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Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-02

Adam And His Ms Organ

The creation account has been used by many as a foundation to produce myths and stories. While this post will concentrate on modern day myths, it is also helpful to understand some of the historical myths about the creation of male and female

1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:7-8 1 Corinthians 11:8 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-27

Ortlund Obscuring The Nature Of Male And Female

In our discussion of CBMW’s book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , continuing on in chapter 3 in the writings of Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 3 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-17

Eve And God

One’s world view can cause one to have presuppositions that bring set patterns of reasoning that have nothing to do with the text of scripture. One of these areas is with Eve’s relationship with God and whether God placed the man in charge of her basic knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-12

Special Authority To Adam

This is part two of the response to an article by Matt Slick of CARM called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” found here

Colossians 21 Exodus 18 Genesis 1:27 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-10

Authority Withheld From Eve

This article is a response to an article written by Matt Slick of CARM called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority. The article is found here

Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-10

Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament. Did God give preferential treatment to males wh

Acts 7:51 Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

The Husband As King Over The Wife

In part two of this discussion we asked whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her. Today we continue our discussion about whether a husband is to have the position of king over his wife in their marriage

Acts 4 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-20

Gods Woman Is She Needy Of A Representative Priest Part 2

In part one, ( click here to read ) we discussed whether God created the woman as needed or needy. In this continuing discussion we ask whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her

1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:11 1 Peter 3:7 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-17

Are Womens Gifts Secondary

Last post we referenced 1 Corinthians 12:7 teaching us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good of the body of Christ. But are women’s gifts somehow secondary

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 6:3 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-21

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-04

Paul Refutes A Faulty Tradition

In the last post we discussed that the man is the image and glory of God and Christ is his head. Why does Paul emphasize that the man is the image and glory of God but he says nothing about the woman having God’s glory

1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-01

The Man Is The Image And Glory Of God

Last post we discussed how the head covering shamed Christ. Before we carry on with 1 Corinthians 11:5 in our verse by verse discussion, I want to skip over to verse 7 to discuss the second reason that a man is not to have his head covered and this has to do with honoring his head

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11:7 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-06-17

Shaming The Head 1

1 Corinthians 11:4-6 lists three “shames” and verse 7 lists two glories. Two of these shames and glories relate directly back to the “head” and one shame relates to the person themselves

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:4-6 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

#More 110

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

Why Was The Woman Created For The Man

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Recommendations For Wim

> Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free. ” as a whole is a very well produced and presented multi-media teaching series on the legitimacy and freedom of women to be in any ministry that God should call them to

1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@Jerd00 @MohamedAsi45086 @dalepartridge Really? Maybe crack open your Bible and keep reading because God defines what 'man' means, that He was referring to 'male and female' and that His commands (plural) were to them (plural): “So God created man i...

@Jerd00 @MohamedAsi45086 @dalepartridge Really? Maybe crack open your Bible and keep reading because God defines what 'man' means, that He was referring to 'male and female' and that His commands (plu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-25

@ItsAaronRich @Joel7Richardson Christian use of trumpet imagery (eg 1Th 4:16) is consistent with prophetic typology, not that the church is “overlaid” onto Jewish ritual. The church is a new entity, not a continuation of Israel under a different name...

@ItsAaronRich @Joel7Richardson Christian use of trumpet imagery (eg 1Th 4:16) is consistent with prophetic typology, not that the church is “overlaid” onto Jewish ritual. The church is a new entity, n

1Th 4:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-07

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her o

1Co 7:10 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the d

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the dust of the earth, He is only the glory of God. Since Eve was created in God’s image by God from Adam’s flesh and bone,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimate purpose in these defining accounts. If you revi...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-11

@Sovereign316 @sarahcstock The only thing you got right in that image was the first text and even that is wrong, since I provide the evidence for Paul not naming those who are deceived and haven’t yet been confronted. Since Paul worked closely with T...

@Sovereign316 @sarahcstock The only thing you got right in that image was the first text and even that is wrong, since I provide the evidence for Paul not naming those who are deceived and haven’t yet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

If the point of exegesis is to let the text speak for itself, we need to ask whe

If the point of exegesis is to let the text speak for itself, we need to ask whether the colorful doctrines on the right side of Ron’s image are explaining the text, or just coloring how we read it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture is clear on what sin is. For example see the following images. Where does scripture call a female pastor/elder a sin or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7, God appeals to Cain’s moral agency to rule over ...

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7

Ge 4:7 Ge 2:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon That image is from the interlinear ribbon in Logo

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon That image is from the interlinear ribbon in Logos Bible Software.

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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 2025-04-27

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image of God, she is the glory of God. Then referring back to the first creation being created from Adam’s side, she is the gl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being created in God’s image which means that humans possess u...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being create

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread th

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread the Bible on anthropology. Whatever then does it mean that humans are made in the image of God if they have no ability to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-04

@_jonbowlin @triplett_mark @CherylSchatz A baby isn’t able to produce those work

@_jonbowlin @triplett_mark @CherylSchatz A baby isn’t able to produce those works either. Is it inability that determines whether one is made in the “full” image of God? Are we made in the partial i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann It doesn’t need to mention the death penalty. T

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann It doesn’t need to mention the death penalty. There is a basis for the death penalty early in Genesis before Moses: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his

Ge 9:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-09

@avyargo Part of what it means to be made in God’s image is that women also rule

@avyargo Part of what it means to be made in God’s image is that women also rule, have dominion, make judgments, teach, will judge angels and the nations (1Co 6:2-3), etc. So why then do you think th

1Co 6:2-3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@The11Hour_1776 The scripture teaches that we are to treat each other based on gifting, ability and desire and not based on skin color, male/female or rich/poor. So yes, treating individuals as equally made in the image of God. This is not to say th...

@The11Hour_1776 The scripture teaches that we are to treat each other based on gifting, ability and desire and not based on skin color, male/female or rich/poor. So yes, treating individuals as equall

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from autho...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from auth...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Some claim that egalitarians are messing with the gospel because the wife is to

Some claim that egalitarians are messing with the gospel because the wife is to represent the church and the husband Christ and when you allow women to lead, you impact a gospel image. But is that wha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man “A man” and all the “he”‘s are inserted in English. The Greek has

@Grump_Old_Man “A man” and all the “he”‘s are inserted in English. The Greek has tis meaning anyone/someone and no other pronouns. Women is in v11 which you didn’t include in the image. Women *likewi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-03

RT @ryanschatz: As many of you rightly noted, Genesis 1:26-27 is unequivocal tha

RT @ryanschatz: As many of you rightly noted, Genesis 1:26-27 is unequivocal that both the man and the woman are created in God's image. L…

Genesis 1:26-27 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

Even still, dominion in Genesis is about stewardship and care, not exploitation

Even still, dominion in Genesis is about stewardship and care, not exploitation or unbridled authority. Human life, created in God's image, has inherent dignity, which contradicts absolute authority o

Gen 9:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Mike presents his summary as “3 pillars”: Pillar 1⃣: Male headship and female su

Mike presents his summary as “3 pillars”: Pillar 1⃣: Male headship and female submission in marriage. Pillar 2⃣: Elders’ positions and functions are for men only. Pillar 3⃣: women’s status as image be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

RT @JollyStine: Complementarians: Speak up! Joe Rigney wrote an article and atta

RT @JollyStine: Complementarians: Speak up! Joe Rigney wrote an article and attached a picture of a decapitated woman as the article image…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl No, that man and woman are solely in the image of God is clear. Also, Eve was in fact the very last thing created. While God created animals before Adam, He just created more in front of Adam. I suspect its femal...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl No, that man and woman are solely in the image of God is clear. Also, Eve was in fact the very last thing created. While God created animals before Adam, He just c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-10

@Rach4Patriarchy @Cernovich By the authority vested in me as a man I pronounce t

@Rach4Patriarchy @Cernovich By the authority vested in me as a man I pronounce that men and women are equals and men don’t rule women! 😅 Both men and women are obligated to be pro life because both a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-11

@bwebaptist There is no basis in Genesis for this. There is only ONE image of G

@bwebaptist There is no basis in Genesis for this. There is only ONE image of God and it isn’t divided amongst male and female but fully represented in each individual. https://t.co/9wdw07XZl1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-11

@Justa_Pilgrim @clbolt Both Augustine and Aquinas were wrong on this issue. Gen

@Justa_Pilgrim @clbolt Both Augustine and Aquinas were wrong on this issue. Genesis shows clearly that there is only ONE image of God and that it is not divided but shared equally between males and f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-11

@SagasofBharat Augustine was wrong on this issue. Genesis is clear that there i

@SagasofBharat Augustine was wrong on this issue. Genesis is clear that there is only ONE image of God and it is shared equally by both men and women. It is not divided between the sexes as it is no

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