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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means anyone or someone. Both the wife and husband rule. Did you completely forget God’s command Im Gen 1:28? When did God un

Gen 1:28 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

In the thread starting from the following post, I go through the basis for Paul’s reference to Adam and Eve in 1Ti 2:13-14, the order of creation and how this relates to Eve’s being deceived by examining Genesis 2 in detail. It’s not gymnastics; it’...

In the thread starting from the following post, I go through the basis for Paul’s reference to Adam and Eve in 1Ti 2:13-14, the order of creation and how this relates to Eve’s being deceived by examin

1Ti 2:13-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop Adam doesn’t name Eve here but simply observes from her creation that

@Reneechop Adam doesn’t name Eve here but simply observes from her creation that she is from him and therefore since he is ‘ish’ she is ‘isha’—ie man and woman in Hebrew shows us the source relationsh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Eisegesis is inserting ideas foreign to the context into a text. How am I doing this? Which foreign ideas or concepts am I inserting? What narratives are made up? Paul connects a woman and a man with Adam and Eve, the time order of cr...

@JonByers186054 Eisegesis is inserting ideas foreign to the context into a text. How am I doing this? Which foreign ideas or concepts am I inserting? What narratives are made up? Paul connects a woman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which from the context. The same applies for aner and man or husband. Given the context and connection to Adam and Eve, I beli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir Oh hi, Ron! Why didn't Paul just say women (plural)? Rather, he says "a woman...a woman...she...the woman...she"⎯the reference is specific, aligned with the purpose of the letter to stop the teaching of strange doctrines ...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir Oh hi, Ron! Why didn't Paul just say women (plural)? Rather, he says "a woman...a woman...she...the woman...she"⎯the reference is specific, aligned with the purpose of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@Ryan_Adair_A Yes, I agree this is referring to the seed of the woman, or the messiah. The advantage to the interpretation I shared with you is that it aligns with the purpose of the letter⎯to stop teaching of strange doctrines, and makes sense of w...

@Ryan_Adair_A Yes, I agree this is referring to the seed of the woman, or the messiah. The advantage to the interpretation I shared with you is that it aligns with the purpose of the letter⎯to stop t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder who refuses to stop the false teaching b/c it’s hi...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The “they” can’

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The “they” can’t refer to Adam and Eve as they are dead and can do nothing in the present. So you then have Paul referring to everyone

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage reflects Adam and Eve in Eden and Adam’s flesh an...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage

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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 2025-01-14

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals And Paul never told husbands to respect their wives in Eph 5, yet you don’t deny that they ought to. Why is that? That God describes specific outcomes that are different for Adam and Eve may have more to do with Eve b...

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals And Paul never told husbands to respect their wives in Eph 5, yet you don’t deny that they ought to. Why is that? That God describes specific outcomes that are differe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-13

@Wayne34458595 @smashbaals Further, what makes you think that the precise words

@Wayne34458595 @smashbaals Further, what makes you think that the precise words said to Adam apply to you anyways? Were the details of your and your wife’s creation the same as Adam and Eve? Then why

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@flauridian The context of 1Ti is clearly stopping false teaching not true teaching. And the grammar of 1Ti 2:12 is singular, not plural. The explanation needs to be coherent of the grammar, the reference to Adam and Eve and the “she (sg) will be sav...

@flauridian The context of 1Ti is clearly stopping false teaching not true teaching. And the grammar of 1Ti 2:12 is singular, not plural. The explanation needs to be coherent of the grammar, the refer

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@PatrickHen1776 @harmonizedgrace We are equal partners like Adam and Eve were be

@PatrickHen1776 @harmonizedgrace We are equal partners like Adam and Eve were before the fall. Like how the NT church should see male and female—we need both as leaders as they each bring different gi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife was not made from you, was she? So you being 'head...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife

Ge 1:28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall of man came as a blessing in disguise... Had Adam...

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall

2 Nephi 2:25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the Baptist). God gave both Adam and Eve authority to rule by command (see imperatives in Ge 1:28). Where then did God give

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree that Paul includes a reference to Adam and Eve, t...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-01

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii And many other effects of sin that were not mentio

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii And many other effects of sin that were not mentioned by God in Ge 3. I think Ge 3:15-18 had particular application to Adam and Eve. The Pro 31:13,16 are pretty clear th

Ge 3:15-18 Pro 31:13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii You are correct that 'a woman' and 'Eve' are both anarthrous. I don't agree that the anaphoric use makes best sense referring back to Eve. Paul is using Adam and Eve prototypically which is why 'the woman' looks like Eve...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii You are correct that 'a woman' and 'Eve' are both anarthrous. I don't agree that the anaphoric use makes best sense referring back to Eve. Paul is using Adam and Eve prot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, and Paul uses Adam and Eve and the deception in the ...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views about Adam and Eve. Yet Paul’s intent doesn’t appear to be to address specific false teachings so much as to encourage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not with the reason being the time sequence of creation...

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Both Adam and Eve were commanded using an imperative to rule in Ge 1:28. Both women and men are commanded to make disciples by Jesus' own authority in Mat 28:18-20. To refuse to allow them simply because they are women is...

@smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Both Adam and Eve were commanded using an imperative to rule in Ge 1:28. Both women and men are commanded to make disciples by Jesus' own authority in Mat 28:18-20. To ref

Ge 1:28 Mat 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Because Paul is identifying a specific wife and husband which he is not naming because the wife is deceived and hasn’t yet been corrected. He is showing mercy just like how Paul was shown mercy. You only name the ...

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Because Paul is identifying a specific wife and husband which he is not naming because the wife is deceived and hasn’t yet been corrected. He is showing mercy just

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Being a female and a pastor does NOT violate scripture! And whether affirming churches are run by women or not is immaterial. You are just repeating the stuff you were told. 1Ti 2:12 says nothing about pastors, i...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Being a female and a pastor does NOT violate scripture! And whether affirming churches are run by women or not is immaterial. You are just repeating the stuff you

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@CNistEnjoyer That passage says “a woman” and “a man,” connects them with another couple Adam and Eve, uses the article “the woman” in v14 as an anaphoric reference to identify “a woman” in v11-12 to be a particular woman and that woman will be saved...

@CNistEnjoyer That passage says “a woman” and “a man,” connects them with another couple Adam and Eve, uses the article “the woman” in v14 as an anaphoric reference to identify “a woman” in v11-12 to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX The word used in 1Ti 2:11-12 translated “a woman” can also be translated

@3GNRTX The word used in 1Ti 2:11-12 translated “a woman” can also be translated “a wife.” Since Paul is singling out a woman and a man and then tying these to Eve and Adam, it would seem he is referr

1Ti 2:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX Rather, it was Paul dealing with a specific wife who was in need of salv

@3GNRTX Rather, it was Paul dealing with a specific wife who was in need of salvation and giving the apple of false doctrine to her husband who was not deceived but silent and doing nothing—just like

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God created some animals and plants and trees in front of ...

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God crea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@Trentofthenorth @kdclaunch The command was first given to Adam, then later to both Adam and Eve (Eve’s quoting God has Him speaking to plural persons). Adam called her “woman” or “Isha” as she came out of “Ish”—it’s a functional association and has...

@Trentofthenorth @kdclaunch The command was first given to Adam, then later to both Adam and Eve (Eve’s quoting God has Him speaking to plural persons). Adam called her “woman” or “Isha” as she came

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

This is a misreading of 1Ti 2:13-14—Paul is using Adam and Eve as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. Why? Because the woman was ignorant and deceived and as Paul outlined in 1Ti 1, those who are ignorant receive mercy meaning not naming them...

This is a misreading of 1Ti 2:13-14—Paul is using Adam and Eve as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. Why? Because the woman was ignorant and deceived and as Paul outlined in 1Ti 1, those who

1Ti 2:13-14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@EkIesou @smashbaals It is correct to say that ‘a woman’ can either refer to a specific woman/wife or a generic woman/wife. The way we determine which it is is by the context. Paul’s reference to Adam and Eve as a prototypical couple and the “She…the...

@EkIesou @smashbaals It is correct to say that ‘a woman’ can either refer to a specific woman/wife or a generic woman/wife. The way we determine which it is is by the context. Paul’s reference to Adam

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-30

@HeGTiSunesis Paul’s identifying Eve as the one who was deceived had to do with the time creation order of Adam and Eve. Adam was created at a point in time where he was able to watch as God created other animals and plants/trees including the tree o...

@HeGTiSunesis Paul’s identifying Eve as the one who was deceived had to do with the time creation order of Adam and Eve. Adam was created at a point in time where he was able to watch as God created o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-24

@sake_heavens @sailemptyskies @lilyswaller Is there any scripture which represen

@sake_heavens @sailemptyskies @lilyswaller Is there any scripture which represents Adam and Eve that way?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-24

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Paul is identifying two things: the time order of the cre

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Paul is identifying two things: the time order of the creation of Adam and Eve and that this was why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Whatever teaching you are inferring about

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-23

@IiiPaulus @sailemptyskies @rr74cm Gen 1:28 has God commanding in the imperative

@IiiPaulus @sailemptyskies @rr74cm Gen 1:28 has God commanding in the imperative both Adam and Eve and the commands are in the plural. Further, Adam recognized her source in him by calling her Isha (

Gen 1:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@TSubasLawVX @squishy203 The Bible uses “Adam” to refer to all humanity because

@TSubasLawVX @squishy203 The Bible uses “Adam” to refer to all humanity because Adam and Eve were one and the same flesh.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@gzulbaran10 @ronhenzel Yes, “a woman… the woman”—and in 1Ti 2:11-15, we have “a woman… the woman” with the details that she is deceived and teaching heresy and her husband is not deceived and being silent because of Paul’s connection with Adam and E...

@gzulbaran10 @ronhenzel Yes, “a woman… the woman”—and in 1Ti 2:11-15, we have “a woman… the woman” with the details that she is deceived and teaching heresy and her husband is not deceived and being s

1Ti 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Hmm. I don’t see that. I see Paul using the Adam and Eve as prototypes of this particular married couple in Ephesus. This see...

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Hmm. I don’t see that. I see Paul using the Adam and Eve as prototypes of t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-10

@MikeWingerii @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @ryancduff @will_servant @CharmyRosewolf @Ichthusproject @bkr8un @pastherandie @JollyStine @jdpritchett Just looking at Rhaven's summary: "After he said everything listed in Genesis 3 was the curse pronounc...

@MikeWingerii @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @ryancduff @will_servant @CharmyRosewolf @Ichthusproject @bkr8un @pastherandie @JollyStine @jdpritchett Just looking at Rhaven's summary: "After he said eve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@yxm84 @LilaGraceRose Yes, cursed is the *ground* and the serpent and animals. A

@yxm84 @LilaGraceRose Yes, cursed is the *ground* and the serpent and animals. Adam and Eve are not specifically cursed. Head can mean source or origin, and Paul is using it this way, not as leader.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel If you miss Paul’s connection with Adam and Eve and how death entered the human race then the Attic usage of “to commit murder of one’s kin by one’s own hand” seems out of place. You are assuming this is just about leadership t...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel If you miss Paul’s connection with Adam and Eve and how death entered the human race then the Attic usage of “to commit murder of one’s kin by one’s own hand” seems out of place

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Kephale can mean “head” or “source/origin.” In this context, it is clear that it means origin since the husband and wife relationship is grounded in Adam and Eve’s relation...

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Kephale can mean “head” or “source/origin.” In this context, it is clear that it means origin since the husband and wife r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@GnosisAdventum @paulsfam4 @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Adam and Eve were not c

@GnosisAdventum @paulsfam4 @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Adam and Eve were not cursed. Re-read the text.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@theseedstruggle Paul says "For it was Adam who was created first" and "It was not Adam who was deceived." In Genesis 2, we have Adam watching as God created animals and brought them to him. This absolutely has to do with the time between Adam and Ev...

@theseedstruggle Paul says "For it was Adam who was created first" and "It was not Adam who was deceived." In Genesis 2, we have Adam watching as God created animals and brought them to him. This abso

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@Richard89885354 Ok, here's my response to your first "argument"... 🦴Richard's Argument 1⃣: male authority in the church and headship in marriage is by "Creative design" (1 Tim 2:13; 1 Cor 11:9) 🍗Response (to 1 Tim 2:13): Paul is using Adam and Eve...

@Richard89885354 Ok, here's my response to your first "argument"... 🦴Richard's Argument 1⃣: male authority in the church and headship in marriage is by "Creative design" (1 Tim 2:13; 1 Cor 11:9) 🍗Re

1 Cor 11:9 1 Tim 2:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor Paul refers to the creation order between Adam and Eve and relates this to the fact that Eve was deceived but Adam was not. Paul is not using this to support relational hierarchy but to hone in on that first deceptio...

@FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor Paul refers to the creation order between Adam and Eve and relates this to the fact that Eve was deceived but Adam was not. Paul is not using this to support relation

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-29

@Prodigerli @MalcangiSarah 1 Tim 2:13-14 and the reference to Adam and Eve is descriptive of why one was deceived and one wasn't. It has to do with the timeline of creation. Adam was formed first, and a careful reading of Gen 2 reveals that Adam sa...

@Prodigerli @MalcangiSarah 1 Tim 2:13-14 and the reference to Adam and Eve is descriptive of why one was deceived and one wasn't. It has to do with the timeline of creation. Adam was formed first, a

1 Tim 2:13-14 general
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