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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals No, you didn't say to segregate into smaller groups. Let me ask you the following, then. According to 1Cor 14:30, "if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent"⎯does your pastor stop...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals No, you didn't say to segregate into smaller groups. Let me ask you the following, then. According to 1Cor 14:30, "if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the

1Cor 14:30 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals The early church didn’t segregate participation to smal

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals The early church didn’t segregate participation to smaller groups. Allowing the body to minister to the body even in larger settings is the ideal Paul describes in 1Cor 14.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is meant to be done in small home groups is fine, bu...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is

1Co 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@PartTickles @smashbaals What am I trying to outwit? Jesus commanded all believe

@PartTickles @smashbaals What am I trying to outwit? Jesus commanded all believers to teach and make disciples of all peoples. Jesus’ command is not limited to men. Don’t stop women from participatin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

This is a bizarre take. If Jesus wants to preserve a remnant through the tribula

This is a bizarre take. If Jesus wants to preserve a remnant through the tribulation whom scripture prophesies they will all believe in one day at His second coming, what’s that to you? https://t.co/q

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals This is clearly atypical of Paul spurred on by the urgency to pass on as many details as possible before his journey. It is over a meal in the evening. And the words include discussion and reasoning showing it’s not a one-way...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals This is clearly atypical of Paul spurred on by the urgency to pass on as many details as possible before his journey. It is over a meal in the evening. And the words include d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@My_Lord_Grant @smashbaals The command is for certain people to stop teaching *false* doctrines. This has nothing to do with the stopping of the truth being taught by anyone. The great commission tells every believer to teach all nations whatever Je...

@My_Lord_Grant @smashbaals The command is for certain people to stop teaching *false* doctrines. This has nothing to do with the stopping of the truth being taught by anyone. The great commission tel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceited. And they must be able to teach and be patient i...

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceite

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in v15 which cannot apply to Eve who is dead⎯this is...

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in

1Ti 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Is it disobeying God if you twist His words to mea

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Is it disobeying God if you twist His words to mean something He didn’t intend and then force that interpretation on others? 🤔 There isn’t even an office of pastor (poim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a clear note that this makes one disqualified for leade...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a cle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a femal

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a female pastor ever said to be in sin because of being a female?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack of experience and mapping that to a specific deceived woman in Ephesus. He doesn’t name her, but uses Eden as a parallel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which from the context. The same applies for aner and man or husband. Given the context and connection to Adam and Eve, I beli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Winger’s lexical defense is weak because: - The word is rare, and his “neutral”

Winger’s lexical defense is weak because: - The word is rare, and his “neutral” example is non-parallel. - Paul uses it in a uniquely cautionary context. - The NT never commends men to authentein. - C

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—E

Even if authentein can mean “exercise authority,” contextual clues in 1Ti 2:12—Eve’s deception, Adam’s passivity, and the false teaching crisis in Ephesus—make a negative reading more plausible. /10

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

My view differs from claim 4—I believe Paul wants this woman to stop teaching until she learns the truth. Her being silent is about her not teaching, which Winger would agree with. The difference is Winger sees it as a general rule, not a situation-s...

My view differs from claim 4—I believe Paul wants this woman to stop teaching until she learns the truth. Her being silent is about her not teaching, which Winger would agree with. The difference is W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

The grammar and context suggest that Paul is not banning all women from teaching

The grammar and context suggest that Paul is not banning all women from teaching or leading men in every context, but is instead dealing with a specific woman teaching heresy, a situation reminiscent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

This claim that Winger is responding to sets a problematic precedent by separating Paul’s inspired words from the authority of Scripture. However, I believe it is possible to honour Paul's authority and inspiration while examining what exactly Paul ...

This claim that Winger is responding to sets a problematic precedent by separating Paul’s inspired words from the authority of Scripture. However, I believe it is possible to honour Paul's authority

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote auth

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote authority or leadership than the popular argument you (and many others) espouse falls apart. But whatever you want I guess…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as the priesthood is related to temples and there is no...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only once and must have 2 or more believing children. Th...

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Notice "anyone" not "any male." "one woman man" is an idiom referring to character, not being married or male (Paul wasn't married nor did he have children and wasn't disqualified). Implied pronouns are male but this is...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Notice "anyone" not "any male." "one woman man" is an idiom referring to character, not being married or male (Paul wasn't married nor did he have children and wasn't di

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What that means in context is the question. And every ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' al

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' all agreed with you, that doesn't mean they are correct.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have fi...

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from

Col 1:18 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon What are you suggesting about “all authority”? A

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon What are you suggesting about “all authority”? Are you referring to the apostles? The scriptures are the foundation, not the views of later believers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-28

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every be

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every believer benefit from this? Are there not men who go to seminary who don’t plan to be pastors?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how their mother’s instructed them as children—though suc...

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@Keith83361 @sola_chad The rainbow was God’s sign first. And no, I have never at

@Keith83361 @sola_chad The rainbow was God’s sign first. And no, I have never attended a pro same a 3x church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@Dankrightanon Nowhere does scripture ever say that Deborah was made judge as a judgment on Israel. And that’s not how the pattern of the judges worked. God turned Israel over to their enemies because of their sin and then when He had compassion on t...

@Dankrightanon Nowhere does scripture ever say that Deborah was made judge as a judgment on Israel. And that’s not how the pattern of the judges worked. God turned Israel over to their enemies because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 Nice to have the summary of Mike’s very long video including ti

@JamesGi27467089 Nice to have the summary of Mike’s very long video including timestamps. I’ll bookmark for later…thanks! I would like to respond to his egalitarian criticisms as I believe he is inco

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@sola_chad Well, they are certainly not following your faulty interpretation. Ju

@sola_chad Well, they are certainly not following your faulty interpretation. Just like when 7th Day Adventist’s say I’m not a believer because I don’t gather for church on Saturday and observe a spec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem @grok I’m not trying to trip you up, BTW. Where do you see “roles” defined in scripture? What is the Greek term for ‘role’? I suppose to anyone who thinks something is Biblical and it’s always been the way they believ...

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem @grok I’m not trying to trip you up, BTW. Where do you see “roles” defined in scripture? What is the Greek term for ‘role’? I suppose to anyone who thinks something is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @indigopumpkin @rightresponsem I believe in the authority of the Bible. But no apostle has any authority to command what scripture doesn’t command. Paul didn’t use his authority but appealed. Can’t any believer also appeal? And if wha...

@TheAwokeSlayer @indigopumpkin @rightresponsem I believe in the authority of the Bible. But no apostle has any authority to command what scripture doesn’t command. Paul didn’t use his authority but ap

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Then, in Gen 3:16, after the Fall, God says to E

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Then, in Gen 3:16, after the Fall, God says to Eve, "your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." This reads like a prophecy of what will happen

Gen 3:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sph

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sphere—buying fields, planting vineyards, trading goods, managing workers, and speaking wisdom with kindness. Nowhere in s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-23

Pope Francis made some comments before he died on Monday. He calls everyone children of God, doesn’t seem concerned with the imminent return of Christ and advocates for human induced peace when the Bible says that wars and rumours of wars continue un...

Pope Francis made some comments before he died on Monday. He calls everyone children of God, doesn’t seem concerned with the imminent return of Christ and advocates for human induced peace when the Bi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-10

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Sorry…didn’t see this till now. No, I believe both s

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Sorry…didn’t see this till now. No, I believe both spellings refer to the same Greek word. The former is the modern transliteration and the latter the older.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-07

@Brandon27614871 @haymes_joshua @dalepartridge I will refute him on head coverin

@Brandon27614871 @haymes_joshua @dalepartridge I will refute him on head coverings which has nothing to do with my dispensational perspective. It doesn’t even directly relate to my egalitarian views,

1Co 11:1-16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-07

@autocorrect2_0 Where does the Bible say that women shouldn’t pastor a church? N

@autocorrect2_0 Where does the Bible say that women shouldn’t pastor a church? No one—not even a man—is explicitly referred to as a pastor or shepherd (poimen) except Jesus. Head doesn’t mean authori

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-05

@ImKingGinger Except that’s not what the Bible says! Here’s the context of Is 3

@ImKingGinger Except that’s not what the Bible says! Here’s the context of Is 3:12 assuming it is even referring to women (the LXX has extortioners instead)… https://t.co/UvMRA0MdYh https://t.co/gUUb

Is 3:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-05

@smashbaals Reminder that you keep misreading scripture. The Bible says no such

@smashbaals Reminder that you keep misreading scripture. The Bible says no such thing! Here’s the context of Is 3:12 assuming it is even referring to women (the LXX has extortioners instead)… https:/

Is 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Husbands and wives should hypotasso each other. I do

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Husbands and wives should hypotasso each other. I don’t believe the scripture teaches that the husband is the authority over the wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@HippieReligious The apostles never had the mass where they said specific rituals at an altar and the wafer was transformed into the body. The one I last saw the priest drank all the wine and left none for home else. That’s literally what some did i...

@HippieReligious The apostles never had the mass where they said specific rituals at an altar and the wafer was transformed into the body. The one I last saw the priest drank all the wine and left no

1Co 11:17-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii Yes, there are those who see parts of

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii Yes, there are those who see parts of the Bible as in error. Critical theory is another issue but I’m referring to those who agree with your interpretation o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I mean that one is egalitarian by rejecting scripture (as they believe it clearly teaches patriarchy or male only rule) and one is egalitarian because they believe that this is what scripture teaches. These ...

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I mean that one is egalitarian by rejecting scripture (as they believe it clearly teaches patriarchy or male only rule) and one is egalitarian because they b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-03

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii Only if they are egalitarian despite

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii Only if they are egalitarian despite scripture. Doing something against scripture is never a good sign. However, this is not the case for all egalitarians.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-01

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Oh, I didn’t mean just being a good person but lead

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Oh, I didn’t mean just being a good person but leading means demonstrating what it means to be a Christian, to be an example, to do what is right even if no one else does

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