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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service & living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't match up with scripture. That Christ's faith is give...

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service & living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't mat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video in the quote tweet). However, context and Greek ...

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video

1Pe 1:7 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Can you

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Can you give me some idea of which churches or groups that are acceptable to you whom you would agree to fellowship with?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Is every

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Is every other church aside from yours false?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Also, the test is confession of Chri

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Also, the test is confession of Christ not whether I agree with you on every nuance of secondary teaching. https://t.co/CtWQXV0Quz

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Are you saying that unless I believe

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Are you saying that unless I believe every nuance on every teaching the same as you that I’m not hearing you? If you claim to be of God, then why are you tr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number of Calvinist including pastors and they don’t even believe such a thing. They even allow those who disagree on the end

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo I’m not rejecting anything except wh

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo I’m not rejecting anything except what’s not there in the Bible.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The crown symbolizes honor, glory, and authority. It represents the dignity and blessings that God bestowed upon His people as His chosen nation. This verse conveys their sense of loss, humil...

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The crown symbolizes honor, glory, and authority. It represents the dignity and blessings that God bestowed upon His people as His chosen nati

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo That’s right but he’s twisting scrip

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo That’s right but he’s twisting scripture to try to use it to support his view and then says “why can’t you see my view right there in the Bible?” Saying Im

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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 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @subq And yet I believe. Strange, eh? The religious leaders could not believe⎯the scripture you shared with me in Jn 12 said that⎯yet I DO believe. How am I being hardened when I already believe? Are you sure you don't want to go to ...

@ManassehRJones @subq And yet I believe. Strange, eh? The religious leaders could not believe⎯the scripture you shared with me in Jn 12 said that⎯yet I DO believe. How am I being hardened when I alrea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The scripture says "your faith" not

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The scripture says "your faith" not "His faith." https://t.co/khbvV22nsk

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo @AletheiaHS Since it is God doing it by his sove

@ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo @AletheiaHS Since it is God doing it by his sovereign will, which is easier for God? Let me ask you this: would you feel loved by your wife if she loved you simply bec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Well, yes, that's Calvinism. You are

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Well, yes, that's Calvinism. You are born again and then you believe. Not according to scripture. Faith precedes regeneration.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible. The requirement is repent

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible. The requirement is repentance and faith. The condition is repentance and faith. Respond positively means to believe and confess. Getting it all

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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 2025-01-03

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Well, even Peter said his church doesn’t agree wi

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Well, even Peter said his church doesn’t agree with his view on these things, but I also have the same questions. Even the leadership of my church which is egalitarian c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics @subq The only instance of anyone explicitly being called pastor

@covapologetics @subq The only instance of anyone explicitly being called pastor (ποιμήν) in the NT is the following: “And when the Chief Shepherd (ποιμήν) appears, you will receive the unfading crow

1Pe 5:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics @subq Hm. In that case, we as the church are all topologically m

@covapologetics @subq Hm. In that case, we as the church are all topologically married given we are part of the typological relationship you mentioned. Jesus wasn’t a literal pastor (ie. shepherd). N

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even encouraging younger widows to remarry (1Ti 5:14), ...

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even

1Ti 5:14 Ro 7:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing “must be the husband of one wife” t

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing “must be the husband of one wife” to mean must be married and continue to be married or else be disqualified.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@Crystalisives @covapologetics I’m still curious which church(es) actually take

@Crystalisives @covapologetics I’m still curious which church(es) actually take this view and disqualify their pastor if he becomes a widower while serving as their pastor.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing the passage. Paul himself wasn’t ma

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing the passage. Paul himself wasn’t married and would be DQ’d by his reading. So would Jesus! And so now I’m curious to find out how many Particular Baptist

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Peter @covapologetics has informed me that the traditional Baptist view is that

Peter @covapologetics has informed me that the traditional Baptist view is that pastors whose wife dies have to step down as they become disqualified (see comment for details). Does your church disqu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Your view assumes gender is the key difference, but Paul’s focus is on character

Your view assumes gender is the key difference, but Paul’s focus is on character qualifications, not a categorical distinction. ‘Likewise’ strengthens inclusion, connecting women to deacons and mainta

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

‘Likewise’ does signal a shift, but it doesn’t exclude continuity. The shift is

‘Likewise’ does signal a shift, but it doesn’t exclude continuity. The shift is to women who serve, but the similarity is the shared qualifications required for deacons and women alike. https://t.co/9

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul co

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul could have specified it. Instead, ‘likewise’ supports the idea that women are included in the qualifications being discuss

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teac

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teaching of *correct* doctrine by anyone to anyone? The context is stopping false teaching. Also, he says male congregants s

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

I’m merely suggesting that in order to clearly restrict elders to only males, the text should explicitly exclude women which it doesn’t. 1Ti 3:11 says “Women likewise…”—Even if we presume v1-10 is for males, this statement shows the same requirement...

I’m merely suggesting that in order to clearly restrict elders to only males, the text should explicitly exclude women which it doesn’t. 1Ti 3:11 says “Women likewise…”—Even if we presume v1-10 is fo

1Ti 3:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neutral syntax, Paul is not making a male-specific re...

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encou

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encouraging them to become disqualified from being elders and deacons? Paul says that those who are single have more time to

1Co 7:7-8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

On what basis is a widower no longer qualified even if he has multiple believing children? A widower is able to more fully understand what others in his congregation are going through, but this disqualifies him? He loses his wife. Then he loses his...

On what basis is a widower no longer qualified even if he has multiple believing children? A widower is able to more fully understand what others in his congregation are going through, but this disqu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

This means if the pastor’s wife dies, he has to step down. He is no longer quali

This means if the pastor’s wife dies, he has to step down. He is no longer qualified! If his grown child decides to abandon the faith, the pastor has to step down. If he is married and only has one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You are at least consistent that you see the following requirements: - male - married (cannot be single or even a widower!) - must have more than one child - all children must believe So at *any* point that one or more of the above stops being true,...

You are at least consistent that you see the following requirements: - male - married (cannot be single or even a widower!) - must have more than one child - all children must believe So at *any* poi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am aiming to make sense of the syntax and all relevan...

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then given Paul’s gender-agnostic syntax in 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 and his own singleness, he is clearly not requiring marriage but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting that *any* information is being discounted. The question that needs to be asked is whether Paul is anywhere excluding o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@voyavolver1 @MikeWingerii It doesn’t require inspiration to determine what the

@voyavolver1 @MikeWingerii It doesn’t require inspiration to determine what the Bible teaches with respect to the triune nature of God, repentance from sin, the gospel and the bodily resurrection.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself not to mention Jesus! And if you say that apostles have less requirements than elders, on what basis would such a claim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@covapologetics Hm. Your response seems pretty boilerplate. What refutation make

@covapologetics Hm. Your response seems pretty boilerplate. What refutation makes sense of Paul not using any male pronouns or not explicitly excluding women? Did you also read the following? https://

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's no

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's not "majority rules" or interpretation only by popes and bishops who have frequently erred. The text read in context will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and even Paul himself, who advocated for singleness in 1Co 7:7–8. Clearly, the focus here is on faithfulness, not prescribi

1Co 7:7 1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Re 20:4-6 speaks of the first resurrection of believ

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Re 20:4-6 speaks of the first resurrection of believers reigning with Christ during the millennium. This resurrection and reign have clearly not occurred as it requires th

Re 20:4-6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-29

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile church, but to extend the church to reach the Gentiles. Right? In the same way, males first doesn't mean males only.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

I created a🧵explaining Eph 5:22-33 in light of the reciprocity of subjection to one another in Eph 5:21. I also show how Paul appeals to Philemon to treat Onesimus, his former slave, as Paul himself! Paul appeals rather than commands demonstrating th...

I created a🧵explaining Eph 5:22-33 in light of the reciprocity of subjection to one another in Eph 5:21. I also show how Paul appeals to Philemon to treat Onesimus, his former slave, as Paul himself!

Eph 5:21 Eph 5:22-33 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul emphasizes how Onesimus has transformed from a slave to a 'beloved brother' both in the flesh and in the Lord. This reframes their relationship as equals in Christ. In fact, Paul appeals for Onesimus to be treated...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul emphasizes how Onesimus has transformed from a slave to a 'beloved brother' both in the flesh and in the Lord. This reframes their relationship as equals in Christ.

Phm 1:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul commends Philemon for his love and and faith, emphasizing qualities of generosity and compassion rather than authority (Phm 1:4-7). He then appeals to Philemon "for love's sake" to receive Onesimus back. He *expli...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul commends Philemon for his love and and faith, emphasizing qualities of generosity and compassion rather than authority (Phm 1:4-7). He then appeals to Philemon "fo

Phm 1:4-7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So you get to make demands and I’m supposed to write you a 5000 word essay?? This is X. Since you don’t seem able to answer my question about 1Ti 2:12, let’s move on to Eph 5:21 where subjection is *reciprocal*—that me...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace So you get to make demands and I’m supposed to write you a 5000 word essay?? This is X. Since you don’t seem able to answer my question about 1Ti 2:12, let’s move on to

Eph 5:21 1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@carol66944 @pushforgorilla @subq @harmonizedgrace Israel isn’t mentioned there.

@carol66944 @pushforgorilla @subq @harmonizedgrace Israel isn’t mentioned there. All God said in Ge 3:15 is the seed of the woman. The solution to the problem should come from the man if this is about

Ge 3:15 debate
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