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Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-27

Why Was Adams Sin More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part Two

While we have seen from part one that Adam’s sin was said to have been a deliberate transgression of the covenant and as a result it was a treacherous act against God (Hosea 6:7) where does that leave the seriousness of Eve’s sin

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-11

Why Was Adam Not Deceived

1 Timothy 2:13, 14 show that the first creation of Adam is connected to the fact that Adam was not deceived. Why was Adam not deceived

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:13 Amos 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
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 article 2006-11-22

Could The Messiah Have Been A Woman

Since God is neither male nor female, some have suggested that the Messiah could have been born a female. I would respectfully like to differ with that view

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-20

Adam As Head Of The Family

It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine of the

Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Would Your Arguments Have Strength Without 1 Timothy 215

> Q: It also seems that 1 Timothy 2:15 is crucial for your interpretation. The word ‘she’ is a definite point in your favor

1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 Hebrews 15 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-12

Is There No Distinction Between Male And Female

> Q: Some feminists say that there is no distinction to be made between male and female. Is this what you believe

Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditional statement to exhort women to keep themselves f...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Oh my goodness. That is not logical whatsoever. You think all women are more easily deceived? Why then does Paul say that he’s concerned that an entire church might be deceived like Eve (2Co 11:3)? You re...

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Oh my goodness. That is not logical whatsoever. You think all women are more easily deceived? Why then does Paul say that he’s concerned that an entire ch

2Co 11:3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Here are the facts: - Both knew the commandment and the consequences of not obeying. - Adam was right beside Eve and heard her voice speaking to the serpent. - Paul says Adam wasn’t deceived and linked deception with the t...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Here are the facts: - Both knew the commandment and the consequences of not obeying. - Adam was right beside Eve and heard her voice speaking to the serpent. - Paul says Ad

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@DBryanRhodes @TomBuck First, Even spoke to the serpent as she was reasoning thr

@DBryanRhodes @TomBuck First, Even spoke to the serpent as she was reasoning through the deception. She didn't 'preach to Adam.' Second, that's not at all Paul's argument in 1Ti 2:12-14. Try again. h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 The facts are that Paul's description links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So something about the order and how he prepared Adam to guard the garden ensured he wouldn't be deceived, whereas Eve being the last thing cre...

@Paula_333 The facts are that Paul's description links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So something about the order and how he prepared Adam to guard the garden ensured he wouldn't

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop Paul connects the time sequence order of creation with Eve’s deception. What we know from a careful reading of Gen 2 is that god creates Adam (2:7), then plants a garden and puts Adam in it (2:8). Then God causes the trees to supernatural...

@Reneechop Paul connects the time sequence order of creation with Eve’s deception. What we know from a careful reading of Gen 2 is that god creates Adam (2:7), then plants a garden and puts Adam in i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No I’m not living under satanic deception. You don’t know what you are even talking about! Good thing you are not the operator of the ovens! Yes, Christ is King! He has authority over all—FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No I’m not living under satanic deception. You don’t know what you are even talking about! Good thing you are not the operator of the ovens! Yes, Christ is King! He ha

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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 2025-05-19

@StandAndKnox Paul links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So we must ask what it was about the time sequence of creation with Adam created, then animals created after Adam as well as the garden trees in Eden and Eve being created v...

@StandAndKnox Paul links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So we must ask what it was about the time sequence of creation with Adam created, then animals created after Adam as well a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 None of these passages refer to 'head of the home'... 1. 1Ti 2:11–15 – Refers to Genesis showing that Eve's deception had to do with her time sequence order of creation after Adam who was created first. There is no mention...

@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 None of these passages refer to 'head of the home'... 1. 1Ti 2:11–15 – Refers to Genesis showing that Eve's deception had to do with her time sequence order of creation aft

1Ti 2:11 Col 3:17 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack of experience and mapping that to a specific deceived woman in Ephesus. He doesn’t name her, but uses Eden as a parallel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecting creation order with deception, this context str...

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—E

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—Eve’s deception, Adam’s passivity, and the false teaching crisis in Ephesus—make a negative reading more plausible. /10

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the term in a pastoral, theological warning about decep...

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explicitly ties deception with the time sequence of creation in Ge 2 and all women are not deceived and many men are deceived. When we go back to Ge 2 we can see what is going on that gives Adam unique experience that p...

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explicitly ties deception with the time sequence of creation in Ge 2 and all women are not deceived and many men are deceived. When we go back to Ge 2 we can see what is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception. We see in Ge 2 that God creates a garden (incl....

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needing to be stopped and educated. Not because she’s a ...

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived because he was created first. For why, you need to ...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 I literally just took what Paul said and confirmed it a

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 I literally just took what Paul said and confirmed it accurately describes what we see in Ge 2-3. There is no speculation on that. As to why he connects deception with the cre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 You are now repeating yourself and not adding anything new to your argument. How is taking Paul's explanation seriously "devotion" to genealogies and myths promoting speculation? Paul doesn't add new information to Ge 2-3, b...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 You are now repeating yourself and not adding anything new to your argument. How is taking Paul's explanation seriously "devotion" to genealogies and myths promoting speculat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asserting he is being a good husband when he just let h...

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asser

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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 The jumping around from plural to singular and back again is very unclear if Paul means women generically. To mix deception with generic people and salvation for those generic deceived people seems nonsensical. Paul is w...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The jumping around from plural to singular and back again is very unclear if Paul means women generically. To mix deception with generic people and salvation for those ge

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What is Paul's point using Eve as an archetype of

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What is Paul's point using Eve as an archetype of all women (what you have said elsewhere is 'womankind')? Are you suggesting Paul is explaining to Timothy that all women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii If Paul is using Eve prototypically, then the same description of Eve's deception can apply to this specific wife teaching heresy in Ephesus. This solves the awkwardness of using 'the woman' to referred to Eve who is alr...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii If Paul is using Eve prototypically, then the same description of Eve's deception can apply to this specific wife teaching heresy in Ephesus. This solves the awkwardness

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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 2024-07-02

@Unashamed_Chuck @RushiXmakima Yes, this has to do with the time sequence order of creation, not authority order. And the time sequence connects with deception. Ask yourself, how was it that Eve was deceived but Adam wasn’t when they both knew the co...

@Unashamed_Chuck @RushiXmakima Yes, this has to do with the time sequence order of creation, not authority order. And the time sequence connects with deception. Ask yourself, how was it that Eve was d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Paul said that deception has to do with the time sequence in the creation order. Adam was not deceived because he was the ruler of Eve. Adam experiences God’s creative acts including the making of ...

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Paul said that deception has to do with the time sequence in the creation order. Adam was not deceived because he was the ruler of Eve. Adam experi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Why did Paul write ‘a woman’ instead of ‘women’ like in vs9-10? Why did Paul use authentein, a verb form that is only found once in the Bible and 8 times in antiquity if he meant normal authority? Paul notes tha...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Why did Paul write ‘a woman’ instead of ‘women’ like in vs9-10? Why did Paul use authentein, a verb form that is only found once in the Bible and 8 times in antiq

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived to think that the fruit of a tree made from the sa...

@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived

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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 2024-06-04

@slow_down_Jess @DelaKram75 Why does Paul apply Eve’s deception to the whole chu

@slow_down_Jess @DelaKram75 Why does Paul apply Eve’s deception to the whole church including men? "But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray fr

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Also, protect her from what? From deception? You can only do that when you are not deceived yourself. Deception is not a gendered issue; many men can be deceived. Paul even says so: "But...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Also, protect her from what? From deception? You can only do that when you are not deceived yourself. Deception is not a gendered issue; m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@coramdeo1 God deals with the man first—why? Why does God not ask Eve why she di

@coramdeo1 God deals with the man first—why? Why does God not ask Eve why she didn’t submit to Adam’s rule? Why does this have anything to do with deception when it is really all about not following G

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands how the time sequence of creation relates to deception, his conclusions do not follow from the text but promote patriar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, how does being male protect people fro

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, how does being male protect people from deception? Aren’t they protected by the truth?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@MikeJGreiner @ryancduff @MikeWingerii What makes you think Paul meant that God created Adam as the first ranking commanding officer over any future created human? Paul’s point was simply that Adam was created chronologically before Eve. This had an...

@MikeJGreiner @ryancduff @MikeWingerii What makes you think Paul meant that God created Adam as the first ranking commanding officer over any future created human? Paul’s point was simply that Adam w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@RyanMessano Paul compares all believers to Eve. Guess what? Deception can affec

@RyanMessano Paul compares all believers to Eve. Guess what? Deception can affect anyone. “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sin

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@gzulbaran10 @ronhenzel Responding to Ron's points: Paul specifically points to deception and the time order of creation. Because he mentions Eve, "the childbearing" is a reference to the seed of the woman. Paul is extending the same grace to the de...

@gzulbaran10 @ronhenzel Responding to Ron's points: Paul specifically points to deception and the time order of creation. Because he mentions Eve, "the childbearing" is a reference to the seed of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

It is because of Adam’s experience of God that he was protected from deception,

It is because of Adam’s experience of God that he was protected from deception, though he was right there beside Eve. "…she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband **wit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Then to help clarify she was deceived, Paul ties this married woman teaching false doctrine in with a similar situation from Eden showing that this problem is due to deception and ignorance like Eve and not out of knowledge lik...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Then to help clarify she was deceived, Paul ties this married woman teaching false doctrine in with a similar situation from Eden showing that this problem is due to deception a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@EvilBrady5959 @sovereignbrah No, Paul said that it has to do with the time order of creation, that Adam was formed first and Eve was the last thing formed. What happened in between those two points explains everything about this deception. See more ...

@EvilBrady5959 @sovereignbrah No, Paul said that it has to do with the time order of creation, that Adam was formed first and Eve was the last thing formed. What happened in between those two points e

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