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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just find it curious you judged me before knowing sufficient details. That’s not a good look. My pastor never mentioned it again despite me calmly saying I would not have ch...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just find it curious you judged me before knowing sufficient details. That’s not a good look. My pastor never mentioned it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people who anyone in the church can confirm. the facts wi...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii How do you know Corinth didn't have elders? It was started by Paul, and Paul and Barnabas appointed elders in each church on their first missionary journey (Ac 14...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii How do you know Corinth didn't have elders? It was started by Paul, and Paul and Barnabas appointed elders in ea

Ac 14:23 Ti 1:5 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are making an assumption. How do you know I was bringing a public allegation against an elder?? I was addressing a refusal of many to partic...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are making an assumption. How do you know I was bringing a public allegation against an eld

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later that their local pastors were telling some that they...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@DustyMayT @CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Whether he was lying or his i

@DustyMayT @CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Whether he was lying or his intentions is not the primary concern. Do you know his inner motives? The false teaching is the concern and his clear la

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal No one can ever know the details of some

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal No one can ever know the details of someone’s heart motives. However, not teaching it again is a significant detail often overlooked.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with divisive issues and helping people to know what s...

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals So your view is Paul

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals So your view is Paul says some can prophesy and some cannot? That if a woman prophet stood up (which we both know existed in both old and new

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals Paul uses the phrase “Now concerning” to transition topics or to respond to a question they asked. In the case of 1Co 14:34-35, there is no question and Paul is not changing topics, so why is...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals Paul uses the phrase “Now concerning” to transition topics or to respond to a question they asked. In the case of 1Co 14:34-35, there is no q

1Co 14:34-35 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Ron, how are single women, widows, women with unbelieving husbands and women with husbands that know less than them to learn? All women are not allowed to ask questions. Therefore, all the ...

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Ron, how are single women, widows, women with unbelieving husbands and women with husbands that know less than them to learn? All women are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals You are saying that Paul doesn't want the women to contribute to the learning of the community: 14:1 - "Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy...

@ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals You are saying that Paul doesn't want the women to contribute to the learning of the community: 14:1 - "Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals All this means is that: - church is not setup for questions, so no one is asking them, or - women in your church have resigned themselves to never speaking in church and they either know how to suppress th...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals All this means is that: - church is not setup for questions, so no one is asking them, or - women in your church have resigned themselves to never speaking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@kriesese @smashbaals The women are to keep silent? What about the single ones and the widows who don’t have husbands? What about those whose husbands are unbelievers? What about those whose husbands know less than them? “For you can all prophesy on...

@kriesese @smashbaals The women are to keep silent? What about the single ones and the widows who don’t have husbands? What about those whose husbands are unbelievers? What about those whose husbands

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-25

@MikeWingerii You definitely gave us your opinion for 43 hours. But then when yo

@MikeWingerii You definitely gave us your opinion for 43 hours. But then when you are challenged by someone who knows what they are talking about, you don’t respond. Can we start with your call for eg

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@SupermomShayla My initial reaction to what you said was because the women are not intimate with each other. However, it does seem that each wife is one flesh with the husband. "Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one bo...

@SupermomShayla My initial reaction to what you said was because the women are not intimate with each other. However, it does seem that each wife is one flesh with the husband. "Or do you not know th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are the one doing the forbidding. Did you know that there is a scripture about those who for

1Ti 4:1-3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@AVER735 You think that nature—you know, the observable creation—teaches you the

@AVER735 You think that nature—you know, the observable creation—teaches you there is a difference between the head hair of a male and a female and that this is why God want us to uncover the man’s he

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You know that Paul is quoting from the Corinthians elsewhere too, right? It’s dishonouring to the Holy Spirit for Paul to quote them and to correct them? Why are ...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You know that Paul is quoting from the Corinthians elsewhere too, right? It’s dishonouring to the Holy Spirit fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@KyleYoakum @ScottCross_8 But as part of the church, we are to show the kingdom

@KyleYoakum @ScottCross_8 But as part of the church, we are to show the kingdom way. Why would the church emulate an old system when we already know that former barriers have been torn down like the o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ronhenzel I asked that question about “what is ‘woman generically’” as I wanted

@ronhenzel I asked that question about “what is ‘woman generically’” as I wanted to know how you fit that into the context of Paul’s letter.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@EirChristina I wish we could have more than 4 options (actually 3 since you usu

@EirChristina I wish we could have more than 4 options (actually 3 since you usually need to give an “I don’t know” or “other” option). Thanks for sharing! Will update once the poll is over with what

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ScottCross_8 @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii What Ron said is disingenuous. He knows that this has nothing to do with beginner Greek. I can even show Dr Wallace saying that the article is not required to poi...

@ScottCross_8 @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii What Ron said is disingenuous. He knows that this has nothing to do with beginner Greek. I can even show Dr Wall

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Your s

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Your statement that I’m making a beginner Greek mistake is disingenuous. You should take it back, Ron, because I know that you

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, y

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, you *absolutely know* that what I’m explaining works. This has nothing to do with “beginner Greek” because the same idea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@DustyMayT @Torncurtainorg @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingeri

@DustyMayT @Torncurtainorg @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii I see differences in men and women that are complementary. Patriarchalists took a word that egalitarians might have us

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@Torncurtainorg @DustyMayT @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Now you are saying senior leadership. That’s a nice change. My previous church did this too. It takes complementarians time to catch up and many believe that as long as...

@Torncurtainorg @DustyMayT @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Now you are saying senior leadership. That’s a nice change. My previous church did this too. It takes complementarians

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@ScottCross_8 @JollyStine @MikeWingerii Now the question is why. Why do they wear them? Is it not to show shame for sin in God’s presence? As Christians, our shame for sin has been removed in Christ! Paul says we should NOT cover our heads. Covering...

@ScottCross_8 @JollyStine @MikeWingerii Now the question is why. Why do they wear them? Is it not to show shame for sin in God’s presence? As Christians, our shame for sin has been removed in Christ!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@JoeAdrian256 I stand by the scriptures too. No need to twist anything. I love Paul’s writings…but it’s important to know what he actually means. 1Ti 2 doesn’t forbid women from teaching or pastoral roles. It is referring to “a woman” which v14 spec...

@JoeAdrian256 I stand by the scriptures too. No need to twist anything. I love Paul’s writings…but it’s important to know what he actually means. 1Ti 2 doesn’t forbid women from teaching or pastoral

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@Here4Now0829 @smashbaals @bornagainbrett I see. It may be that there are no wom

@Here4Now0829 @smashbaals @bornagainbrett I see. It may be that there are no women prophets or gifted to teach in your entire church, but do they forbid women from teaching, reading scripture, prophes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find some

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find someone who disagreed with me who could explain what I was seeing. I’ll see if I can find another Greek technician explainin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Yes, I know you don't want to debate. I must have really upset you somehow that you had to correct me. I appreciate you jumping back in⎯even for a moment or two. Where does the text say that "Paul...appointed male elders...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Yes, I know you don't want to debate. I must have really upset you somehow that you had to correct me. I appreciate you jumping back in⎯even for a moment or two. Where do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel The point that Gal 3:28 was “still a long ways off” is not because Paul didn’t already believe this. Paul’s entire ministry was focused on the Gentiles so that was clearly known by Paul. Why do you think he didn’t know...

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel The point that Gal 3:28 was “still a long ways off” is not because Paul didn’t already believe this. Paul’s entire ministry was focused on the Gentiles so that was clea

Gal 3:28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@JeffreyPHo67012 @ronhenzel My interpretation that Paul had a specific wife and

@JeffreyPHo67012 @ronhenzel My interpretation that Paul had a specific wife and husband in mind is not a very common interpretation. If you find others who agree with this, please let me know! This i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@EkIesou @ronhenzel James appears to be having grammar issues right now… At any rate, his teaching on the anaphoric use of the article is solid and it most certainly could be applied to this case. He chooses not to for whatever reason. Paul’s shift...

@EkIesou @ronhenzel James appears to be having grammar issues right now… At any rate, his teaching on the anaphoric use of the article is solid and it most certainly could be applied to this case. He

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe 5:1). Paul oversaw multiple churches, writing letters, making sure that they were healthy, etc. He remained in Ephesus f

1Pe 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii But Paul may be sparing putting her name for all time in his letter which he knows will form scripture. Paul speaks about tho...

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii But Paul may be sparing putting her name for all time in his letter which h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Responsibility often comes with knowledge, ability, experience or maturity. “John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.’” (Jn 3:27) Later, Jesus said to ...

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Responsibility often comes with knowledge, ability, experience or maturity. “John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given h

Jn 3:27 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@Crystalisives @presbyrista He doesn’t say he is an expert, but from what I see,

@Crystalisives @presbyrista He doesn’t say he is an expert, but from what I see, a lot of people treat him that way—even pastors I know.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@presbyrista @Crystalisives Mike went to the Calvary Chapel school of ministry a

@presbyrista @Crystalisives Mike went to the Calvary Chapel school of ministry and was a youth pastor for 15 years I believe. I don’t know how comprehensive CC schools are.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii It’s not about whether you can make it work but about what the Bible teaches. There is absolutely no hint of a hierarchy of authority in Gen 1-2 between the man and the woman. No one in the text appears to...

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii It’s not about whether you can make it work but about what the Bible teaches. There is absolutely no hint of a hierarchy of authority in Gen 1-2 between th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii My church has women elders but your allegati

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii My church has women elders but your allegation they are disobeying the Bible is false. Didn’t you know that falsely accusing someone of a sin is also a problem?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii Thanks for recognizing this and to reframing

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii Thanks for recognizing this and to reframing it as one issue. Now then, where is there a command (an imperative) saying that godly and gifted women cannot preach o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@jhkrantz @pastherandie @ronhenzel @Christ_like_ish @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Paul gives the proper order for dealing with false doctrine. A properly functioning leadership will curb false teaching by gently dealing with it. As...

@jhkrantz @pastherandie @ronhenzel @Christ_like_ish @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Paul gives the proper order for dealing with false doctrine. A properly functioning leadership will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at this passage: “Now you are the body of Christ, and ...

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@Dylan04169480 @MikeWingerii No, Mike seems to not want to engage knowledgeable egalitarians on this issue. Several scholars have reached out to him and he has declined to discuss or respond to their material. The work by Terran Williams and Andrew ...

@Dylan04169480 @MikeWingerii No, Mike seems to not want to engage knowledgeable egalitarians on this issue. Several scholars have reached out to him and he has declined to discuss or respond to their

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii I think in this case the ignorant one was the woman and the non-ignorant ones were two men. Because its a personal letter to Timothy and they spent significant time together, how Paul wrote it for Timothy ...

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii I think in this case the ignorant one was the woman and the non-ignorant ones were two men. Because its a personal letter to Timothy and they spent signifi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@peace_got @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewo

@peace_got @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Do you really think anyone here is saying that Paul is a liar? After all of what we've been

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii You sounded like you know where wom

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii You sounded like you know where women are prohibited from being elders. I'm confused... Ok, here's how I parse it. https://t.co/QkexDUhLnJ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii Really? Which translation are you getting that from? Is there an imperative for the command ('must not')? To exclude females, he would have to say "must not be a woman." It's not there...or anywhere. Here...

@EtAbundatGratia @mythreesonsb @MikeWingerii Really? Which translation are you getting that from? Is there an imperative for the command ('must not')? To exclude females, he would have to say "must no

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