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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Do all prophesy when you meet? Does each one share a

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Do all prophesy when you meet? Does each one share a Psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation? If a word comes to someone does your pastor sit down? C

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Do you think if only half gather on a week that your restrictions no longer apply? Is that what all means? In fact, the text says if all speak in tongues and then says positively all prophesying. Do all prophesy in your ch...

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Do you think if only half gather on a week that your restrictions no longer apply? Is that what all means? In fact, the text says if all speak in tongues and then says posi

commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

@TimRehmer @dougponder Yes, women and men are different—which is precisely why t

@TimRehmer @dougponder Yes, women and men are different—which is precisely why they need to work together to take advantage of each one’s strengths. Scripture does not restrict leadership to males. I

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of course I feel I have answers to those questions, b...

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@MikeWingerii Please let me know what church is obeying the following scriptures—I’d like to go there: "What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an i...

@MikeWingerii Please let me know what church is obeying the following scriptures—I’d like to go there: "What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@susie40647926 Hi Susie! It’s a struggle because something doesn’t seem right. For example, a few verses before Paul writes that women must keep silent, he writes: "…When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a to...

@susie40647926 Hi Susie! It’s a struggle because something doesn’t seem right. For example, a few verses before Paul writes that women must keep silent, he writes: "…When you assemble, each one has a

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at this passage: “Now you are the body of Christ, and ...

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at th

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

There are protestants who hold to the same belief, but it's not Biblical. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church is wrong on this one too. The church is the body of Christ. "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it" (1C...

There are protestants who hold to the same belief, but it's not Biblical. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church is wrong on this one too. The church is the body of Christ. "Now you are the body o

1Co 12:27 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@smashbaals I’ve attended: Evangelical➡️Evangelical Free, Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel➡️Non-denom➡️Apostolic Church of Pentecost, Baptist and Reformed Church of America (the church is in the midst of leaving this denomination and joining another). Th...

@smashbaals I’ve attended: Evangelical➡️Evangelical Free, Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel➡️Non-denom➡️Apostolic Church of Pentecost, Baptist and Reformed Church of America (the church is in the midst of l

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@EddieBucha10986 Sure, I appreciate your challenge...and your patience. And it's an important point to make. In Rom 14:1-12, Paul addresses disagreements among Christians over dietary laws and special days. He suggests that these are secondary mat...

@EddieBucha10986 Sure, I appreciate your challenge...and your patience. And it's an important point to make. In Rom 14:1-12, Paul addresses disagreements among Christians over dietary laws and speci

Rom 14:1-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment If the church is Je

@johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment If the church is Jesus’ DNA, why do we keep trying to make each one different? Are you going to segregate in heaven too? What makes you t

question
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

1 Peter 4:10-11

Sections: debate_points, exegesis

1 Peter 4:10-11 spiritual gifts utterances of God stewardship
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 12:7

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 12:7 common good spiritual gifts body ministry
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 12:11, 17-18

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 12:11, 17-18 sovereignty of God Holy Spirit spiritual gifts
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 14:1, 5

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:1, 5 prophecy spiritual gifts women prophesying
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 14:12, 16, 29-31

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:12, 16, 29-31 edification tongues interpretation
Theology verse entry

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 4:11-13

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 4:11-13 spiritual gifts,Christ distributes,pastors,teachers,apostles,prophets,evangelists,equipping,unity,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Titus 2:3-5

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Titus 2:3-5 older women,teaching,presbutidas,domestic myths,egalitarian,women in ministry
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 3:1-4

Sections: greek_analysis

1 Timothy 3:1-4 elder,overseer,pastor,qualifications,women,tis,husband-of-one-wife,polygamy
Theology verse entry

Acts 2:17-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 2:17-18 pentecost,prophecy,sons daughters,Holy Spirit,last days,egalitarian,Joel
Theology verse entry

Acts 9:15

Sections: exegesis

Acts 9:15 chosen instrument,Paul,calling,gifts not segregated,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Acts 18:24-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 18:24-26 Priscilla,Aquila,Apollos,women teaching,egalitarian,correction of doctrine
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 14:33-37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:33-37 interpolation,textual criticism,silence,quotation,Western text,women speaking,women silent,Corinthian quotation,oral law,Pharisees,rhetorical refutation,eta particle,women in ministry,egalitarian,complementarian debate
Theology verse entry

Romans 12:4-8

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 12:4-8 spiritual gifts,charismata,body of Christ,teaching,leading,proistemi,no gender restriction,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 14:26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:26 universal participation,worship,gifts,edification,no gender restriction,each one
Theology verse entry

Acts 1:16-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 1:16-26 Judas,betrayal,foreknowledge,sovereignty,prophecy fulfillment,predestination,free will,apostolate,Matthias,Paul,twelve,lot,human initiative
Theology verse entry

Exodus 35:4-29

Sections: exegesis

Exodus 35:4-29 tabernacle,women workers,gifts,willing heart,equal opportunity,women leadership
Theology greek term

ζηλοῦτε (zēloute)

desire earnestly / be zealous for

greek
Theology greek term

ἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

office, oversight, supervision

greek
Theology greek term

κλῆρος (klēros)

lot, allotment, portion

greek
Theology greek term

διακρίνω (diakrino)

to discern, to evaluate, to judge

greek
Theology greek term

ἤ (e/eta)

or; disjunctive particle used for rhetorical refutation

greek
Theology greek term

μὴ κωλύετε (me koluete)

do not forbid, stop forbidding

greek
Theology greek term

ἕκαστος (hekastos)

each one, every individual

greek
Theology greek term

ποιμαίνω (poimaino)

to shepherd, to tend a flock, to pastor, to rule

greek
Theology greek term

πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)

elder, older man; church overseer/leader by seniority

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Westfall's choir robe analogy: all differences subsumed under identity in Christ

Mike examines another bridge-building analogy from Westfall.

Cynthia Long Westfall choir robe analogy clothed in Christ
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

The key word in 1 Corinthians 3 is 'reward' (vv. 8 and 14), not purification — establishing the passage's actual theme

Verse-by-verse exegesis identifying the controlling theme of the passage

1 Corinthians 3:8 1 Corinthians 3:14 exegesis purification rewards
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Critical distinction: it is the WORKS that are tested and potentially destroyed by fire, not the person

Core exegetical argument against the Catholic use of 1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 3:13 works purgatory purification
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Christians are not under the Mosaic law — Sabbath observance is a liberty, not a requirement for salvation

Mike's rebuttal to Kim's Sabbath-as-salvation teaching.

Romans 14:5 Colossians 2:16-17 Sabbath law vs. grace Romans 14:5
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Luke 12:47-48 — The servant who knew his master's will and disobeyed receives a severe beating; the one who did not know receives a light beating. Knowledge and intent factor into the moral weight of a sin.

Mike examines a parable of Jesus about two servants with differing levels of knowledge to show that the same act can be morally worse depending on the actor's awareness.

Luke 12:47-48 hierarchy of sin Jesus Luke 12:47-48
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Revelation 20:13 — At the final judgment, each person is judged 'according to what they had done,' indicating individualized and tailored condemnation, not a uniform punishment.

Mike rounds out his biblical survey with the great white throne judgment in Revelation to show that eschatological judgment is personalized.

Revelation 20:13 hell eschatology hierarchy of sin
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

Revelation 22:12 — "repaying each one for what he has done" does not teach levels of heaven or works-based salvation

Q&A: questioner asks whether Revelation 22:12 implies different levels or places in heaven based on works.

1 Corinthians 3 Revelation 22:12-14 1 Corinthians 3 Revelation 22:12-14 Heavenly rewards
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-15

Acts 2 tongues were real human foreign languages — each person heard in their own native language, not a single universal language

Question from Joel Holberg about whether the apostles in Acts 2 spoke a language everyone understood or each spoke a different foreign language.

Acts 2 Acts 2 Tongues / glossolalia Day of Pentecost
Mike Winger idea 2024-04-12

Wisdom on Mercy vs. Justice: How should I balance mercy and justice as a Christian? How do you know when each one is appropriate? When is it wrong to apply mercy and grace, and when does it become unjust to do so?

Q&A question: Wisdom on Mercy vs. Justice
Pulpit research note

Participatory Worship in 1 Corinthians 14:26 — The Structural Gap Brett Overlooked

Pastor Brett correctly identified the status-seeking motive behind the Corinthians' misuse of gifts but did not address the text's own positive vision: broad participatory worship where multiple membe

1 Corinthians 14:26
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