from teaching t...

@JoeAdrian256 @ingersoll_bob @MikeWingerii @magnabosco In this case if we circle back to what you were saying about Terran William’s articles, this is not just about “interesting” but responding to th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@IkeLifeLike @ronhenzel @MikeWingerii How does godly women leading and teaching

@IkeLifeLike @ronhenzel @MikeWingerii How does godly women leading and teaching the truth cause harm? Seems to me it only “harms” the complementarian view but that’s not a harm.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii My vomit, eh? So supporting godly women t

@Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii My vomit, eh? So supporting godly women teaching truth is vomit? When people say things like this it makes me even more sure that I’m right.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii Paul is clear that he is speaking to Timothy and writing instructions so that Timothy would know how to act in the church of God to stop false teaching. Why do you then just immediately take his inst...

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii Paul is clear that he is speaking to Timothy and writing instructions so that Timothy would know how to act in the church of God to stop false teachi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

It’s because I believe the Bible has no contradictions that I am an egalitarian

It’s because I believe the Bible has no contradictions that I am an egalitarian and believe that women are not restricted from teaching, oversight or pastoral work simply because they are women. https

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are forbidden from teaching or pastoral work is not God’s view. That’s clearly your view.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching not stopping all women from teaching. Women are commanded to teach by the great commission so Paul clearly wasn’t meanin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-25

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching trut

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching truth to anyone. The context is stopping false teaching. #ReadPaulInContext

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe th

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe these passages are forbidding godly women from teaching truth to men or from pastoral work. I’ll take a look at the Crossw

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 But still there isn’t anything on the record to say what the women were specifically teaching and why the men were using their prayers to argue. And Paul doesn’t tell the women who are claiming godliness to have s3x ...

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft But still there isn’t anything on the record to say what the women were specifically teaching and why the men were using their prayers to argue. And Paul doesn’t tell

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

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft According to 2Ti 2:16-18, Hymenaeus was teachi

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft According to 2Ti 2:16-18, Hymenaeus was teaching the resurrection had already occurred.

2Ti 2:16-18 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@MarkGrote 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 gives him his apostolic authority to hel...

@MarkGrote 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 Ti

1Ti 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@AVER735 @cesarro93931165 @BenZeisloft “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, **and teaching them...

@AVER735 @cesarro93931165 @BenZeisloft “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of **all nations,** baptizing them in the name of the Father and of t

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

@RushiXmakima @SacrdCowTipping @MikeWingerii Yes, the church was to minister to

@RushiXmakima @SacrdCowTipping @MikeWingerii Yes, the church was to minister to each other! Elders have the gift of teaching and responsibility to correct but they are not the only ones to teach or pr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I already explained how

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I already explained how the Bible does not forbid godly women from teaching or pastoring people including men.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly indicated as sin. Godly women teaching men the truth is nowhere stated to be sin.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@dudespankydave @William_E_Wolfe I don’t think he asked for permission. Just nee

@dudespankydave @William_E_Wolfe I don’t think he asked for permission. Just need to correct his false teaching.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when?

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when? When does teaching her male children become sinful? 12? 18? 19?

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:/

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context and making sense of all the details including the ...

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-12 general

@DaddyRoach Except Paul isn’t telling all women to be silent. I’m 1Co 14:34-35 h

@DaddyRoach Except Paul isn’t telling all women to be silent. I’m 1Co 14:34-35 he is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and rebuking them for silencing half the body. In 1Ti 2:11-12,

@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—

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The idea that this is ab

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The idea that this is about how Paul wants a church run misses the whole point of the letter—this is about how Timothy should act to deal with t

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-12 debate

@avyargo @Rick07200430 @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Again, it appears that 1Ti 2:11-12 and 1Co 14:34-35 were mistaken passages from quite early on. Just because the majority got these wrong doesn't mean they were inspired in their interpretation and ap...

@avyargo @Rick07200430 @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Again, it appears that 1Ti 2:11-12 and 1Co 14:34-35 were mistaken passages from quite early on. Just because the majority got these wrong doesn't mean

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have departed from t...

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them ar

@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

@jasonrzimmerman @smashbaals I have no interest in rejecting the Bible's teachin

@jasonrzimmerman @smashbaals I have no interest in rejecting the Bible's teachings. Why would I reject the teaching that someone who is teaching heresy should not be allowed to teach heresy?

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from servin

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from serving as pastors or from teaching truth to anyone? How do you understand Matt 28:18-20 since women are called to make discip

Matt 28:18-20 question

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what was going on in the context of what is being describ...

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what wa

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the specific situation that Paul left Timothy behind to de...

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the spec

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twistin

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twisting the word. I’m exegeting Paul’s intention in the specific words he used to instruct his protege Timothy to deal with fa

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry By historical realities are you r

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry By historical realities are you referring to the apostles’ teaching or what the post apostolic church did for the next 2000 years?

@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

@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

@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12

@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12 has to do with a specific wife who is deceived and teaching heresy but her undeceived husband is not saying anything. P

1Ti 2:11-12 debate

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would depend on which doctrine as only the fundamentals of...

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would de

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear ch

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear children), but what does that have to do with teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoral work?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

In contrast to @MikeWingerii, CBMW, @JohnPiper and @waynegrudem see women subject to men and not teaching them FOR ALL TIMES. So perhaps the definitive complementarians and patriarchalists agree? “We think 1Ti 2:8–15 imposes two restrictions on the...

In contrast to @MikeWingerii, CBMW, @JohnPiper and @waynegrudem see women subject to men and not teaching them FOR ALL TIMES. So perhaps the definitive complementarians and patriarchalists agree? “W

1Ti 2:8 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching…”