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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy Aren’t you trying to force hierarchy on people

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy Aren’t you trying to force hierarchy on people when God didn’t authorize it? Your expectations are trained to think that hierarchy and authority structures are Biblic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Prov_Standards There is no hierarchy for leadership because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Leaders are only those who demonstrate by example and are gifted and capable of teaching what was passed onto them, and correcting error. The auth...

@Prov_Standards There is no hierarchy for leadership because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Leaders are only those who demonstrate by example and are gifted and capable of teaching what wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@watotochurch There's no battle of wills if both are serving the best interests

@watotochurch There's no battle of wills if both are serving the best interests of each other. Peace may come from a one-way hierarchy too, but that wasn't God's intention.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His bride—His authority is for her benefit. She sits ...

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick That’s right! The initiator doesn’t mean

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick That’s right! The initiator doesn’t mean in hierarchy over someone or in authority over them.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick This was never about hierarchy, but about

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick This was never about hierarchy, but about service. It’s about serving another’s needs above your own desires. And Christ absolutely does this for His church and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Leadership is about serving the team, not about authority over the team members. When it becomes about authority and hierarchy, it becomes about having to do what the leader wants rather than the leader organizing and he...

@yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Leadership is about serving the team, not about authority over the team members. When it becomes about authority and hierarchy, it becomes about having to do what the lea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-04

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There are no commands about a hierarchy of author

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There are no commands about a hierarchy of authority between the husband and wife or between an elder and any other Christian. The authority is in the Word of God not a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I am not arguing for women to replace men as the boss over their husbands but as equal co-partners who serve one another and serve others together without hierarchy. Whether the woman works at home, both, the man does o...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I am not arguing for women to replace men as the boss over their husbands but as equal co-partners who serve one another and serve others together without hierarchy. Whe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 You are actually calling Jesus’ words in Mk 10:12 a feminist invention. He said it, not me. I’m just not ignoring it because it doesn’t fit a man-made hierarchy. “And if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she i...

@JonByers186054 You are actually calling Jesus’ words in Mk 10:12 a feminist invention. He said it, not me. I’m just not ignoring it because it doesn’t fit a man-made hierarchy. “And if she herself d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Ruling over creation together as partners. Eve was created as a corresponding helper, the same term used to refer to God as man's helper. Physical strength is irrelevant. God wasn't ordaining a...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Ruling over creation together as partners. Eve was created as a corresponding helper, the same term used to refer to God as man's helper. Physi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@StandAndKnox The church is not a hierarchy so you clearly got that one all twis

@StandAndKnox The church is not a hierarchy so you clearly got that one all twisted. You are making the church to be like the world.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals Hierarchy is not the same as abilit

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals Hierarchy is not the same as ability. Those in leadership must be of high moral character and able to teach and demonstrate good leadership decision making

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals There is no hierarchy in the church

@Federic90595392 @childofgod2026 @smashbaals There is no hierarchy in the church. Jesus explicitly spoke against it. Anyone who considers themselves to be the greatest would have to be the *slave* of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@slyoung687 You’ll want to take a look at my post in the comments as my view is

@slyoung687 You’ll want to take a look at my post in the comments as my view is not that 1Co 11:3 is teaching about hierarchy but about source relationships. Here it is. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and not animals. Plus animals were cursed. Further, the Greek for hierarchy does not occur either in the LXX or the New Tes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If you want Biblical hierarchy, then you are to put yourself under others not over them. Mutual submission is the teaching of Jesus and Paul (Mk 10:42-45; Eph 5:21). ht

Eph 5:21 Mk 10:42-45 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If the English translation inserts ideas not in the original words then “following the plain English” is not being faithful to God’s intent. The world God created had no hierarchy until Adam decided to rule his wife. ...

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If the English translation inserts ideas not in the original words then “following the plain English” is not being faithful to God’s intent. The world God created had

Ge 1:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Where does scripture say “you will desire [to co

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Where does scripture say “you will desire [to control] your husband”? Where is “to control” in the Hebrew? There was no hierarchy in God’s design in Genesis 1:28.

Genesis 1:28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-03

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge I don’t know why you are confused by this except if

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge I don’t know why you are confused by this except if you view leadership as all about hierarchy of authority. I’m not giving you that answer so you are confused.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-15

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist “God’s people” is not a reference to an authorita

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist “God’s people” is not a reference to an authoritative hierarchy or something a pope or bishop could claim without evidence backing it up.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in marriage. I’m not calling Mike to repent of sprea...

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@ElonFan_1 @smashbaals Probably she started at verse 21 showing that verses 22ff

@ElonFan_1 @smashbaals Probably she started at verse 21 showing that verses 22ff cannot be advocating for some sort of gender-hierarchy of authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband will rule over his wife. If this was ideal, wouldn’t...

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband wi

Gen 3:16-19 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and female. I’m an egalitarian and think that women and men working together without some gender-hierarchy constraint in le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@joyousmon @Rach4Patriarchy Biblical submission isn’t about hierarchy but about

@joyousmon @Rach4Patriarchy Biblical submission isn’t about hierarchy but about looking out for and serving the interests of another at the expense of your own wants and desires.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@pauldirks @StefB722 @KaeleyT Except that Peter wasn’t promoting patriarchal hie

@pauldirks @StefB722 @KaeleyT Except that Peter wasn’t promoting patriarchal hierarchy. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-07

@0xV1RTUE @twigsally @JaydaBF @SimonJohn165066 We are to submit to one another i

@0xV1RTUE @twigsally @JaydaBF @SimonJohn165066 We are to submit to one another in the fear of Christ showing this has nothing to do with authority or hierarchy (Eph 5:21). Husbands and wives do so in

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So in this example from the "Totality of Scripture" we have a clear working example in how Paul treats Philemon and how he expects Onesimus⎯a Christian slave to be treated. And there is no authority or hierarchy in the ...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So in this example from the "Totality of Scripture" we have a clear working example in how Paul treats Philemon and how he expects Onesimus⎯a Christian slave to be treat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace In fact, we have the example of Philemon and Ones

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace In fact, we have the example of Philemon and Onesimus. Paul does not emphasize authority or hierarchy even in this clear master-slave relationship, but rather, reframes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Where is unilateral authority here? You argue as

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Where is unilateral authority here? You argue as if authority inherently excludes mutual submission, but Paul’s words reject authoritarian patterns by focusing on servic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace The bridge doesn't contain hierarchy or authority

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace The bridge doesn't contain hierarchy or authority structures, and given v22 borrows the verb "submit" from v21, whatever follows must be consistent with mutuality. +

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace The language you are using conveys authority and

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace The language you are using conveys authority and hierarchy. Even if the husband is generally nice about it, the fact that the wife is always a follower and never a lead

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@DirtBoyFarms @ruthmperry @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace But before you scratch it off the list, you should recognize that it is an *explicit* statement of fully mutual authority in the relationship. There is no evidence whatsoever of a hierarchy, and *...

@DirtBoyFarms @ruthmperry @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace But before you scratch it off the list, you should recognize that it is an *explicit* statement of fully mutual authority in the relationship. The

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@ScarletNevermr @rightresponsem Hang on…so when an actual literal word for autho

@ScarletNevermr @rightresponsem Hang on…so when an actual literal word for authority is used it is mutual, but when an anatomical word is used now it is about hierarchy and one way authority? Puzzlin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Listen, I recognize that if you recognize that the EO hierarchy and bishops and priests are not required, this is a fundamental shift for you and will be hard to accept and admit. That's ok. So long as you and I agree on the fundamental...

@Methodios007 Listen, I recognize that if you recognize that the EO hierarchy and bishops and priests are not required, this is a fundamental shift for you and will be hard to accept and admit. That's

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contra

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contrasted with the roots of Roman Catholicism, originating as a movement focused on personal faith and biblical authority ove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief" (1Ti 1:13). This is not the case with...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly

1Ti 1:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1Co 11:9 is merely describing why Eve was created, ...

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1

1Co 11:10 1Co 11:3 1Co 11:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@RebekahRutt @txndc Precisely! Paul is showing their interdependence not hierarc

@RebekahRutt @txndc Precisely! Paul is showing their interdependence not hierarchy.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel Ch 5 is not about hierarchy. You are reading into th

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel Ch 5 is not about hierarchy. You are reading into this because of how we understand the English word head. Kephale is not about authority like we view head in our culture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@Sacred_Panda_ You can’t have Jesus and Paul eliminating hierarchy and rank by s

@Sacred_Panda_ You can’t have Jesus and Paul eliminating hierarchy and rank by saying that the highest are the lowest of slaves and Ave your cake of being the highest in the marriage—by being served l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@Sacred_Panda_ Thanks for providing the definition! Yes, Paul is using this term to declare that all believers are to treat all other believers in a preferential manner. Just because a word is used in the context of military rank and hierarchy does n...

@Sacred_Panda_ Thanks for providing the definition! Yes, Paul is using this term to declare that all believers are to treat all other believers in a preferential manner. Just because a word is used in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or rank. It elevated these lowly wives to serve their husbands in the same manner that they were to serve their wives.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@JamMom89 If 1Co 11:3 had anything to do with order or hierarchy, wouldn’t Paul have said it as: God->Jesus->man->woman->children ? And wouldn’t he have used a word for authority, power or rule instead of kephale which can mean source, or...

@JamMom89 If 1Co 11:3 had anything to do with order or hierarchy, wouldn’t Paul have said it as: God->Jesus->man->woman->children ? And wouldn’t he have used a word for authority, power or

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen You don’t know what you are talking about re: 1Co 11:3. It’s not about hierarchy or authority but source or origin relationships. Adam is the source of Eve as she was created from his flesh and bone but all...

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen You don’t know what you are talking about re: 1Co 11:3. It’s not about hierarchy or authority but source or origin relationships. Adam is the source of Eve

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if yo

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if you think He did, He undid it in the church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@avyargo The point is no one is elevating themselves in mutualism. Egalitarians

@avyargo The point is no one is elevating themselves in mutualism. Egalitarians are treating each other as equals. And of course, we disagree with your assertion that God defined gender roles and gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@AttorneyBrand The distribution is for the mutual benefit of all, not to have a

@AttorneyBrand The distribution is for the mutual benefit of all, not to have a hierarchy of some over others. The more pastors the church produces the more likely it is to multiply and spread out…for

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (or a better term ‘mutualists’) treat others as more...

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (o

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