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@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thing as they end up being used interchangeably, but ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Oh, please show me where Timothy is called a bishop? I see all these terms, bishop/overseer/elder/pastor to all end up meaning the same thi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pasto

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pastors/overseers are all interchangeable in scripture. We use the term elders and pastors. So no and yes.

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@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders i

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to ascertain what Paul meant by what he said to Timo...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Th...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogu

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@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to scripture is what the scripture is sufficient for: every. good. work.

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that there was a group who judged themselves unworthy of li...

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that ther

Acts 13:48 debate

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I agree Paul is saying that a woman, a specific deceived woman, is not to “authentein” over a man, her husband. Paul uses Adam and Eve as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. The husband ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I agree Paul is saying that a woman, a specific deceived woman, is not to “authentein” over a man, her husband. Paul uses Adam and Eve as p

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timo

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@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that they taught that are not found in scripture? I certainly could, though I have other things to do and...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that they taught that are not found in scripture? I cer

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to receive instruction quietly with submissiveness. She is to be corrected and to submit to correction. P...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to receive instruction quietly with submissiveness. She

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something in scripture. Scripture is sufficient and the me...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The scripture doesn’

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The scripture doesn’t list only patience. Where do you get that idea?

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else required. It’s like all the things a soldier needs to do his job completely and fully, not just the gun....

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else required. It’s like all the things a soldier needs to

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@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say w

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say women are not permitted to teach. "A woman" has a definite reference in v14, "the woman." It is a specific woman not al

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All scripture...so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (NIV) Thoroughly equipped means f...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All *scripture*...so that the servant of God may be *thoroughly equipped* for **ever

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@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone had access to a copy of the letter. What evidence do you have that these refer to teachings that are...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone had access to a copy of the letter. What evidence

1 Cor 11:2 2 Tim 3:16-17 question

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.” Where does it say that they were handed down oral...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.”

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in