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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@tcs251 @MikeWingerii Hm. Balanced? Egalitarian is 'balanced'. Mike is a soft co

@tcs251 @MikeWingerii Hm. Balanced? Egalitarian is 'balanced'. Mike is a soft complementarian...though I didn't expect him to call all egalitarians to repent and evangelize tentative complementarians

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@Jesusmyoverseer @igarglewithfire FYI, that idea about being the head of a churc

@Jesusmyoverseer @igarglewithfire FYI, that idea about being the head of a church is nonsense too. Where is anyone ever called "head pastor" except Jesus himself? https://t.co/oSWRvhoJF7

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-03

@tome835 @igarglewithfire The teaching anyone is to come under is that of the Bi

@tome835 @igarglewithfire The teaching anyone is to come under is that of the Bible, not that of any fallible man. Every one’s teaching ought to be compared to the Bible.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-14

@igarglewithfire And his underwear should say “property of my wife.”

@igarglewithfire And his underwear should say “property of my wife.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-14

@igarglewithfire 🤨 I respectfully disagree 😂 But then I’m egalitarian.

@igarglewithfire 🤨 I respectfully disagree 😂 But then I’m egalitarian.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@igarglewithfire You are right about how ignorant people are to use a verse like this to stop you from saying anything anywhere. That’s clearly over the top. Yet even the idea that in the church you need to keep silent violates God’s commands in ...

@igarglewithfire You are right about how ignorant people are to use a verse like this to stop you from saying anything anywhere. That’s clearly over the top. Yet even the idea that in the church y

1 Cor 14:31 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@burly_ernie @Magpie_Hunter @firefighter4u @smashbaals This is what the Bible says: "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6) When you go through Mary to get to Jesus ...

@burly_ernie @Magpie_Hunter @firefighter4u @smashbaals This is what the Bible says: "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me." (Joh

Isaiah 42:8 John 14:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-14

@MediatorsGate @DamonJGray @MissBrneyes @e2pilot @igarglewithfire @kamkorderx Ca

@MediatorsGate @DamonJGray @MissBrneyes @e2pilot @igarglewithfire @kamkorderx Care to vote? Think about what *nature* teaches you… https://t.co/UpnoZjskJT

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@HotHotFire_ @Riley_Gaines_ How is that relevant here? Is X your church? 😳 In reality, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him and refuting those who are silencing women. Paul’s reply? If these men don’t listen, then they are to...

@HotHotFire_ @Riley_Gaines_ How is that relevant here? Is X your church? 😳 In reality, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him and refuting those who are silencing women. Paul’s r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@IanReformed @igarglewithfire Out of context even for a complementarian! What d

@IanReformed @igarglewithfire Out of context even for a complementarian! What does this have to do with social media? https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@granato50 @TaylorRMarshall Wow, now quoting scripture is heresy! Where's that

@granato50 @TaylorRMarshall Wow, now quoting scripture is heresy! Where's that stake and fire again...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@Jose287631 @igarglewithfire I appreciate your tone. “This is the brass tacks,

@Jose287631 @igarglewithfire I appreciate your tone. “This is the brass tacks, bottom of the line, bare truth that's imho God inspired.” What, that women cannot preach? That’s what I’m contesting a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when someone is willing to lose their job for speaking up ...

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when som

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The qualifications in Titus 1 are very similar to 1 Tim 3. Faithfulness to one's spouse (if they have one) is a character quality. Paul doesn't make ethnicity, socioeconomic status or gender a qualificatio...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The qualifications in Titus 1 are very similar to 1 Tim 3. Faithfulness to one's spouse (if they have one) is a character quality. Paul doesn't make ethnic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who manages his house” and “keeps his children under cont...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who man

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder doesn’t have to have children even though that is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must not be a woman. If you want to be wooden literal, ...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Whoops. I was commenting on 1 Tim 2:

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Whoops. I was commenting on 1 Tim 2:11-15. Chapter 3 is non-specific. I don’t see a ‘couple’ in 1 Tim 1. 2:9 is plural not singular. 2:15 is singular no

singular. 2:15 1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this couple in Ephesus. Why doesn’t Paul name and mark the woman teaching error? Because she ignorant and deceived (like Pa

1 Ti 1:13 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamous. Nowhere is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise".

1 Tim 3:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say “an elder must not be a woman”?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their te

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their teaching and preaching gift from the pulpit so long as they are not called elder or pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I agree that defying explicit instruction in scripture is a sin and is important. But these verses (1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:11-15) are not clear in silencing all women. You need to hear out others who inte...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I agree that defying explicit instruction in scripture is a sin and is important. But these verses (1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:11-15) are not clear in silencin

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word doesn’t tell us that there’s a gender restriction. Also, Paul wasn’t married so the one appointing elders doesn’t meet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamou...

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Primary are things that divide the true church from c

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Primary are things that divide the true church from cults. This is most definitely not primary. The Word...not the gender that speaks it...is what is primary.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@William_E_Wolfe Your phrasing of the comment of 'some pastors' is a nice straw

@William_E_Wolfe Your phrasing of the comment of 'some pastors' is a nice straw man. Enjoy your bonfire.

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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

Genesis 5:2

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 5:2 Adam,named them,male and female,image,humanity,egalitarian
Theology greek term

σωθήσεται (sothesetai)

she will be saved

greek
Theology greek term

σῴζω (sozo)

to save

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Beth Allison Barr's 'The Making of Biblical Womanhood' as a prime example of story-driven theology — the book frames the entire discussion through personal pain and church hurt.

Mistake #5: Critique of Beth Allison Barr's book

church hurt story-driven theology Beth Allison Barr
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Payne's Plato citation backfires: Plato actually says the heart is subservient to the head/reason

Mike examines the actual Plato passage Payne cites and finds it says the opposite of what Payne claims.

Philip Payne Plato Timaeus
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Josephus' household code actually supports complementarian view, not egalitarian

Mike argues the Josephus example backfires on the egalitarian case.

household codes Josephus Against Apion
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Israel traveled by divine command (cloud and fire), never by democracy — refuting the claim that the people 'refused' to travel without Miriam.

Decisive rebuttal using Numbers 9:15-23

Numbers 12:15-16 Numbers 9:15-23 Linda Belleville Marg Mowczko Numbers 12:15-16
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The physical strength difference between men and women may explain the absence of female military leaders — an analogy to firefighter standards.

Practical consideration for military leadership

military leadership physical strength firefighter standards
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Specific preference examples: male firefighters, female childcare workers

Mike gives concrete societal applications of gender preference.

gender preferences firefighters childcare
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Paul may have used shorthand with Timothy based on shared knowledge

Mike suggests Paul and Timothy had enough shared theological background that Paul could reference complex ideas briefly.

1 Timothy 3:16 Paul-Timothy relationship 1 Timothy 3:16 theological shorthand
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Q&A — Bethel's view of sanctification through hardship: they do teach righteous living and learning through trials, but avoid applying the 'refining fire' principle to sickness

Q&A question from 'Truth and Grace'

James 1 1 Peter 1 Bill Johnson healing theology James 1
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

The original papyri were thought lost in the Great Chicago Fire; facsimile copies in Smith's own hand survive

The preservation history of the papyri evidence

Joseph Smith Pearl of Great Price Egyptology
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

LDS apologist argument #1: the 'Short Scroll Theory' — the recovered fragments are only part of a longer scroll

Review of LDS apologetic responses to the papyri problem

Book of Abraham Great Chicago Fire Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

LDS apologist argument #2: the 'Long Scroll Theory' — a different, longer, lost scroll within the same collection contained the real Book of Abraham source

Second main LDS apologetic response

Book of Abraham Great Chicago Fire Joseph Smith Papyri
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Q&A: Distinction between a 'weak brother' (Romans 14) and a 'lukewarm brother' — the weak brother thinks something sinful that isn't; the lukewarm brother's love for God is waning.

Viewer question from TruthWatch about terminology from a previous video on being on fire for the Lord.

Romans 14 Revelation 3 lukewarm Romans 14 Revelation 3 weak brother
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Reading of 1 Corinthians 3:4-15

Scripture reading of the first key passage

1 Corinthians 3:4-15 Paul Apollos works
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Catholic interpretation of 1 Corinthians 3: fire = purgatorial fire that purifies the believer

Mike fairly summarizes what Catholic apologists say about this passage

1 Corinthians 3:13-15 purgatory Catholic apologetics purification
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Gold, silver, precious stones vs. wood, hay, straw: quality of ministry, not purity of the person

Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 3:12 — the building materials metaphor

1 Corinthians 3:12 ministry works judgment
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 2018-03-21

'Saved as through fire' is an idiom/analogy, not a description of a purifying fire experience

Addressing the specific phrase Catholics emphasize in v. 15

1 Corinthians 3:15 hermeneutics salvation purgatory
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Pattern of false teaching: take a doctrine, find a Bible passage with similar vocabulary, read the doctrine into the passage

Hermeneutical critique applied more broadly

Ezekiel 2 Corinthians 12 hermeneutics eisegesis false teaching
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Tim Staples' argument: 'you can't separate the person from the works' — and Mike's rebuttal

Engaging a specific Catholic apologist's defense of the 1 Corinthians 3 reading

1 Corinthians 3 eisegesis Catholic Answers purgatory
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