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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. And head doesn’t mean authority. https://t.co/0keul4eGhj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not c

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not called to unquestioning obedience.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe th

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe these passages are forbidding godly women from teaching truth to men or from pastoral work. I’ll take a look at the Crossw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isolation forgetting the context of mutual submission a...

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isola

Eph 5:24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 "I asked egalitarians a few times to blank stares this question: What does obedience or disobedience to this passage look like?" Not allowing someone to teach false doctrine like Timothy was to stop this specific deceived wife in Ephe...

@Flyoverland22 "I asked egalitarians a few times to blank stares this question: What does obedience or disobedience to this passage look like?" Not allowing someone to teach false doctrine like Timot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax @Charb_izard I’m not promoting disobedience. No where is a godly woman

@landjax @Charb_izard I’m not promoting disobedience. No where is a godly woman teaching truth to anyone ever stated to be a sin! https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-27

🧵 “This is a issue of Biblical obedience, not just a question of Biblical interp

🧵 “This is a issue of Biblical obedience, not just a question of Biblical interpretation” [6:27] @albertmohler is right that disregarding what you believe is the clear teaching of scripture is likely

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-08

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Jesus’ statement in Mat 26:53 highlights that He chose not to ask for divine intervention. This decision demonstrates His complete obedience and submission to the Father's will, parti...

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Jesus’ statement in Mat 26:53 highlights that He chose not to ask for divine intervention. This decision demonstrates His complete ob

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@Eric_Conn @NathanHodg3268 Did you purposely ignore v21? “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” If you are supposed to submit to one another then this isn't about obedience but about laying down your desires and wants to serve the othe...

@Eric_Conn @NathanHodg3268 Did you purposely ignore v21? “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” If you are supposed to submit to one another then this isn't about obedience but about la

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

In context, Lewis writes that the push for equality is a safeguard against tyran

In context, Lewis writes that the push for equality is a safeguard against tyranny because of sin. He believes that authority and obedience are part of the divine order but because of the fall, got co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals All this means is that: - church is not setup for questions, so no one is asking them, or - women in your church have resigned themselves to never speaking in church and they either know how to suppress th...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals All this means is that: - church is not setup for questions, so no one is asking them, or - women in your church have resigned themselves to never speaking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@Joshbambino If the wife is a member of one and the same body as the husband, th

@Joshbambino If the wife is a member of one and the same body as the husband, then yes, willing mutual subjection is intended. There is no sense of forced obedience to anyone. We even willingly obey

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@someguy0474 @DMurzea @MikeWingerii There is no disobedience to God. That is all

@someguy0474 @DMurzea @MikeWingerii There is no disobedience to God. That is all just a strawman assuming complementarian is the Biblical model, but that is what we are contesting! https://t.co/xmm4QI

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Joan's understanding is correct. Eve was created as an equal counterpart who was Adam's own flesh. Obedience is not the best translation as we usually think of unwilling obedience when what is intended is willing submission...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Joan's understanding is correct. Eve was created as an equal counterpart who was Adam's own flesh. Obedience is not the best translation as we usually think of unwilling obe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Titus 2:4-5 says "...being subject to their own husbands" ⎯ the word used is the same as in Eph 5:21 of mutual subjection one to another. It doesn't mean unquestioning or unwilling obedience, but a willful subjecting onesel...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Titus 2:4-5 says "...being subject to their own husbands" ⎯ the word used is the same as in Eph 5:21 of mutual subjection one to another. It doesn't mean unquestioning or un

Eph 5:21 Titus 2:4-5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Are you taking “submit” to mean unwilling obedience? My understanding is that it means a willful putting oneself under someone, setting aside your needs and wants to...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Are you taking “submit” to mean unwilling obedience? My understanding is that it means a willful putting oneself un

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

Paul was not disobeying the Holy Spirit by going to Jerusalem! He was actually doing it **in obedience** to the *prior* vision God gave to him. Just because prophets were showing him what would happen to him when he went and everyone was pleading f...

Paul was not disobeying the Holy Spirit by going to Jerusalem! He was actually doing it **in obedience** to the *prior* vision God gave to him. Just because prophets were showing him what would happ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-24

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to listen. But doing what they say requires that it mu...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to li

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works. But this is not how Jesus wants our relationship...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the man’s strength if harnessed appropriately is exactl...

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@StothersRyan @GodandQountry Where are you getting authority from? I think you are thinking that submission means unquestioning allegiance or obedience to, but this is not what is going on in Eph 5:21. Biblically, it means willingly "standing under...

@StothersRyan @GodandQountry Where are you getting authority from? I think you are thinking that submission means unquestioning allegiance or obedience to, but this is not what is going on in Eph 5:2

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Amen to those scriptures! Because leaders are supposed to convey God’s Word and take responsibility to follow up with people. What is the limit on obedience? What if the leader says something unbiblical or oversteps his bounds? Sur...

@graceforprize Amen to those scriptures! Because leaders are supposed to convey God’s Word and take responsibility to follow up with people. What is the limit on obedience? What if the leader says

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

@rbbowman7 @smashbaals The picture in the New Testament of the church is a willing subjection to rather than the idea of obedience (which can often refer to unwilling obedience). The difference is in the will. Our example is in Christ Himself who s...

@rbbowman7 @smashbaals The picture in the New Testament of the church is a willing subjection to rather than the idea of obedience (which can often refer to unwilling obedience). The difference is in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-05

@ronhenzel Calvin isn’t writing scripture. No, that doesn’t prove that God elec

@ronhenzel Calvin isn’t writing scripture. No, that doesn’t prove that God elected certain people to have faith…it only proves that you believe. Also, you could be a false convert…obedience to Jesus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to scripture is what the scripture is sufficient for: every. good. work.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris Padgett says “(type I) comes from the realm

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris Padgett says “(type I) comes from the realm of political and military struggle. This type of submission is obedience to an external authority, which can be volunta

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