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@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous,

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous, ἐπισκόπους). No one in the New Testament is specifically called an overseer, but we can infer that an elder (presbytero

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter identifies elders (presbyters) as shepherds. 2. Peter ...

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter iden

1 Pet 5:1 general

@Crop_Ins_Guy @pastherandie @William_E_Wolfe Or perhaps just as the Judiazers cr

@Crop_Ins_Guy @pastherandie @William_E_Wolfe Or perhaps just as the Judiazers crept into the early church to “spy on their freedom,” we’ve got a new wave of…for lack of a better term…Pharisees (by thi

@imanii4u I’ve served as an elder and have spoken on several occasions, but don’

@imanii4u I’ve served as an elder and have spoken on several occasions, but don’t preach regularly (we joined a new church recently). I spoke at a friend’s church not that long ago during his series

I’m still waiting for someone to show me where someone is specifically called a pastor or shepherd (ποιμήν, poimēn) in the New Testament. The only one specifically called this is Jesus Himself. How meaningful is it to say no woman was? @William_E_...

I’m still waiting for someone to show me where someone is specifically called a pastor or shepherd (ποιμήν, poimēn) in the New Testament. The only one specifically called this is Jesus Himself. How

@pastherandie Interesting…thanks for providing this reference! I’ll have to add it to my list. BTW, the title does a good job showing that women are working together with men, which is what I think egalitarian implies. Most people nowadays use femi...

@pastherandie Interesting…thanks for providing this reference! I’ll have to add it to my list. BTW, the title does a good job showing that women are working together with men, which is what I think

@paulsfam4 You didn’t read the thread, did you? Just giving me the usual comp arguments, right? Paul’s grammar in 1 Tim 2:11-12 changes from all people, all men, all women, to a woman and a man. Then he uses “the woman” in v14 to clarify that “a w...

@paulsfam4 You didn’t read the thread, did you? Just giving me the usual comp arguments, right? Paul’s grammar in 1 Tim 2:11-12 changes from all people, all men, all women, to a woman and a man. Th

1 Tim 2:11-12 question

@graceforprize @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Trying to

@graceforprize @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Trying to extract the full picture of the puzzle inherent in this personal letter from Paul to Timothy is not akin to writing fict

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey I see. Maybe if men weren’t so hard headed (apparently by modern neuroscience, etc), I could actually get them to interact with my analysis on the passages on women. Scripture is what we have to at foundation go ...

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey I see. Maybe if men weren’t so hard headed (apparently by modern neuroscience, etc), I could actually get them to interact with my analysis on the passages on wome

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “hard to understand” as Paul’s contemporary, then you ...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “har

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Junia was praised among the apostles, Priscilla led her house church together with her husband and they both went on missionary journeys with Paul. Phoebe was a deacon whom Paul commended to the believers at Rome because s...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Junia was praised among the apostles, Priscilla led her house church together with her husband and they both went on missionary journeys with Paul. Phoebe was a deacon whom

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul said that she should learn, but she thought she was right, so Paul is saying she should sit as a student and not constantly object—but listen to what Timothy has to say. The purpose of learning is to correct her fals...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul said that she should learn, but she thought she was right, so Paul is saying she should sit as a student and not constantly object—but listen to what Timothy has to sa

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

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul was quoting many times from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). You have to consider this possibility since what he seems to be saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts what he says in the rest of the chapter...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul was quoting many times from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). You have to consider this possibility since what he seems to be saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 c

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Trying to use ambiguity or showing that Paul wasn’t being explicit related to sex in these roles? I’m doing the latter. I have consulted all that Paul wrote on this. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is being completely misunderstood by comp...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Trying to use ambiguity or showing that Paul wasn’t being explicit related to sex in these roles? I’m doing the latter. I have consulted all that Paul wrote on this. 1 Tim

1 Tim 2:11-15 question

Titus 1:5-9 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote No, but the translators thought that males were only supposed to be overseers, so they used English that seems confusing. Once you realize the Greek doesn’t have male pronouns in 1 Tim 3:1-13 or Titus 1:5-9, then you start...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote No, but the translators thought that males were only supposed to be overseers, so they used English that seems confusing. Once you realize the Greek doesn’t have male prono

1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:11 debate

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deacon. Paul doesn’t use gendered pronouns, but things...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deaco

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Wrestling with the text which on first reading appea

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Wrestling with the text which on first reading appears contradictory to other things Paul has written is a good thing. It forces you back to the text to dig in deeper and s

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote This is so strange. I literally stick to the text showing from Paul’s letter to Timothy what Paul says his intentions are, I take the grammar and syntax and references seriously. I don’t ignore anything. I don’t know who ...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote This is so strange. I literally stick to the text showing from Paul’s letter to Timothy what Paul says his intentions are, I take the grammar and syntax and references seri

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m sure that’s EXACTLY how the Jew’s reacted when P

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m sure that’s EXACTLY how the Jew’s reacted when Paul was spreading the gospel… But the Berean considers what he is being told and checks it against scripture to see if i

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote BTW, you do know that a shepherd is the same as a pastor in the New Testament, right? You may not be in any official position, but when comps allow women to function as pastors without having official titles, th...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote BTW, you do know that a shepherd is the same as a pastor in the New Testament, right? You may not be in any official position, but when comps allow women to func

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using common sense and other passages showing women have b...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using co

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote I hear that. Many who have grown up in comp churches don’t feel right about female pastors and teachers. But we do have to submit our “heart” to scripture, though if you are not comfortable, you should go with wh...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote I hear that. Many who have grown up in comp churches don’t feel right about female pastors and teachers. But we do have to submit our “heart” to scripture, though

@MarkGrote The details all come from the context. Not sure where you stand on t

@MarkGrote The details all come from the context. Not sure where you stand on these details at this point Mark, but in case anyone is interested, I spent a lot of time peeling back the layers on what

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel Paul wasn’t the fool of Psalm 14; he was ignorant and serving God fervently with zeal in the way that he thought was right. In 1 Tim 1:12-13, Paul states, "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he consi...

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel Paul wasn’t the fool of Psalm 14; he was ignorant and serving God fervently with zeal in the way that he thought was right. In 1 Tim 1:12-13, Paul states, "I thank Christ Jesus

1 Tim 1:12-13 general

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos The point wasn’t that the God fearing Gentiles were already saved! The point is that God appointed to eternal life those who feared him by sending Paul and Barnabas to preach the gospel to them. “God fearers” is not just a use...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos The point wasn’t that the God fearing Gentiles were already saved! The point is that God appointed to eternal life those who feared him by sending Paul and Barnabas to preach th

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos @ef_hopkins You didn’t deal with what was being said. Was anyone saying that these God fearers were saved? They hadn’t heard the gospel! The point is that God appointed for eternal life those who feared God by bringing them the...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos @ef_hopkins You didn’t deal with what was being said. Was anyone saying that these God fearers were saved? They hadn’t heard the gospel! The point is that God appointed for eter

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey However, this seems to be an argument from

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey However, this seems to be an argument from what you think is the reason for increased deceivability when Genesis 3 and Paul's statements in 1 Tim 2:13-14 don't say

1 Tim 2:13-14 debate

RT @ryanschatz: @ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm

RT @ryanschatz: @ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two g…

Rom 3:10-18 general

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel No, it's not poetry and exaggeration. You have to read Pau

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel No, it's not poetry and exaggeration. You have to read Paul's reference in context and understand that Paul isn't misapplying Psalm 14. https://t.co/z8a6L89xHu

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@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement "not even one" should say "not even one of the fo...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement

Rom 3:10-18 general

Ron, that statement in Acts 13:48 is not explicit as you suggested it might be because Paul couldn't list only the God fearers since it is clear from the context that this referred to the Gentiles that followed God and were proselytes but not yet bel...

Ron, that statement in Acts 13:48 is not explicit as you suggested it might be because Paul couldn't list only the God fearers since it is clear from the context that this referred to the Gentiles tha

Acts 13:48 commentary

@GospelinGenesis @HwsEleutheroi We do not inherit guilt but the proclivity to si

@GospelinGenesis @HwsEleutheroi We do not inherit guilt but the proclivity to sin. You should watch this. https://t.co/ziGUnC5q9x

@GospelinGenesis @HwsEleutheroi Seems like you don't understand. Let me take ano

@GospelinGenesis @HwsEleutheroi Seems like you don't understand. Let me take another angle. God gives life and can take it at any time. What He cannot do is to torture a human forever unless that hum

@JamesDitto12 @HwsEleutheroi Is it lying to explain what I believe the scripture is saying? So if you disagree with me, you are just...right? The account of Job shows that God is free to allow things to happen to us even though we didn't deserve it...

@JamesDitto12 @HwsEleutheroi Is it lying to explain what I believe the scripture is saying? So if you disagree with me, you are just...right? The account of Job shows that God is free to allow thing

The scripture 📖 also bears witness… “You search the Scriptures because you thin

The scripture 📖 also bears witness… “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.” (John 5:39) /9

John 5:39 general

@JacobPaul432 @Soteriology101 Some like John Gill think it is slanderous to sugg

@JacobPaul432 @Soteriology101 Some like John Gill think it is slanderous to suggest that infants that die go anywhere but paradise. https://t.co/jkGYAwsahi

@skcmonastery @Protestia No, this is not what Paul is saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he is quoting from the prior letter from the Corinthians! v36 says: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) The fact is...

@skcmonastery @Protestia No, this is not what Paul is saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he is quoting from the prior letter from the Corinthians! v36 says: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? o

1 Cor 14:34-35 question

@RightGeez @TwisterFilm @VictoriaPeckham @DebbieHayton No, the husband and wife relationship must find its symbolism in the very first husband and wife. In that relationship, the husband was not her master, but was her "source" as she was taken from ...

@RightGeez @TwisterFilm @VictoriaPeckham @DebbieHayton No, the husband and wife relationship must find its symbolism in the very first husband and wife. In that relationship, the husband was not her m

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi There is nothing in scripture indicating the angels "discarded the body." Lazarus is proof that a body 4 days dead can be raised using the same body. "Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It wa...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi There is nothing in scripture indicating the angels "discarded the body." Lazarus is proof that a body 4 days dead can be raised using the same body. "Jesu

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teachi

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teaching of scripture, or if you have studied it and found that it doesn't restrict women from leadership. https://t.co/skOVwk

@DavidMa24927513 @smashbaals 1. Why didn't Paul use the usual word for authority? Can a man authentein over anyone? 2. Don't all students learn in silence? "Let a woman..." 3. Why did Paul use the singular? 4. Who is "the woman" in v14? 5. "She (sing...

@DavidMa24927513 @smashbaals 1. Why didn't Paul use the usual word for authority? Can a man authentein over anyone? 2. Don't all students learn in silence? "Let a woman..." 3. Why did Paul use the sin

Gen 1:18 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@OrthodoxBarbie I wonder if they forgot to read Gen 1:18 that says that both men

@OrthodoxBarbie I wonder if they forgot to read Gen 1:18 that says that both men and women rule together. 🤷‍♂️ Then there's the problem of misreading 1 Tim 2:11-15...maybe this can help anyone out th

@hartgoat All this proves is that both women and men can misunderstand what the

@hartgoat All this proves is that both women and men can misunderstand what the scripture is teaching. Let me help. 👇 https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

@jtearthkeeper You want prayer that you don't get confused into thinking the Bib

@jtearthkeeper You want prayer that you don't get confused into thinking the Bible teaches male primacy? Done 🙏 https://t.co/nFcdCBm6NO

@Collinzz5 @jon_d_doe You should make sure you are rightly dividing the scriptur

@Collinzz5 @jon_d_doe You should make sure you are rightly dividing the scripture. https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

@CathRevert @CatholicOrca Don't all students learn in silence? Ok, sit back⎯in s

@CathRevert @CatholicOrca Don't all students learn in silence? Ok, sit back⎯in silence⎯and discover what this passage means. https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

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@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul wa

@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul was saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35. Hint: *verse 36* “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] o

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

@JTrivoltin2 I'm confused...because God intervenes to get the attention of Paul.

@JTrivoltin2 I'm confused...because God intervenes to get the attention of Paul...how does that mean that he didn't have free will to obey or not?

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I was reflecting your beliefs. Didn't

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I was reflecting your beliefs. Didn't you say to me earlier that angels took Jesus' body to heaven (which is why it wasn't still in the tomb)? If not, then w

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I'm quite confused...why do you think

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I'm quite confused...why do you think I'm writing another Bible?