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@BogdanOancea77 @914Ann @pauldirks @KaeleyT A curious debate about my intentions. I intended some. And I wasn’t intending to pull the wool over the eyes of those who don’t know scripture. Is it not eisegeting when you take our modern ideas about h...

@BogdanOancea77 @914Ann @pauldirks @KaeleyT A curious debate about my intentions. I intended some. And I wasn’t intending to pull the wool over the eyes of those who don’t know scripture. Is it not

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Again, I ask, if circumcision was required i

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Again, I ask, if circumcision was required in the old covenant, was it possible for women to be saved?

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Just finished watching this excellent messag

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Just finished watching this excellent message. However, he wasn’t addressing Gal 3:28.

Gal 3:28 debate

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal 3:26-29 is just about salvation, then that implies that women, gentiles and slaves all were condemned in the Old Testame

Gal 3:26-29 question

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

@DavePosMil @haymes_joshua The passages I was referring to where pronouns are in

@DavePosMil @haymes_joshua The passages I was referring to where pronouns are inserted in the English is 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@haymes_joshua I always appreciate when I hear a pastor admitting they had something wrong. It takes a lot of guts to admit when you confidently asserted something that you later recognized was unbiblical. However—these passages on women are hard p...

@haymes_joshua I always appreciate when I hear a pastor admitting they had something wrong. It takes a lot of guts to admit when you confidently asserted something that you later recognized was unbib

If someone is taking all the details of the text into account when forming their

If someone is taking all the details of the text into account when forming their interpretation, does this mean they are doing it to ignore the plain teachings of scripture? https://t.co/IGlqV7HSVd

Take a look at this thread—is it dancing around the clear teaching or trying to

Take a look at this thread—is it dancing around the clear teaching or trying to get at the truth? https://t.co/lgcMmpxHCq

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and gram

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and grammar without having to be charged with doing theological gymnastics?

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @DickSaban1 @ortrails @goteamcarr Egalitarian means treating people as human, equal and not based on the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, their socioeconomic status, or their sex. If someone was restricting p...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @DickSaban1 @ortrails @goteamcarr Egalitarian means treating people as human, equal and not based on the color of their skin, or their ethnicity, their socioeconomic s

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@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr You are negatively framing my intentions and trying to discredit me by calling my efforts trash. But that’s not how you convince anyone of anything. How about actually engaging with...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr You are negatively framing my intentions and trying to discredit me by calling my efforts trash. But that’s not how you convince any

@montananmark @JohnPiper When I have people over for my Bible study we always ha

@montananmark @JohnPiper When I have people over for my Bible study we always have tea, coffee and snacks. Hospitality.

@JohnPiper If church was in your home, would the answer be any different?

@sailemptyskies @aflawedmanofGod @tatmia1 @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Here

@sailemptyskies @aflawedmanofGod @tatmia1 @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Here’s hoping more and more people get it too! I’m gonna need help when Mike Winger releases his video on 1 Tim 2:11-15

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@THEGREATZEEE @ZubyMusic It would be helpful if you could read it in context tho

@THEGREATZEEE @ZubyMusic It would be helpful if you could read it in context though. Because stopping women from teaching is not what that passage is referring to. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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@aflawedmanofGod @tatmia1 @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm gunning for the top, so I'm aiming for the bottom 😏 "But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position...

@aflawedmanofGod @tatmia1 @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm gunning for the top, so I'm aiming for the bottom 😏 "But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “'You know that the rulers of the Genti

If you find reading all this on Twitter/X hard to peruse, take a look at https:/

If you find reading all this on Twitter/X hard to peruse, take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C which has a treasure trove on this subject. Use the category selector on the right to select the scrip

@OluImmanuel Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the needless suffering of women will perhaps cease in my lifetime. They are also those whom the Holy Spirit has chosen to gift with leadership and teaching gifts. Those men who won’t submit to gift...

@OluImmanuel Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the needless suffering of women will perhaps cease in my lifetime. They are also those whom the Holy Spirit has chosen to gift with leadership and t

@MniLA_ That’s the best complement I could receive—that you are checking what I’

@MniLA_ That’s the best complement I could receive—that you are checking what I’m saying against the scriptures! Thanks for your encouragement!

@MniLA_ Take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C If you use the scripture index i

@MniLA_ Take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C If you use the scripture index in the categories on the right side you should find whatever you are looking for.

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi Many passages show Jesus as giving the ultimate example of submitting himself to die for sinners, even for Judas though he was lost! 11. 2 Cor 8:9 - "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Chri...

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi Many passages show Jesus as giving the ultimate example of submitting himself to die for sinners, even for Judas though he was lost! 11. 2 Cor 8:

2 Cor 8:9 debate

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi I’m not looking for your confirmation. Mutual submission is all over the New Testament. 1.Phil 2:3-4 - “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above...

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi I’m not looking for your confirmation. Mutual submission is all over the New Testament. 1.Phil 2:3-4 - “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or va

Phil 2:3-4 debate

@tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi However, when someone lays their life down for others, this is the ultimate act of submission. "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than you...

@tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi However, when someone lays their life down for others, this is the ultimate act of submission. "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humili

Phil 2:3 debate

@Solomon_Buchi Being submitted to someone is doing something they want or need i

@Solomon_Buchi Being submitted to someone is doing something they want or need instead of what you want or need. https://t.co/rFutuQOkTI

@Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi He said "A Christian man was not instructed to submit to his wife" and yet this passage says "the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does"⎯If the husband does not submit to his wife, then t...

@Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi He said "A Christian man was not instructed to submit to his wife" and yet this passage says "the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does"⎯

@JamesDa10599361 @BradyJBush @Stephen_Angliss In this passage, it is a noun prec

@JamesDa10599361 @BradyJBush @Stephen_Angliss In this passage, it is a noun preceded by the definite article, or "the childbearing." So its not a verb, but since Paul was referring to Eve earlier, I

@Solomon_Buchi Headship here doesn’t refer to authority over but to origin or so

@Solomon_Buchi Headship here doesn’t refer to authority over but to origin or source of. https://t.co/CfGz4nbrJA

@Solomon_Buchi Verse 22 doesn’t have the Greek word “submit” in it. It is in ve

@Solomon_Buchi Verse 22 doesn’t have the Greek word “submit” in it. It is in verse 21 and implied in v22. https://t.co/dTFPU7uoFX

@Solomon_Buchi There’s a verse that explicitly calls the man to also submit to his wife: "The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife...

@Solomon_Buchi There’s a verse that explicitly calls the man to also submit to his wife: "The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does

1 Cor 7:4 debate

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear That’s the right i

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear That’s the right idea. Paul was telling Timothy to stop false teachers not women from teaching true doctrine. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear This is close. But I think the only way to make sense of all the details is if Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and then refuting those men who were t...

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear This is close. But I think the only way to make sense of all the details is if Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see

1 Cor 7:1 debate

@TheodorSchlech1 @objectaaron @smashbaals Perhaps you can help me understand you

@TheodorSchlech1 @objectaaron @smashbaals Perhaps you can help me understand your view. What does it mean for a woman to be under the spiritual authority of a man? What happens if a woman is single?

Another thread on elders, overseers and pastors and whether gender is a factor.

Another thread on elders, overseers and pastors and whether gender is a factor. https://t.co/sy1fmBTHJq

@William_E_Wolfe Here’s a great thread on elders and whether there is a distinct

@William_E_Wolfe Here’s a great thread on elders and whether there is a distinction based on gender. https://t.co/sNDMY1pnpp

RT @ryanschatz: @William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the

RT @ryanschatz: @William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament.…

@William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament. (Hint: the only one specifically identified as a shepherd is Jesus). When you are done looking for that, look for all the me...

@William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament. (Hint: the only one specifically identified as a shepherd is Jesus). When

@TheodorSchlech1 @objectaaron @smashbaals This is correct…except she’s not under

@TheodorSchlech1 @objectaaron @smashbaals This is correct…except she’s not under the authority of the man. Where do you get that from?

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@creationnews Yes, though Paul is likely referring to Gen 3:15 since his other r

@creationnews Yes, though Paul is likely referring to Gen 3:15 since his other references are to Adam and Eve. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

Gen 3:15 general

@jeremympryor Detailed explanation of 1 Tim 2:11-15. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@TheMcGloneCode @IiiPaulus @smashbaals Yes

@Jamrocker4ever @MAClark85 Well, in the first appearance in Acts, it wasn't to reach unreached cultures or to reveal new revelations meant to be written down in the Bible, but to speak to God⎯and as a sign. It is also used by Paul privately, so that...

@Jamrocker4ever @MAClark85 Well, in the first appearance in Acts, it wasn't to reach unreached cultures or to reveal new revelations meant to be written down in the Bible, but to speak to God⎯and as a

@IiiPaulus @TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals This is merely saying that the source of

@IiiPaulus @TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals This is merely saying that the source of Jesus (the man) is in God.

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture but in the Talmud which Jews consider the oral law—b...

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture bu

@IiiPaulus @TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals It’s the only thing that makes sense in the context. It agrees with what is said in 1 Cor 11:11-12. Head can also mean prominent or first, like the one who steps out first. Being first however doesn’t make yo...

@IiiPaulus @TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals It’s the only thing that makes sense in the context. It agrees with what is said in 1 Cor 11:11-12. Head can also mean prominent or first, like the one who ste

1 Cor 11:11-12 debate

@giantshitcomin1 @godlywomanhood Or maybe you are reading this out of context? Most people can sense that just by reading the whole chapter where Paul speaks inclusively of all. Here Paul quotes from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuted tho...

@giantshitcomin1 @godlywomanhood Or maybe you are reading this out of context? Most people can sense that just by reading the whole chapter where Paul speaks inclusively of all. Here Paul quotes fro

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@thunk_huda Yes. Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (s

@thunk_huda Yes. Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting those men who were trying to silence half the body. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

1 Cor 7:1 general

@scribe_ezra @Sane__Thinker @godlywomanhood Paul is quoting from the letter from

@scribe_ezra @Sane__Thinker @godlywomanhood Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1) and refuting those who were trying to silence half the body. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

1 Cor 7:1 general

@TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals Paul is elaborating on why wives have to consider their husbands in the matter of head coverings. "Now I praise you because you...hold firmly to the traditions:...but I want you to understand..." (1 Cor 11:1-3a). Paul is...

@TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals Paul is elaborating on why wives have to consider their husbands in the matter of head coverings. "Now I praise you because you...hold firmly to the traditions:...but I wa

1 Cor 11:1 debate