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Mike says, “women should be involved in everything that isn’t functioning as an

Mike says, “women should be involved in everything that isn’t functioning as an elder does in teaching authority” [4:06:43] /90

Seems to me that men are responsible for women feeling restricted. Paul’s practi

Seems to me that men are responsible for women feeling restricted. Paul’s practice was never to restrict a godly woman. Instead, Paul restricted false teaching, never true teaching. /84

Mike says that his bias is to lean on more of the liberty side of things as he i

Mike says that his bias is to lean on more of the liberty side of things as he is concerned that women will end up weak because they won’t do theology or practice praying publicly or teaching etc. [3:

Can you imagine God judging someone simply because the kept teaching their male

Can you imagine God judging someone simply because the kept teaching their male child past his 18th birthday? Do we see anyone fretting over this kind of thing in scripture except maybe Pharisees? /72

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps is that women don't get practice if they are afraid of sinning by speaking, teaching, praying publicly, or spiritually l

For him it seems to come down to simply acting the part of an elder which he doe

For him it seems to come down to simply acting the part of an elder which he doesn't fully define. If teaching theology, then don't do it with authority; if correcting, then speak what you think but t

Mike asks, "Sunday school? Fine - not teaching men." Mike adds, "Food ministry?

Mike asks, "Sunday school? Fine - not teaching men." Mike adds, "Food ministry? Fine - nothing like elder role." /57

Mike asks whether a woman can be an usher, etc. Mike says yes, because it is not

Mike asks whether a woman can be an usher, etc. Mike says yes, because it is nothing like what an elder does. That instructing someone how to get involved in a ministry is not teaching scripture ‘auth

Why does Mike think that women could correct when there was false teaching, but

Why does Mike think that women could correct when there was false teaching, but not teach men in the context of laying down a foundation of the truth? /41

Priscilla was never criticized for teaching and correcting Apollos. In fact, no

Priscilla was never criticized for teaching and correcting Apollos. In fact, no woman was ever corrected for teaching and correcting. Surely with all of Paul’s female helpers there were some others wh

So you’d think this alone would mean that women would be allowed to teach from t

So you’d think this alone would mean that women would be allowed to teach from the pulpit or pastor as long as they are under a male head, but I don’t believe he thinks that as to Mike, it is about be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@ReformedCaio @CherylSchatz @KaeleyT @MikeWingerii The issue in 1Ti 2:11-15 is n

@ReformedCaio @CherylSchatz @KaeleyT @MikeWingerii The issue in 1Ti 2:11-15 is not a cultural or societal issue. It has to do with a specific woman teaching false doctrine in Ephesus. I give a high le

1Ti 2:11-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@SelectedDivine Well, right, I don't believe God predestines people to get the f

@SelectedDivine Well, right, I don't believe God predestines people to get the faith to believe, that's a Calvinist teaching. How did you get "chosen remnant" from the passage?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@mc_kinnon5 @carolinecwilder @patrick10477 A godly woman teaching true doctrine

@mc_kinnon5 @carolinecwilder @patrick10477 A godly woman teaching true doctrine to anyone is not rebellious because that is not what Paul is saying in 1 Tim 2:11-12. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1 Tim 2:11-12 general

@ThomisticRednek @KatKanada_TM @oliverburdick "A woman" is not in the plural. v14 says "the woman" which is an anaphoric use of the article showing that "a woman" is a specific woman. 1Ti 1:3 says that Paul left Timothy behind to stop "certain people...

@ThomisticRednek @KatKanada_TM @oliverburdick "A woman" is not in the plural. v14 says "the woman" which is an anaphoric use of the article showing that "a woman" is a specific woman. 1Ti 1:3 says tha

1Ti 1:3 general

@krichardson113 @WomenPostingLs That is really sad, and she may have been teachi

@krichardson113 @WomenPostingLs That is really sad, and she may have been teaching false doctrine, but are you saying that 1Ti 2:12 means that all women should not teach? https://t.co/YjFKhdD3bw

1Ti 2:12 debate

@TomBuck Tom, 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to all women and Paul didn't direct Timo

@TomBuck Tom, 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to all women and Paul didn't direct Timothy to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. You have to read it in context. https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

1Ti 2:12 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@mmckoyis I don't know what exactly @SowUnique1of1 is saying, but 1Ti 2:12 is no

@mmckoyis I don't know what exactly @SowUnique1of1 is saying, but 1Ti 2:12 is not about preventing godly women from teaching truth to anyone⎯the letter to Timothy was about stopping "certain people" f

1Ti 2:12 debate

@Peepeepbirdy Do Christians speak like this? Oh...you might want to re-read 1Ti

@Peepeepbirdy Do Christians speak like this? Oh...you might want to re-read 1Ti 2:12 again, because you are taking it out of context. This has to do with false teaching, not godly women teaching truth

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@Revelation_14_7 The letter is written to a specific person, a man named Timothy

@Revelation_14_7 The letter is written to a specific person, a man named Timothy, about stopping “specific people” from teaching “strange doctrines.” As Paul says in 1Ti 3:15, he wrote Timothy to show

1Ti 3:15 general

@Revelation_14_7 The letter of 1 Timothy isn’t to “men” it’s to Timothy about ho

@Revelation_14_7 The letter of 1 Timothy isn’t to “men” it’s to Timothy about how he should act in dealing with the false teaching problem in Ephesus.

@baste_goblin @NotFussedLogan @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Luther advocated for burning all synagogues and schools, razing all private homes and properties, confiscating religious writings, prohibiting the te...

@baste_goblin @NotFussedLogan @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Luther advocated for burning all synagogues and schools, razing all private homes and properties, c

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a sin in any context at any time in history. Are th...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I disagree with people all the time. Believe me! We have strayed far from the text as you keep talking about how I’m sinning and rebelling against the Bible and sinn...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I disagree with people all the time. Believe me! We have strayed far from the text as you keep talking about how I’

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where do the councils and creeds even state women not t...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A seared conscience is with respect to sin. Where is a godly women teaching truth to men ever listed as a sin in an

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Wow. How am I in serious error? Am I going to Hell? Where is supporting godly women teaching truth a sin that sends

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn She would prefer I give her more time than you since you are unlikely to listen to anything I write here. Please explain what heresy means to you. Is it anything that we might disag...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn She would prefer I give her more time than you since you are unlikely to listen to anything I write here. Please explain what heres

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pastoral ministry. However, we should be reaching out ...

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pasto

@LutheranLifter So the context is that Paul told Timothy to stop people from tea

@LutheranLifter So the context is that Paul told Timothy to stop people from teaching true doctrine? Or did you forget to actually read the rest of the letter?

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teaching roles. The only way to know if you got it right ...

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teachin

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's no

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's not talking about godly women not teaching men truth. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it. You are misinterpreting the scripture. You are fr...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn't explain how they affirm that such is in fact a ...

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind show

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind showing me where the Bible lists godly women teaching men the truth as a sin?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have t

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have to take the context and the grammar seriously to understand what Paul is trying to say. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like men shouldn't be), not enslaved to much wine (same a...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like me

Tit 2:3-5 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teach

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teaching men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 2:12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-21

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used to sidestep uncomfortable biblical teachings. 2....

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@Nico_Aurelio_ @LilaGraceRose The sex of the preacher is not an issue for Paul. What is an issue is false teaching and whether the person is mature, sound in the faith and lives according to the faith (is godly). The purpose of Paul writing his lette...

@Nico_Aurelio_ @LilaGraceRose The sex of the preacher is not an issue for Paul. What is an issue is false teaching and whether the person is mature, sound in the faith and lives according to the faith

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot learn from half the body of Christ? I appreciate th...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot le

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel No person whether male or female is considered one of the 12 foundational Apostles upon which the church is built. Apostles after the 12 were those sent out to plant churches like Barnabas. An elder is just a deacon who serve...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel No person whether male or female is considered one of the 12 foundational Apostles upon which the church is built. Apostles after the 12 were those sent out to plant churches l

@ronhenzel @AsherJacob23060 Why would Paul diverge from his stated purpose of st

@ronhenzel @AsherJacob23060 Why would Paul diverge from his stated purpose of stopping false teaching to also stop true teaching?

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel Except that relational hierarchy was not Paul’s stat

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel Except that relational hierarchy was not Paul’s stated purpose of the letter nor does putting all women under the control of their husbands curtail false teaching unless th

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel What we do is that Paul doesn't use an imperative here and Asher is right to point to Paul's reference to his own direction for this situation. If this were a general command about women not teaching men, there would have ...

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel What we do is that Paul doesn't use an imperative here and Asher is right to point to Paul's reference to his own direction for this situation. If this were a general comma

@ronhenzel Interesting, Ron, because I know very few egalitarians who agree with

@ronhenzel Interesting, Ron, because I know very few egalitarians who agree with me that this is about a specific woman who was teaching false doctrine in the church at Ephesus. Do you know others? Be

@ronhenzel @MBurtwrites Right, that certainly doesn't sound like a total guess. In context, Paul knows that the young, single Timothy interjecting to stop this woman from teaching with her husband silently watching could be dicey. Maybe they would d...

@ronhenzel @MBurtwrites Right, that certainly doesn't sound like a total guess. In context, Paul knows that the young, single Timothy interjecting to stop this woman from teaching with her husband si

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whatever the case, if the teaching is Biblical, then all⎯including the men, including the apostles⎯all must submit. If it unbiblical, then no matter what authority the person thinks they have, you are not required to submit (ie...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whatever the case, if the teaching is Biblical, then all⎯including the men, including the apostles⎯all must submit. If it unbiblical, then no matter what authority the person th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Then to help clarify she was deceived, Paul ties this married woman teaching false doctrine in with a similar situation from Eden showing that this problem is due to deception and ignorance like Eve and not out of knowledge lik...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Then to help clarify she was deceived, Paul ties this married woman teaching false doctrine in with a similar situation from Eden showing that this problem is due to deception a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Since this is a personal letter to Timothy, Paul is able to be more discreet and yet Timothy will understand who it is that he needs to deal with. No where does Paul infer explicitly or implicitly that the problem is some teach...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Since this is a personal letter to Timothy, Paul is able to be more discreet and yet Timothy will understand who it is that he needs to deal with. No where does Paul infer expli