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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of a person and a statement clearly identifying them ...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth or arbitrarily all...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop

1Tim 2:11-15 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authori

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authority in the context of the relationship between the husband and wife, it says that each does NOT have authority. https://t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)?

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)? Which males are specifically called poimen in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Do you think you are my ruler too? If you were my

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Do you think you are my ruler too? If you were my elder, what authority would you have over me? Would you excommunicate me for believing that women are equal counterpart

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I am not arguing for women to replace men as the boss over their husbands but as equal co-partners who serve one another and serve others together without hierarchy. Whether the woman works at home, both, the man does o...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I am not arguing for women to replace men as the boss over their husbands but as equal co-partners who serve one another and serve others together without hierarchy. Whe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Yes, you make sure you rule over those incapable sub-species. That ought to fix everything, right? Men clearly have no part in problems in society or the church…it all lies at the feet of women who dare to preach the tr...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Yes, you make sure you rule over those incapable sub-species. That ought to fix everything, right? Men clearly have no part in problems in society or the church…it all l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@BakCuzOfElon @ProtestantFred @Protestia No, silly. Even men teaching false thin

@BakCuzOfElon @ProtestantFred @Protestia No, silly. Even men teaching false things should not teach them. Like the idea that women should be silent for example.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@ProtestantFred @Protestia Well...false teaching comes out of male mouths too. Hey, so about 1Co 14:34-35. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him like this spot. Notice his response: “What? came the word of God out...

@ProtestantFred @Protestia Well...false teaching comes out of male mouths too. Hey, so about 1Co 14:34-35. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him like this spot. No

1Co 14:34-35 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes thi

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes this personal letter to Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not to stop anyone from teaching truth. Try ag

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@ProtestantFred @Protestia That's clearly Paul quoting from the letter the Corin

@ProtestantFred @Protestia That's clearly Paul quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuting what they said: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only

1Co 14:36 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@Zach_Allgood @Damayfield89 @StuartAmidon It's not about trumping a verse as 1Ti 2:12 is scripture. The problem is that it is often taken out of context as Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy was to exhort him to remain in Ephes...

@Zach_Allgood @Damayfield89 @StuartAmidon It's not about trumping a verse as 1Ti 2:12 is scripture. The problem is that it is often taken out of context as Paul's purpose in writing this personal lett

1Ti 2:12 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@TonyMacaroni22 @RickyDoggin Why do you quote this passage out of context? What

@TonyMacaroni22 @RickyDoggin Why do you quote this passage out of context? What relevance does this have to a woman who is in a debate? Is she teaching?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked up about the woman being the only one who submits i...

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@contra__culture @realbethelquote What’s strange is that these men tend to be go

@contra__culture @realbethelquote What’s strange is that these men tend to be good at exegesis on other topics. Certain topics are handled very poorly somehow. Fundamentally though people need to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@that_foot_is_me The concern is that this one-sided attitude tends to foster entitlement in the husband and keep him from maturing. They tend to stress that this doesn’t mean you abuse your wife—but the fact that needs to be stated is because of the ...

@that_foot_is_me The concern is that this one-sided attitude tends to foster entitlement in the husband and keep him from maturing. They tend to stress that this doesn’t mean you abuse your wife—but t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of grace or God not electing—it’s refusal of the indiv...

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of g

Jn 5:46 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@collum444 Yes, I see what you are pointing to. The word “draw” (helkō) in Jn 12:32 is the same as in Jn 6:44—but the context is different. In Jn 6:44, Jesus says no one can come unless the Father draws them and v45 explains how. So the Father draws...

@collum444 Yes, I see what you are pointing to. The word “draw” (helkō) in Jn 12:32 is the same as in Jn 6:44—but the context is different. In Jn 6:44, Jesus says no one can come unless the Father dr

Jn 12:32 Jn 6:44 debate

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 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel You appealed to Beeke & Smalley earlier as though their descripti

@ronhenzel You appealed to Beeke & Smalley earlier as though their description of helkō reflected the word’s actual meaning, when in fact, it reflects a Reformed theological framework layered on t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel You just confirmed that no Greek lexicon defines helkō in Jn 6:44 as

@ronhenzel You just confirmed that no Greek lexicon defines helkō in Jn 6:44 as “effectual grace.” That was the question. You’ve now acknowledged that “effectual grace” is a theological term, not a le

Jn 6:44 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel That quote from a Reformed systematic just restates what you believe

@ronhenzel That quote from a Reformed systematic just restates what you believe which is unsurprising. The question I asked is about the actual meaning of the word helkō. Which Greek LEXICON lists "

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel You are replacing “learned” with to give “revelation”. No, the Gree

@ronhenzel You are replacing “learned” with to give “revelation”. No, the Greek word διδακτός (didaktos) does not mean to give revelation. And learning is not something that someone can do for you.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@paulsfam4 Taking scripture in context is not reading without God’s spirit!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-21

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua,

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua, Abraham, David all had a different spirit despite some making mistakes and sinning. https://t.co/d0iuAVwHGh

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of a person and a statement clearly identifying them ...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth or arbitrarily all...

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authori

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)?

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Do you think you are my ruler too? If you were my

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I am not arguing for women to replace men as the boss over their husbands but as equal co-partners who serve one another and serve others together without hierarchy. Whether the woman works at home, both, the man does o...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Yes, you make sure you rule over those incapable sub-species. That ought to fix everything, right? Men clearly have no part in problems in society or the church…it all lies at the feet of women who dare to preach the tr...

@BakCuzOfElon @ProtestantFred @Protestia No, silly. Even men teaching false thin

@ProtestantFred @Protestia Well...false teaching comes out of male mouths too. Hey, so about 1Co 14:34-35. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him like this spot. Notice his response: “What? came the word of God out...

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes thi

@ProtestantFred @Protestia That's clearly Paul quoting from the letter the Corin

@Zach_Allgood @Damayfield89 @StuartAmidon It's not about trumping a verse as 1Ti 2:12 is scripture. The problem is that it is often taken out of context as Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy was to exhort him to remain in Ephes...

@TonyMacaroni22 @RickyDoggin Why do you quote this passage out of context? What

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked up about the woman being the only one who submits i...

@contra__culture @realbethelquote What’s strange is that these men tend to be go

@that_foot_is_me The concern is that this one-sided attitude tends to foster entitlement in the husband and keep him from maturing. They tend to stress that this doesn’t mean you abuse your wife—but the fact that needs to be stated is because of the ...

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

👏 @KayArthur faithfully stewarded the teaching gift God gave her, despite restrictions in many churches due to complementarian views that barred women from leadership and ‘authoritative’ teaching. Thankfully, she did not let that silence her voice o...

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of grace or God not electing—it’s refusal of the indiv...

@collum444 Yes, I see what you are pointing to. The word “draw” (helkō) in Jn 12:32 is the same as in Jn 6:44—but the context is different. In Jn 6:44, Jesus says no one can come unless the Father draws them and v45 explains how. So the Father draws...

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

@ronhenzel You appealed to Beeke &amp; Smalley earlier as though their descripti

@ronhenzel You just confirmed that no Greek lexicon defines helkō in Jn 6:44 as

@ronhenzel That quote from a Reformed systematic just restates what you believe

@ronhenzel You are replacing “learned” with to give “revelation”. No, the Gree

@paulsfam4 Taking scripture in context is not reading without God’s spirit!

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua,

@MikeWingerii What I encountered is a termination w/o cause (official statement)

@JonByers186054 The Hebrew phrase in Dt 24:1 is ʿerwat dāvār—“a shameful thing” or “matter of nakedness.” It’s ambiguous by design. If it clearly meant adultery, there would’ve been no debate. And if adultery were the issue, Moses wouldn’t have all...

@JonByers186054 “Only a man can divorce” is not Jesus’ point. In Mk 10:12, Jesus

@JonByers186054 I didn’t leave out v9. I just didn’t pretend it overrules v8. Jesus literally says Moses “permitted” divorce—he doesn’t say God commanded or affirmed it. The Greek word in Mt 19:8 is ἐπέτρεψεν (epetrepsen), which means “allowed” or “...

@JonByers186054 Let me guess? You were expecting to easily corner me with a poor

@StevenG57428175 Not "All scripture and the magisterium..." Not "All scripture a

@StevenG57428175 But then don't you have to interpret the Catechism? So then you

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Except Paul's inspired grammar says "a woman" not 'women' and 'a man' not 'men.' Then in verse 14 he says 'the woman' which either refers to Eve or 'a woman' from vs 11-12. It cannot refer to E...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ Actually, we are different. I never once called those who didn't believe the way I did on this reprobates and occultists and call them to repent. In fact, I'm attending a complementarian church even today although I dis...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Repent of what? I am dealing with the text in good faith attempting to explain all the details in context. Why would I ever repent of trying to deal faithfully with the text? I think I'm start...

@Forms_Respecter You cannot attach ordaining someone who is ostensibly living in sinful life with a woman who's only sin is that she is teaching truth as an elder. Yes, someone who says Paul meant its only men and then ignores it is in dangerous sit...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen and obey? Why can women teach other women and ch...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed any

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ You don't refute an argument by just listing scriptures but by explaining scripture and showing how it is consistent with the context and other scripture. I haven't yet brought in 'extra biblical narratives' but have st...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I've been married in an egalitarian marriage for nearly 29 years with 3 grown children that are all following the Lord. If my views destroy society, how do you explain my own experience? Maybe society is reacting to th...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ All my interpretations are coming directly from the text of scripture, in its original context and considering the author's stated purpose, audience and even treating the grammar in every detail as inspired. Your ad ho...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why is this 'the most ridiculous interpretation'? I'm simply taking all the details in their context and putting them together. As for 1Co 14:34-35, you are neglecting to recall that Paul is r...

@Bigfoot_253 These are not fundamentals of the faith. When you get baptized, you

@Crystalisives @subq What’s curious is that Paul thought the entire Cori thuan church could be deceived like Eve. If the whole church was run by men that means men are deceived like Eve. Curious. “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes. But then it makes

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Cor 7) would mean there would be no leaders if every...

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@ronhenzel You appealed to Beeke & Smalley earlier as though their descripti