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Gen 4:7 Solomon 7:10 debate

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the ground is cursed, not Adam or Eve? God never comman...

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the gr

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s own flesh and bone shows that she is his equivale...

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Of course He knew it would happen as Go

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Of course He knew it would happen as God is omniscient! There is no way to have free will except to have a choice. How does the Bible promote inequality? Are

@Robert_S_Morley @OpenlyReasoned @DST_QA Paul was correcting a wayward female trait local to Ephesus?? So it’s unique to Ephesian married women to ask questions in church (the text doesn’t say they were doing this, it’s a guess)? Why don’t you see P...

@Robert_S_Morley @OpenlyReasoned @DST_QA Paul was correcting a wayward female trait local to Ephesus?? So it’s unique to Ephesian married women to ask questions in church (the text doesn’t say they we

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The desire for her husband followed the statement of her toil in childbearing and increased conception rate. So despite the painful toil, she wouldn’t separate from Adam but would desire him. The same word is used in Song of ...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The desire for her husband followed the statement of her toil in childbearing and increased conception rate. So despite the painful toil, she wouldn’t separate from Adam but w

@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.

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to m

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to my family can be applied to the church. I don’t know anyone who says women can be egalitarian in the family but only comp

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Well, again, Eph 5:21 says that the submission or subjection is reciprocal for all in the fear of Christ. If it is reciprocal, then no matter how you cache out the remainder of the chapter, it cannot then ...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Well, again, Eph 5:21 says that the submission or subjection is reciprocal for all in the fear of Christ. If it is reciprocal, then no matter how you cache

Eph 5:21 general

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

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'s in the entirety of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 ar...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I think I’ll let God dec

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I think I’ll let God decide if he is going to kick me out of heaven because I shared the leadership of the family together with my wife. BTW, al

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY teach younger wives? The point about them working at...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY te

Tit 2:3-5 question

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Hi Gary. I'm not sure why you highlighted 1Ti 3:1. It uses the pronoun τις (tis) which means anyone or someone, not "any man" (like the NASB translates) or "a man" (as the NKJV translates). As for μιᾶς γυν...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Hi Gary. I'm not sure why you highlighted 1Ti 3:1. It uses the pronoun τις (tis) which means anyone or someone, not "any man" (like the NASB translates) or

1Ti 3:1 commentary

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I'm sorry, what am I ski

@Vincent98V @slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I'm sorry, what am I skipping over? Why does my flesh want to give up ruling over my wife?

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Here’s a chart showing the grammar a

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Here’s a chart showing the grammar and how to make sense of 1Co 2:15 the capstone of Paul’s comments in this section. https://t.co/Y0IdPyu8TO

1Co 2:15 general

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale He says many people who are able are unqualified. That is right. But to be disqualified because you are too short, too overweight, too old, the wrong nationality, the wrong socioeconomic status, or the not ...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale He says many people who are able are unqualified. That is right. But to be disqualified because you are too short, too overweight, too old, the wrong nation

@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 2024-06-17

Yikes! Gen 3 doesn’t curse the man and woman; it curses the serpent and the ground. The woman’s increased toil in childbirth and her desire for her husband suggest a continued affection and bond to him, not dominance. Adam’s blaming Eve is the reas...

Yikes! Gen 3 doesn’t curse the man and woman; it curses the serpent and the ground. The woman’s increased toil in childbirth and her desire for her husband suggest a continued affection and bond to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church leadership. This is certainly not an issue where one...

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church le

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 Jesus’ reason for choosing 12 Jewish males as his 12 apostles wasn’t communicated. It would be equally bad to presume that no Gentiles should be leaders because the first 12 were only Jewish or to limit to the first 12 when Jesus clear...

@Flyoverland22 Jesus’ reason for choosing 12 Jewish males as his 12 apostles wasn’t communicated. It would be equally bad to presume that no Gentiles should be leaders because the first 12 were only J

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@purple_space78 @Eric_Conn That’s strange. Everything Jesus said to her, He said without her husband there: - Jesus requests her for water - Jn 4:7 - Jesus speaks of living water - Jn 4:10 - Jesus offers eternal life - Jn 4:14 - Jesus reveals her pe...

@purple_space78 @Eric_Conn That’s strange. Everything Jesus said to her, He said without her husband there: - Jesus requests her for water - Jn 4:7 - Jesus speaks of living water - Jn 4:10 - Jesus of

Jn 4:10 Jn 4:14 Jn 4:18 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be avoiding it because it follows from his beliefs. Ma...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@ronhenzel Kenneth Hagen says Jesus is Lord. The question is what does that mea

@ronhenzel Kenneth Hagen says Jesus is Lord. The question is what does that mean and does the person mean what is meant in scripture? Ron, you are adding Calvinism to the words of Paul.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write t

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write to Timothy (2nd person singular) so that *he* might know how to act. This letter was written to Timothy primarily though

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@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?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@MarnerJoshua How am I disobeying the instruction that person should not teach h

@MarnerJoshua How am I disobeying the instruction that person should not teach heresy? How am I blaspheming and attributing to God the works of Satan?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as yo

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as you do. There should be no reason that we cannot cooperate within the broader body of Christ even though different churche

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are all sons of God th

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are *all sons* of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ... There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither m

Gal 3:26 general

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany It is completely reasonable to discuss the idea that slavery was once supported by those standing on the scripture and those who sought the emancipation of women were fighting against scripture. In fact, I...

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany It is completely reasonable to discuss the idea that slavery was once supported by those standing on the scripture and those who sought the emancipation of

@kodysamnanveth @rofbethany @BrandonGra53760 The son chose to subject Himself to

@kodysamnanveth @rofbethany @BrandonGra53760 The son chose to subject Himself to become a man and depend on the initiative of the Father. But scripture is clear that whatever Jesus asked, the Father w

@Charb_izard I’m a non-Christian for suggesting that godly women can teach true doctrine even to men? Wow. Did you confess patriarchy when you were baptized? “I believe in one God in 3 persons, that I’m a sinner and Jesus died for my sins…and the pa...

@Charb_izard I’m a non-Christian for suggesting that godly women can teach true doctrine even to men? Wow. Did you confess patriarchy when you were baptized? “I believe in one God in 3 persons, that

@avyargo So the same person who is a woman will no longer be a woman in the next

@avyargo So the same person who is a woman will no longer be a woman in the next age? The scripture says no marriage—you think there will be a fundamental change and my wife will become a male? 😬

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles when they are just going to go all the way in the ne...

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles wh

@ronhenzel @Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @smashbaals Is Paul not allowed to convey instructions personally to Timothy in this letter addressed to him only about a specific woman whom Paul doesn’t want to name as she is deceived and hasn’t yet been ...

@ronhenzel @Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @smashbaals Is Paul not allowed to convey instructions personally to Timothy in this letter addressed to him only about a specific woman whom Paul doesn’t wa

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals I appreciate you say it i

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals I appreciate you say it is not domineering or authoritative. That’s great. So it’s an authority to act in accordance with scripture and be recogn

@VCITW @riemersonck American slavery was the bad kind. And many believed that th

@VCITW @riemersonck American slavery was the bad kind. And many believed that the Bible supported it and emancipating slavery was anti biblical.

@Brett_Samsonite @VCITW @riemersonck You are lying about me. Don’t you know that lying is a sin? Doesn’t that even bother you?? I do not hate scripture nor God. I cannot repent of your false accusation. Onesimus was a slave and was likely acquired ...

@Brett_Samsonite @VCITW @riemersonck You are lying about me. Don’t you know that lying is a sin? Doesn’t that even bother you?? I do not hate scripture nor God. I cannot repent of your false accusati

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Again, the one forbidding and prohibiting is the one acting like a Pharisee. Galatians 2:4: “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, s...

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Again, the one forbidding and prohibiting is the one acting like a Pharisee. Galatians 2:4: “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to s

Galatians 2:4 general

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Neo-Pharisees? Who is forbidding who? I ne

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Neo-Pharisees? Who is forbidding who? I never left Jesus. Man and woman is distinct. And that has no bearing on whether a godly woman is allowed to teach true do

@VCITW @riemersonck I did’t say God changed. But something changed at the inaugu

@VCITW @riemersonck I did’t say God changed. But something changed at the inauguration of the church.

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW I don’t reject anything in scripture. https

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW I don’t reject anything in scripture. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@riemersonck @VCITW There was no such hierarchy at creation. Creating the man first does not confer authority over. Authority must be given as John the Baptist declares. When was Adam given authority over Eve? "John answered, 'A person cannot receiv...

@riemersonck @VCITW There was no such hierarchy at creation. Creating the man first does not confer authority over. Authority must be given as John the Baptist declares. When was Adam given authority

@BigYehudah @riemersonck It does apply—to anyone including women like this parti

@BigYehudah @riemersonck It does apply—to anyone including women like this particular one in Ephesus who was teaching serious false doctrine. False teaching was what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to st

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothing to do with whether Gentiles or women are allowed...

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothin

@riemersonck He picked 12 Jewish males. Is your pastor a Jewish male?

@BigYehudah @riemersonck I’m not quoting and agreeing with everything they belie

@BigYehudah @riemersonck I’m not quoting and agreeing with everything they believe silly. God didn’t implement a hierarchy of authority between male and female. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals “Your sons and daughters will prophecy” "For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted" (1Co 14:31). There were no pulpits and we only have a handful ...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals “Your sons and daughters will prophecy” "For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *all* may be exhorted" (1Co 14:31).

1Co 14:31 general

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Why do you put a woman in

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Why do you put a woman in prison? So she can hang out with her husband??

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals "But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison. Therefore, those who had been scattered went through places prea...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals "But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men **and women** and put them in prison. Therefore, tho

Ac 8:3-4 debate

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Grumpy, not a single pers

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Grumpy, not a single person is specifically identified as “pastor” so your argument falls flat. https://t.co/WrhPnz2cIL