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@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals We were taking about elders/overseers/bishops/pastors not apostles. But you said Paul was an apostle and not an elder. I showed you scripture that an apostle can be both an apostle and an elder. The text literal...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals We were taking about elders/overseers/bishops/pastors not apostles. But you said Paul was an apostle and not an elder. I showed you scripture that an apostle can

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Was Paul the husband of one wife?

@hallelujahtwit @smashbaals If this is crystal clear to you, then the very man t

@hallelujahtwit @smashbaals If this is crystal clear to you, then the very man that wrote this is himself excluded because he is not a husband. Does that make any sense?

@Mockinglogos @DickSaban1 Actually, ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή translates to 'the wife of one man,' and μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα to 'the husband of one woman.' The phrases are equivalent in meaning but use the genitive case differently to indicate possession. It j...

@Mockinglogos @DickSaban1 Actually, ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή translates to 'the wife of one man,' and μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα to 'the husband of one woman.' The phrases are equivalent in meaning but use the genit

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-05

@Rach4Patriarchy I agree with this. But it should be the same attitude in the h

@Rach4Patriarchy I agree with this. But it should be the same attitude in the husband

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-31

@JrShines @smashbaals God had to greatly increase her conception since they were going to die and had to populate the earth. She will desire her husband—it doesn’t say desire to rule. God’s comment to Eve about Adam ruling over her is not an impera...

@JrShines @smashbaals God had to greatly increase her conception since they were going to die and had to populate the earth. She will desire her husband—it doesn’t say desire to rule. God’s comment

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

@LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals Married women have two heads: Christ and their husb

@LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals Married women have two heads: Christ and their husband. In this sense, head means source or origin not authority.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the husband is said to be the source or origin of the...

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

@chopchopcda_ @smashbaals Why is the burden on the male only? Both the husband and wife need to manage the home as co-labourers. Both the man and the wife strategize on division of labour for providing for the family. That may mean one agrees to w...

@chopchopcda_ @smashbaals Why is the burden on the male only? Both the husband and wife need to manage the home as co-labourers. Both the man and the wife strategize on division of labour for provid

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-24

RT @ryanschatz: @FaFfRn @Manda2364333130 @Brian_Sauve It’s actually listed as fo

RT @ryanschatz: @FaFfRn @Manda2364333130 @Brian_Sauve It’s actually listed as follows: 1. Christ -> every man (ie. mankind) 2. Husband -> W…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-24

@FaFfRn @Manda2364333130 @Brian_Sauve It’s actually listed as follows: 1. Christ -> every man (ie. mankind) 2. Husband -> Wife 3. God -> Christ Taken strictly on its own, this passage does not appear to be listing hierarchies of authority a...

@FaFfRn @Manda2364333130 @Brian_Sauve It’s actually listed as follows: 1. Christ -> every man (ie. mankind) 2. Husband -> Wife 3. God -> Christ Taken strictly on its own, this passage does n

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-24

“Lords: They rule well.” - Gen 1:28 is a plural imperative commanding both men and women to "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion…”. Are you encouraging women to violate God’s command? “Husbandmen: They shep...

“Lords: They rule well.” - Gen 1:28 is a plural imperative commanding both men and women to "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion…”. Are you encouraging women

Gen 1:28 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@EtAbundatGratia @JayMuratore @MikeWingerii It is eisegesis or confirmation bias to read into Gen 3:16 that she desires to rule her husband. Gen 4:7 is a different context. Sin is not a person, but metaphorically, if sin wants Cain perhaps like a w...

@EtAbundatGratia @JayMuratore @MikeWingerii It is eisegesis or confirmation bias to read into Gen 3:16 that she desires to rule her husband. Gen 4:7 is a different context. Sin is not a person, but

Gen 3:16 Gen 4:7 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@EtAbundatGratia @JayMuratore @MikeWingerii I’m not a Unitarian. I know how to

@EtAbundatGratia @JayMuratore @MikeWingerii I’m not a Unitarian. I know how to read the text. It says “Your desire will be towards your husband” If it means to rule, why did God bother say “he will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@JayMuratore @MikeWingerii But how do you know what her desire is from that? Perhaps what God is saying is that despite her mistreatment, she will still desire her husband. This is played out time and time again with abusive husbands. You wonder w...

@JayMuratore @MikeWingerii But how do you know what her desire is from that? Perhaps what God is saying is that despite her mistreatment, she will still desire her husband. This is played out time a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-14

@raydon02 @smashbaals The issue was concerning head coverings primarily because a married woman with an unbelieving Jewish husband may be perceived as promiscuous if she uncovered her head in public. Everyone was to have an uncovered head while pray...

@raydon02 @smashbaals The issue was concerning head coverings primarily because a married woman with an unbelieving Jewish husband may be perceived as promiscuous if she uncovered her head in public.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married w

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married women have to consider both Christ and potentially unbelieving husbands who might divorce them should they uncover their

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve I deal with the phrase “one wife husband” here. https://t

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve I deal with the phrase “one wife husband” here. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve “A woman” not “all women.” Paul was dealing with a specific situation of a deceived woman who was ignorant but who was no longer in the faith. She was teaching heresy and her husband who wasn’t deceived was not speaking up. ...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve “A woman” not “all women.” Paul was dealing with a specific situation of a deceived woman who was ignorant but who was no longer in the faith. She was teaching heresy and her

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve Not every woman had a husband or perhaps even a living fa

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve Not every woman had a husband or perhaps even a living father…or one that lived near them. I guess they were out of luck or had to borrow someone else’s husband or forced them

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@jools6691 @BBisthebomb75 @AiG Wedding vows that suggest the wife is to obey her husband as if she was a child or a slave are not Biblical. Ephesians 5:21-24 doesn’t say obey. V21 says we are to subject ourselves to one another in the fear of Chris...

@jools6691 @BBisthebomb75 @AiG Wedding vows that suggest the wife is to obey her husband as if she was a child or a slave are not Biblical. Ephesians 5:21-24 doesn’t say obey. V21 says we are to sub

Ephesians 5:21-24 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit That passage in Timothy—vs 11-15⎯ is addressing a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine, and her husband who is not deceived but silent—just like their prototypes, Eve and Adam. I su...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit That passage in Timothy—vs 11-15⎯ is addressing a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine, and her husband who is not deceived but sile

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@Rach4Patriarchy Wow, those are crazy responses. Whatever happened to doing bot

@Rach4Patriarchy Wow, those are crazy responses. Whatever happened to doing both like the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31 who seems to have left nothing for her husband to do?

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the fi…

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the source of the church (how?) He Himself being the Sav...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the so

@Robert_S_Morley @BogdanOancea77 Yes, when considering all that this woman does

@Robert_S_Morley @BogdanOancea77 Yes, when considering all that this woman does and achieves, one wonders whether there is anything left for her husband to do!

@BogdanOancea77 Slide #1: Need I remind you of what Proverbs 31 claims the virtuous woman does: - Her husband trusts in her - She works with her hands find wool and linen and then runs the clothing manufacturing by her own hand - She puts bread on t...

@BogdanOancea77 Slide #1: Need I remind you of what Proverbs 31 claims the virtuous woman does: - Her husband trusts in her - She works with her hands find wool and linen and then runs the clothing m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this is more nuanced than we are thinking it is. For e...

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@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"⎯

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@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

@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

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2 and 21 are given to all Paul’s whole audience, to men and to women. Submission isn’t just for wives, sacrificial love is

Ephesians 5:1 general

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul didn’t require marriage just as he didn’t require h...

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul d

@sisi_siki_ In 1 Tim 2:11-15, Paul’s instruction to Timothy included dealing with false teachers like a specific deceived woman who was outside of the essentials. He wasn’t instructed to stop anyone from teaching the truth. This woman’s husband was...

@sisi_siki_ In 1 Tim 2:11-15, Paul’s instruction to Timothy included dealing with false teachers like a specific deceived woman who was outside of the essentials. He wasn’t instructed to stop anyone

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-27

RT @drbrudd: Only one passage in the New Testament (1 Cor 7:4) ascribes "authori

RT @drbrudd: Only one passage in the New Testament (1 Cor 7:4) ascribes "authority" to a husband over his wife, and the same verse also asc…

1 Cor 7:4 general

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, discouraging marriage is a far bigger concern. Rather...

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, disc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@Exceptional05 That passage has to do with a specific deceived woman at the chur

@Exceptional05 That passage has to do with a specific deceived woman at the church of Ephesus who has left orthodoxy and her husband who was not deceived is silent, just like the prototypical couple i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Adam as her source. Adam was created first. But authority doesn’t come from being created first or el...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Adam as her source. Adam was created first. But aut

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not deceived by is silent. Paul uses Adam an Eve as p...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to each other, then that certainly includes husbands t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to e

Eph 5:21 general

@SolusChristus73 Some of my thoughts as I pondered why Paul used the term “one w

@SolusChristus73 Some of my thoughts as I pondered why Paul used the term “one wife husband” instead of monogamous when he himself wasn’t married. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

1 Cor 9:5 1 Tim 3:2 debate

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including Peter) were (see 1 Cor 9:5). However, why did Paul choose to use the term “one wife husband” instead of monogamous in

@Urban__Tree I’ve thought a bit about why Paul uses this term “one wife husband” instead of the term “monogamous.” He certainly advocated for leadership reflecting the ideal of one man and one woman “until death do they part” yet Paul himself wasn’t...

@Urban__Tree I’ve thought a bit about why Paul uses this term “one wife husband” instead of the term “monogamous.” He certainly advocated for leadership reflecting the ideal of one man and one woman

@holytensionhub I have been thinking about why Paul uses the term “one wife husb

@holytensionhub I have been thinking about why Paul uses the term “one wife husband” instead of “monogamous.” Here’s what I came up with. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” o

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” over “monogamous.” https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

Titus 1:6 1 Tim 3:2 1 Tim 5:9 debate

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6, I see this as generic of monogomy but I think t...

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@PerinDana @pauldirks I think that if women were to call their husband’s “lord”

@PerinDana @pauldirks I think that if women were to call their husband’s “lord” in our modern time, it would not be seen as a term of respect. Whatever is the cultural way to show respect we should d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@jaginger @godlywomanhood If the instruction is to submit to one another, how ca

@jaginger @godlywomanhood If the instruction is to submit to one another, how can it not apply to husbands not submitting to wives in some way? In fact, if a husband is to lay down his life for his w