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Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-25

Round 4 Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post is the fourth one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-20

Round 3 Interview With Paul On A Woman

This post is the third one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. Doug, a strong complementarian has been given the opportunity to ask Paul about

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:25 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-19

Round 2 Interview With Paul

This post is the second one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. While Paul gets to experience life in the 21st century, Doug, a strong complem

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-16

Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post will be a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. We are interested in asking Paul his reasons for what he wrote about women and what he thin

1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Timothy 2:12 Hosea 16:2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-07

Was 1 Timothy 2 Written To The Church

Complementarians claim that 1 Timothy 2:12 is universally applicable because they say it was written for the church to know how to behave. According to John MacArthur, in God’s High Calling for Women part 1 , 1 Timothy was written to “set the church in order”

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-03

Women Leaders To Judge Sinful Men

It is very common for hierarchists to explain away Deborah’s position as Judge in the nation of Israel as merely a judgment by God

Isaiah 11:32 Isaiah 3:1 Isaiah 3:12 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-19

Was The Man Given Authority To Rule The Woman

This is the fifth and final response to Matt Slick’s article called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority

1 Timothy 2:11-15 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 2:16 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-11

Pauls Ordination

This post is a separation of the post called Is ordination a requirement for a female pastor. since it was brought to my attention that the two streams of thought were too much for one post

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:7 Ephesians 4:8 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-09

Noodling With The Greek Grammar

While I have made a very strong point of the Greek grammar in 1 Timothy 2:15 with the singular “she” and the plural “they” (no specific gender for “they”), some have been trying hard to wiggle out of the implications that Paul is referring to a specific woman because the only living person at that t

1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-14

Scriptural Fences

One of the helpful things in interpreting scripture is to identify what I call “scriptural fences”. These special verses force us to interpret the passage within the limits set up by the “fence” line

1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 14:36 1 Corinthians 7:1 1 Corinthians 11 Trinity Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-13

Gift Vs Office And Women In Ministry

Continuing in our series on the gifts and their use by men and women in the body of Christ, we come to an unusual passage where the gift seems not to be a thing but a person

2 Corinthians 11:13 2 Corinthians 12:11 2 Corinthians 12:12 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-08

Debating On Women Pastors

Did you ever feel pulled in a direction you really didn’t want to go in. Well, this has been my life for the last 3 1/2 years

Colossians 6 Isaiah 4 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-02

What Does 1 Timothy 211 15 Mean

I was challenged to present my view of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 on another blog and I thought it would be good to summarize my view on my own blog. Here is the teaching from “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free

1 Timothy 1:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-06

If what @jaredadairbell wrote is all true, this proves the LDS message false because the official LDS teaching is that the church was lost until Joseph Smith. The LDS Church teaches that: - After the death of the apostles, the original church establ...

If what @jaredadairbell wrote is all true, this proves the LDS message false because the official LDS teaching is that the church was lost until Joseph Smith. The LDS Church teaches that: - After the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-04

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order for salvation to come to the Gentiles there was a ...

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-12-04

@madd_the_sane @defense_of_fam That the gospel Paul preached was not made up by Him. He received it from Christ, but he also confirmed that it was the same as the apostles. “The gospel which was preached by me is not of human invention… I received i...

@madd_the_sane @defense_of_fam That the gospel Paul preached was not made up by Him. He received it from Christ, but he also confirmed that it was the same as the apostles. “The gospel which was prea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-30

@BillArnoldTeach None of the apostles did this nor advocated for it.

@BillArnoldTeach None of the apostles did this nor advocated for it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@prayandfast2 My ancestors are Jesus and the apostles. Jesus is clearly not saying they were to eat His literal flesh and drink His literal blood. Not one person began chomping on his thighs… “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no ...

@prayandfast2 My ancestors are Jesus and the apostles. Jesus is clearly not saying they were to eat His literal flesh and drink His literal blood. Not one person began chomping on his thighs… “It is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of trust. “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, sh...

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of tr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@Adminosaurus @schism There’s a major difference between churches and denominations that are right on the majors but sometimes wrong on the minors and the LDS who claim to be prophetically restoring back to the apostolic church but are wrong on the f...

@Adminosaurus @schism There’s a major difference between churches and denominations that are right on the majors but sometimes wrong on the minors and the LDS who claim to be prophetically restoring b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-26

@jayrugman @BotanicalGalaxy The fact that you acknowledge that LDS “do not get [their] theology from the Bible” shows that LDS do not believe scripture is sufficient as the apostle Paul proclaimed. And by examining LDS teaching it is clear it disagre...

@jayrugman @BotanicalGalaxy The fact that you acknowledge that LDS “do not get [their] theology from the Bible” shows that LDS do not believe scripture is sufficient as the apostle Paul proclaimed. An

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi None of that was taught by the Apostles and it is the

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi None of that was taught by the Apostles and it is the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles that is authoritative, not the so-called church fathers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem If you can’t see your view is probably incorrect, I’m not sure what else can be done. I will try… If the second coming already happened in AD 70, then several prophecies Jesus and the apostles gave must have failed: ...

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem If you can’t see your view is probably incorrect, I’m not sure what else can be done. I will try… If the second coming already happened in AD 70, then several prophec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Priests were only male, and further, only from one tribe and further had to be without defect and within a specific age range. So if this was the reason, why wasn’t the specific Jewish tribe of each of the apostles noted? ...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Priests were only male, and further, only from one tribe and further had to be without defect and within a specific age range. So if this was the reason, why wasn’t the spe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 Well, if that's true then you will just join all the apostles who

@HvacRoar24011 Well, if that's true then you will just join all the apostles who were similarly sent to be with Jesus...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 You know better than the apostles and the early church? There's n

@HvacRoar24011 You know better than the apostles and the early church? There's no Jew/Gentile *IN CHRIST*.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 Paul the apostle says "First to the Jew and THEN to the Gentile"

@HvacRoar24011 Paul the apostle says "First to the Jew and THEN to the Gentile" ⎯ do you follow this?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-26

@shrikepilled @rightresponsem Did Jesus kill His enemies? What example did He se

@shrikepilled @rightresponsem Did Jesus kill His enemies? What example did He set for us? How about the rest of the apostles—what example did they set for us? Aside from how a Christian is to respond

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom attempt? And why didn’t Jesus stone the woman cau...

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-14

@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were

@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were killed for their faith. Paul wasn’t put to death for what he did to Stephen.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@TheMuppetPastor The NT preserves the earliest church traditions—handed down before the NT was even complete: “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Ac 2:42)—l...

@TheMuppetPastor The NT preserves the earliest church traditions—handed down before the NT was even complete: “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi That’s not necessary since the letters from the apostles and gospels were written in the first century. Just because a group made an official determination as to what the mainstream already kne...

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi That’s not necessary since the letters from the apostles and gospels were written in the first century. Just because a group made an official d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

But the apostle Paul didn’t say that women can’t be pastors… I guess smash will

But the apostle Paul didn’t say that women can’t be pastors… I guess smash will never learn. 🤷‍♂️ https://t.co/QOPVABta5w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand th

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand this text either. And many egalitarians disagree with me too. My view is what the apostle Paul taught. I go back to the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Where are the qualifications listed in Ac 1:21,22 coming from? Did they come from the prophecy or from Jesus directly? The phrase “the twelve” distinguishes the apostles directly chosen by Jesus from other apostles, it...

@JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Where are the qualifications listed in Ac 1:21,22 coming from? Did they come from the prophecy or from Jesus directly? The phrase “the twelve” distinguishes the apostle

Ac 1:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

Your daily reminder from the apostle Paul: “What? came the word of God out from

Your daily reminder from the apostle Paul: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?”  (1Cor 14:36, KJV) https://t.co/6eLBHExqVk

1Cor 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-01

@aaron_p_edwards Actually, the apostle Paul told Timothy to remain in Ephesus so that he might instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines. The issue is about strange or false doctrines. This has nothing to do with stopping someone fro...

@aaron_p_edwards Actually, the apostle Paul told Timothy to remain in Ephesus so that he might instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines. The issue is about strange or false doctrines

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@BiblesForFree Whatever did the apostles and early church do without Augustine?

@BiblesForFree Whatever did the apostles and early church do without Augustine?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

Yes, and can you please show me which male is called a pastor in the New Testame

Yes, and can you please show me which male is called a pastor in the New Testament that is not one of the apostles? I don't find any. Kind of defeats the point of your whole argument, doesn't it? @s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@The_War_Within_ @MikeWingerii That's cute. There are false prophets in the NT and no one stones a single one, so obviously something is different in the NT. We are told to mark and avoid those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the te...

@The_War_Within_ @MikeWingerii That's cute. There are false prophets in the NT and no one stones a single one, so obviously something is different in the NT. We are told to mark and avoid those who c

Ro 16:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@CoreyJMahler Who is siding with anyone against Jesus? Can you show me where the

@CoreyJMahler Who is siding with anyone against Jesus? Can you show me where the apostle Paul treated the Jews like you do?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from t

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from the context that “no one” is “not one of those fools who says in his heart, ‘there is no God.’” Paul is not taking Ps 14

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@____Alice_White @YerFavColonizer This confirms that the gospel Paul preached wa

@____Alice_White @YerFavColonizer This confirms that the gospel Paul preached was consistent with that of the apostles as nothing needed to be corrected or added. So do you reject all the apostles’ te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem The apostle Paul’s writing—scripture—is the ‘blac

@KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem The apostle Paul’s writing—scripture—is the ‘black pill response’?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@dalepartridge Would your advice work to the apostle Paul? Does it align with hi

@dalepartridge Would your advice work to the apostle Paul? Does it align with his advice in 1Cor 7? If many Muslims accept Christ, do you need to populate the earth with physical children?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay But their witness doesn't hold water if they later left the faith, rejected Joseph Smith, only saw them in a vision (that's not an eye witness). They are not like the apostles who all died for proclaiming t...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay But their witness doesn't hold water if they later left the faith, rejected Joseph Smith, only saw them in a vision (that's not an eye witness). They are no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay Hm. But they all see and touch the physical plates? The apostles died for claiming they saw the resurrected Christ... did any of these eye witnesses die for what they claimed to be fact? Didn't a number o...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay Hm. But they all see and touch the physical plates? The apostles died for claiming they saw the resurrected Christ... did any of these eye witnesses die fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apos

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apostles were entrusted to deliver the once-for-all faith (Jud 1:3). Scripture is described as sufficient for teaching, rep

2Ti 3:16 Jud 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-21

@Rach4Patriarchy Do you think any of the apostles spoke in this way? https://t.c

@Rach4Patriarchy Do you think any of the apostles spoke in this way? https://t.co/9rGZvbtI8X

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-21

@SHARETHEG0SPEL The apostle John tells us that even those branches said to be "i

@SHARETHEG0SPEL The apostle John tells us that even those branches said to be "in Me" (ie. believers) can be cut off if they do not remain in Him. https://t.co/fK9iXJ7dH9

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