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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@joyologi @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii No, Mike’s point was that just spreading t

@joyologi @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii No, Mike’s point was that just spreading the teaching was causing harm and those doing that need to repent. It’s not about how they are spreading it but the very

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@MikeWingerii “I'm quite capable of disagreeing amicably with people…” Except w

@MikeWingerii “I'm quite capable of disagreeing amicably with people…” Except when you tell people to repent of spreading secondary teachings you disagree with. 🤷‍♂️ Not sure why you removed this in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals So Paul was disqualified then? Is that what yo

@Keith83361 @Tazorius @smashbaals So Paul was disqualified then? Is that what you are insinuating?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist this verse into a general statement about the epistle...

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist thi

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 3:14-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of course I feel I have answers to those questions, b...

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Indeed! No overseer should have “wives” either. Oh, and Paul was unmarried…so he who is making the requirements is disqualified. And also, elders must have at least 2 or more believing children, so all of you elders...

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Indeed! No overseer should have “wives” either. Oh, and Paul was unmarried…so he who is making the requirements is disqualified. And also, elders must have at least

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up.

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up. The question is what does scripture teach related to pastors and whether there are gender-based restrictions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@onedayatatimeLB @ymmotrojam @smashbaals I think that some biblical instructions like this are less explicit to test our discernment. Take 1Ti 3:2—those who insist “an elder must be male” overlook that just a few verses later (1Ti 3:4-5), elders are...

@onedayatatimeLB @ymmotrojam @smashbaals I think that some biblical instructions like this are less explicit to test our discernment. Take 1Ti 3:2—those who insist “an elder must be male” overlook th

1Ti 3:2 1Ti 3:4-5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have two or more children who believe” meaning that not ...

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@smashbaals But don’t worry! The only thing women seem to be forbidden from is t

@smashbaals But don’t worry! The only thing women seem to be forbidden from is teaching or leading from that 2x2 foot square in the middle of the stage for one hour on one day of the week. Women can

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Thanks for your response. What’s so unique about a congregational setting? Does truth change when the congregation meets? Can a male override the scripture because he speaks authoritatively in the congregation? If...

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Thanks for your response. What’s so unique about a congregational setting? Does truth change when the congregation meets? Can a male override the scripture because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 Sorry, are you saying that asking why Paul gives general instruction

@Keith83361 Sorry, are you saying that asking why Paul gives general instructions for the church in a personal letter to Timothy rather than in a letter to the church—that the question itself is HERES

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@JRowley11 @StothersRyan Ok, but Paul doesn’t reveal a standard that runs direct

@JRowley11 @StothersRyan Ok, but Paul doesn’t reveal a standard that runs directly contrary to egalitarianism. Where are you getting this from? 1Ti 2:12?? If that’s the case, maybe you can answer som

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Gates_of_Derry @brantleyrider @smashbaals @Wesley_Todd_ So what you are saying

@Gates_of_Derry @brantleyrider @smashbaals @Wesley_Todd_ So what you are saying is you cannot or will not answer questions to educate someone who doesn’t understand how to read or know much about scri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals For those of us who take the time to read the text in its context, we see that 1Ti 2:12 is very clearly addressing a particular false teacher who was deceived and hadn’t been corrected yet. Mind answering the fol...

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals For those of us who take the time to read the text in its context, we see that 1Ti 2:12 is very clearly addressing a particular false teacher who was deceived and

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@manu_kmj @smashbaals Jesus cares about the unity of His church in truth. Unity

@manu_kmj @smashbaals Jesus cares about the unity of His church in truth. Unity requires some tolerance of things that are not critical to the faith. What Smash is doing is being unnecessarily divisiv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals Also, Paul thinks that an entire church could be deceived like Eve (see 2Co 11:3). This shows unequivocally that both men and women can be deceived in the same way as Paul did not differentiate that it was only t...

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals Also, Paul thinks that an entire church could be deceived like Eve (see 2Co 11:3). This shows unequivocally that both men and women can be deceived in the same wa

2Co 11:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@aflawedmanofGod @smashbaals I fully and 100% agree with Paul. I have no quarrel

@aflawedmanofGod @smashbaals I fully and 100% agree with Paul. I have no quarrel with Paul. But Paul does not agree with Smash.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@Sububran_Cowboy @smashbaals Cool. I see you know how to quote a verse. Did that take you more than 5 seconds? Do you have any idea what the purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy is? How does stopping half the body from teaching truth to the o...

@Sububran_Cowboy @smashbaals Cool. I see you know how to quote a verse. Did that take you more than 5 seconds? Do you have any idea what the purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy is? How does s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and its meaning is defined by the context in how Paul...

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@122R1 @ronhenzel So women only have to avoid teaching men for 1 hour on one day

@122R1 @ronhenzel So women only have to avoid teaching men for 1 hour on one day of the week? Not sure what you meant by shepherd. Do you mean my pastor tells me what to do? You mean he quotes what s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@CovenantReform2 I’m not trying to gut Ro 9:13 of its intended meaning. I’m simp

@CovenantReform2 I’m not trying to gut Ro 9:13 of its intended meaning. I’m simply asking a question to get people to think of what meaning would make it not contradict other scripture. I believe the

Ro 9:13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@122R1 @ronhenzel FYI, that’s not what I think. I’m not skipping over anything as I wasn’t giving an exegesis; I was listing some important questions to which I need cohesive and compelling answers to if they are going to be able to change my mind. ...

@122R1 @ronhenzel FYI, that’s not what I think. I’m not skipping over anything as I wasn’t giving an exegesis; I was listing some important questions to which I need cohesive and compelling answers to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@MikedAlamo @ronhenzel I’m seeking to confuse ‘the teaching’? Interesting that you have access to my intentions. I’m asking complementarians the questions I have on this text, exactly as stated, which complementarians need to consider in trying to c...

@MikedAlamo @ronhenzel I’m seeking to confuse ‘the teaching’? Interesting that you have access to my intentions. I’m asking complementarians the questions I have on this text, exactly as stated, whic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my ques

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my questions? What emotions form the basis of my exegesis?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, men penned scripture (though we don’t know for sure that women were not involved—ie. who wrote Hebrews, Ruth, Esther?), but the following passages from 1Peter are clear that scripture is not men making things up or propo...

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, men penned scripture (though we don’t know for sure that women were not involved—ie. who wrote Hebrews, Ruth, Esther?), but the following passages from 1Peter are clear t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband will rule over his wife. If this was ideal, wouldn’t...

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband wi

Gen 3:16-19 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@avyargo Asking serious questions of the text and taking every word and contextu

@avyargo Asking serious questions of the text and taking every word and contextual detail seriously is “mental gymnastics”? Paul would have commended me just like he did to the Bereans.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 Is she allowed to share what she thinks is the best thing for the good of your family? My wife and I discuss our different viewpoints and desires and come to mutual decisions. It takes more time frequently, ...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 Is she allowed to share what she thinks is the best thing for the good of your family? My wife and I discuss our different viewpoints and desires and come to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What does equal treatment of women have to do with not having a husband? No one here is saying wives shouldn’t submit to and serve their husbands. Just that husbands should do the same Are men so proud in y...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What does equal treatment of women have to do with not having a husband? No one here is saying wives shouldn’t submit to and serve their husbands. Just that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix These popes and bishops have erred in so man

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix These popes and bishops have erred in so many ways. The only plumb line that is stable is the Bible itself. We have to look at the text and question the teachings o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan Where is the historical test in 2Ti 3:16? I like all of these but

@StothersRyan Where is the historical test in 2Ti 3:16? I like all of these but I don’t believe they had everything right just like neither you nor I have everything right. They didn’t write scriptur

2Ti 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

I have some questions I need some help with since so many think that 1Ti 2:12 is as clear as mud.👇 1. Given Paul’s stated purpose was to “instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3), why did it shift to “instruct all women to n...

I have some questions I need some help with since so many think that 1Ti 2:12 is as clear as mud.👇 1. Given Paul’s stated purpose was to “instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man Why would you say that? Are you referring to 1Ti 2:11-12? Because

@Grump_Old_Man Why would you say that? Are you referring to 1Ti 2:11-12? Because that’s not what Paul’s point was. Let’s revisit this one… https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

1Ti 2:11-12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation a

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation as some are soft complementarian and some are full on patriarchalists. But when I visit comp. churches, my wife gets stra

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

If there’s one post that I can recommend to sum up the main contentions I have w

If there’s one post that I can recommend to sum up the main contentions I have with Mike Winger’s Women in Ministry video series, it’s the following one I wrote last spring (see below). @MikeWingerii

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking fornication is great and keep practicing it? Queue...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I have the love of the truth and I know the God of the scriptures. But my concern is are you saying that unless someone pronounces Jesus’ name YHWH using the correct Hebrew pronunciation that they are lost? So everyone from ...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I have the love of the truth and I know the God of the scriptures. But my concern is are you saying that unless someone pronounces Jesus’ name YHWH using the correct Hebrew p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupation and thereby use a non-Hebraic language which ...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pastor refers to the bread as though we are feeding o...

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the LXX) centuries before Christ, because many Jews no longer spoke Hebrew. NT writers often quoted the LXX, showing Greek

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks w

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks women are not to be elders. And no, the Bible doesn’t say that. That’s not what Paul is saying in 1Ti 2:12. https://t.co

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usurp authority” (are men even allowed to do that?) an...

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Since you feel compelled to state that my view is a doctrine of demons—a view that frees women to serve without restrictions beyond character qualifications and ability—perhaps you should familiarize yourself with what char...

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Since you feel compelled to state that my view is a doctrine of demons—a view that frees women to serve without restrictions beyond character qualifications and ability—perh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@SolaScripturaT @BornAgainMissy Why shame on me? Do you know what Paul’s reasons

@SolaScripturaT @BornAgainMissy Why shame on me? Do you know what Paul’s reasons mean? If you do, tell me what time sequence order of creation has to do with why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@joyklaprade If it helps, I did a thread on what “husband of one wife” means. Yo

@joyklaprade If it helps, I did a thread on what “husband of one wife” means. You might find it helpful. https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy I’m agreeing with what she wrote as if it

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy I’m agreeing with what she wrote as if it came from me, a male. I have the exegesis to back it up and thoroughly defend it. BTW, I’m misinterpreting something yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Surely you know the NT is written in Greek? Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians after 1Co 7:1 but there’s no quotation marks in the original manuscripts. Are you aware of this? Why did Paul chang...

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Surely you know the NT is written in Greek? Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians after 1Co 7:1 but there’s no quotation marks in the original manu

1Co 7:1 1Ti 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan If she agrees with me and sees how the whole of the context and grammar does not forbid women from speaking, then the only one with the problem are guys like yourself. Thus: “What? came the word of God out from you [males]...

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan If she agrees with me and sees how the whole of the context and grammar does not forbid women from speaking, then the only one with the problem are guys like yourself. Thus

1Co 14:36 commentary
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