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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@waldocalrissian @paulogia0 Yes im happy being a slave. Please do enjoy your li

@waldocalrissian @paulogia0 Yes im happy being a slave. Please do enjoy your life. I mean it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@cgp42 @paulogia0 Cute. Trading what *can be seen now* for what *cannot be seen

@cgp42 @paulogia0 Cute. Trading what *can be seen now* for what *cannot be seen now* is not easy. But one can believe anything without really committing to it I guess if that’s what you mean.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@paulogia0 B/c it’s easy to be an atheist because it aligns with your desire to

@paulogia0 B/c it’s easy to be an atheist because it aligns with your desire to rule your own life.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife “A believing man was sufficient for salvation of his entire household”?? You are kidding, right? No one could save anyone by himself believing. Also, just because you use the umbrellas doesn’t mea...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife “A believing man was sufficient for salvation of his entire household”?? You are kidding, right? No one could save anyone by himself believing. Al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (anthropos) or believers if he means that Christ is ...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife So you’re admitting that there’s nothing gendered in the great commission then? I see… In Titus 2:5, Paul is speaking to women who are lazy and not doing anything except gossip. If you are at home, ...

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife So you’re admitting that there’s nothing gendered in the great commission then? I see… In Titus 2:5, Paul is speaking to women who are lazy and not

Titus 2:5 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife While Paul can quote Gk philosophers, in no instance does he use them as the basis for his teaching nor does he double down on the culture. “The Pharisees say the woman’s place is in the home, but I tell you ‘and also s...

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife While Paul can quote Gk philosophers, in no instance does he use them as the basis for his teaching nor does he double down on the culture. “The Pharisees say the woman’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing godly offspring is God’s intention for marriage. Paul shows this by requiring monogamy and faithfulness for leaders. Yet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Indeed! And Paul is not affirming the culture, ri

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Indeed! And Paul is not affirming the culture, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Then we have Ac 18:18 (right after Paul first finds Aquila), again in verse 26, Paul’s request to greet them in Ro 16:3 and in 2Ti 4:19⎯ these all have Priscilla listed first. While unusual, it seems clear ...

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Then we have Ac 18:18 (right after Paul first finds Aquila), again in verse 26, Paul’s request to greet them in Ro 16:3 and in 2Ti 4:19⎯ these all have Pris

Ac 18:18 Ro 16:3 2Ti 4:19 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In Ac 18:2, Paul comes to Corinth and looks for Aquila as they were both in the tent making trade. Later, in the letter to the Corinthians, Paul sends them greetings from “Aquila and Prisca.” These are the ...

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In Ac 18:2, Paul comes to Corinth and looks for Aquila as they were both in the tent making trade. Later, in the letter to the Corinthians, Paul sends them

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@Daniel2Pilgrim @RebelReformers @MikeWingerii It’s a different role, yes, which is why the character requirements are clear. Preventing someone because of an immutable characteristic is not in the text. There is no “must not be a female.” Faithful if...

@Daniel2Pilgrim @RebelReformers @MikeWingerii It’s a different role, yes, which is why the character requirements are clear. Preventing someone because of an immutable characteristic is not in the tex

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

Still, leaving a church is drastic. Scripture prioritizes correction and restora

Still, leaving a church is drastic. Scripture prioritizes correction and restoration. Paul, Jesus, and the apostles all called for endurance, repentance, and godly behavior—even when dealing with fla

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

Unity in the church is vital. Paul appeals, “Let there be no divisions among you

Unity in the church is vital. Paul appeals, “Let there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind” (1Co 1:10). Yet, this unity is rooted in truth. False doctrine, persistent s

1Co 1:10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in t

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!” (Gal 4:19). Even when the church drifted badly, he advocated f

Gal 4:19 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

To the Galatians, Paul said some serious things: “If anyone is preaching to you

To the Galatians, Paul said some serious things: “If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed” (Gal 1:9). Yet, he didn’t call the faithful to leave. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this battle fiercely in Galatia, where the church was stray...

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this batt

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In a case where Paul says he is repeating himself (P

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In a case where Paul says he is repeating himself (Phil 3:1), he says it’s a safeguard. On that note, I don’t see how mixing pronouns is any sort of safeguard.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@autocorrect2_0 @MikeWingerii Why does Paul make great pains to identify himself

@autocorrect2_0 @MikeWingerii Why does Paul make great pains to identify himself with all the other letters—particularly because some are making fake ones in his name—but then he doesn’t identify hims

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma That’s because most of them didn’t have a physical copy of the letter. So many were conveying what Paul wrote orally. And what was conveyed orally reflected what was already written so that either b...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma That’s because most of them didn’t have a physical copy of the letter. So many were conveying what Paul wrote orally. And what was conveyed orally r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the original. Paul never said that consulting the ch...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ Paul shook his feet off at the Jews who w

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ Paul shook his feet off at the Jews who were agitating the God-fearers and deceiving them.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Because they⎯like Saul was before he enco

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Because they⎯like Saul was before he encountered Christ⎯were misled by the Judaizers and believed they were serving God by ejecting Paul and Barnabas.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted? God-fearers can be misled by others like the Ju...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@EliGhostGoon @rightresponsem Well, no attribution to Paul, reference or context

@EliGhostGoon @rightresponsem Well, no attribution to Paul, reference or context leaves one to wonder…It kinda looked like he was quoting it to let the world know that he also sees himself as the fore

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception. We see in Ge 2 that God creates a garden (incl....

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace The context is that Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy instructing him to remain in Ephesus to stop certain ones from teaching false doctrine and to set things in order to help prevent this problem. ...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace The context is that Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy instructing him to remain in Ephesus to stop certain ones from teaching false doctrine and to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace 1Co 14 is all about everyone desiring the gifts for the edification of all—including prophecy. No distinction was made suggesting this was only to males. The part in v34-35 is a quote from the letter from the ...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace 1Co 14 is all about everyone desiring the gifts for the edification of all—including prophecy. No distinction was made suggesting this was only to males. The p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@rightresponsem Paul killed Christians—do you see yourself as “the foremost” sin

@rightresponsem Paul killed Christians—do you see yourself as “the foremost” sinner?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace The issue with wives is that most see themselves as property or house slaves and so they serve out of duty rather than like they do to Christ—out of love. Paul wants to elevate their relationship to be like how they se...

@WayfarerAbdul @harmonizedgrace The issue with wives is that most see themselves as property or house slaves and so they serve out of duty rather than like they do to Christ—out of love. Paul wants to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Mohongai @TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace So the husband is every part of the

@Mohongai @TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace So the husband is every part of the head? How then is Jesus the head but Paul refers to some as eyes, ears, nose and mouth? Where is head ever referred to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Indeed. The head is never stated to

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Indeed. The head is never stated to mean authority. The head contains multiple organs and features which Paul says individuals can be. The brain doesn’t eve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Mohongai @TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace The apostle Paul says “not all are a

@Mohongai @TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace The apostle Paul says “not all are an ear” —Paul is the one using the analogy. So can the husband be the head and the wife be the ear?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Where is the head described as having ‘authority’ over the body? Are you referring to the brain? When Paul refers to parts of the body, he refers to some who are the eye, ear and nose which are all parts o...

@TheCanadianDav1 @Mohongai @harmonizedgrace Where is the head described as having ‘authority’ over the body? Are you referring to the brain? When Paul refers to parts of the body, he refers to some w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace Yes. And what does the way we use "head" in 20

@TheCanadianDav1 @harmonizedgrace Yes. And what does the way we use "head" in 2024 have anything to do with how Paul used it in the first century?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn It seems like Thomas Boston, like many theologians of his time, applied the language of Ro 3:10-12 broadly to argue for the total depravity of humanity. However, Ps 14 that Paul was quoting from does indeed differentiate between ...

@x9ishere @greg_hahn It seems like Thomas Boston, like many theologians of his time, applied the language of Ro 3:10-12 broadly to argue for the total depravity of humanity. However, Ps 14 that Paul w

Ro 3:10-12 Ps 14:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Doctor_Eagle @petercrary @autocorrect2_0 Why would Paul spend a whole chapter e

@Doctor_Eagle @petercrary @autocorrect2_0 Why would Paul spend a whole chapter explaining how everyone should desire to prophesy and participate for the edification of everyone and then tell half of t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@petercrary @autocorrect2_0 You’ve lost your mind if you think that by ripping a

@petercrary @autocorrect2_0 You’ve lost your mind if you think that by ripping a verse out of context that Paul was intending to stop anyone from teaching truth. https://t.co/ZQizsTh3mL

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Chad4328 I find it odd how many rip that verse completely out of context. Was i

@Chad4328 I find it odd how many rip that verse completely out of context. Was it Paul’s purpose to stop people from teaching truth to anyone? Does that even make sense? https://t.co/ZQizsTh3mL

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which

@befaithful10 Oh wow! John the Baptist was under a Nazarite vow (Num 6:1-6 which applies to both men and woman) his entire life requiring him to not cut his hair... was he vile? Even Paul took a Naza

Num 6:1-6 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge I don’t know what you mean. Women lead globally, especially in missions, where they aren’t under constant male oversight. Paul never forbade women from teaching truth to men—or anyone from teaching tru...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge I don’t know what you mean. Women lead globally, especially in missions, where they aren’t under constant male oversight. Paul never forbade women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem No, this is not true. (1) There are no male pronouns in 1Ti 3:1-13 for example. Why is that? (2) The requirements for deacons is the same as elders—still no “must be male” or “must not be female.” (3) 1Co 14:34-35 is ...

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem No, this is not true. (1) There are no male pronouns in 1Ti 3:1-13 for example. Why is that? (2) The requirements for deacons is the same as elders—still no “must be m

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 3:1-13 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@RealDavidReece Ah @RealDavidReece, one can quote passages without their context, but can you explain them in context? Ok, let's start with Eph 5:22-23👇 1/ Paul deliberately used hypotassō (submission) for husbands & wives, not hypakouō (obedie...

@RealDavidReece Ah @RealDavidReece, one can quote passages without their context, but can you explain them in context? Ok, let's start with Eph 5:22-23👇 1/ Paul deliberately used hypotassō (submissi

Eph 5:22-23 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

With Christ, our service flows from love, not obligation. Paul’s challenge to wi

With Christ, our service flows from love, not obligation. Paul’s challenge to wives is to adopt this perspective—to willingly submit out of love, not fear or duty, just as they do for Christ. It’s abo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

Actually, Paul’s statement is that a wife’s submission to her husband should mirror her submission to the Lord. That’s his argument—but it needs unpacking. The key issue arises when “hypotasso” is misunderstood to mean “obey” rather than “willingly s...

Actually, Paul’s statement is that a wife’s submission to her husband should mirror her submission to the Lord. That’s his argument—but it needs unpacking. The key issue arises when “hypotasso” is mis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@subq Paul kicked Hymenaeus out of the church, so your comment about "being frie

@subq Paul kicked Hymenaeus out of the church, so your comment about "being friends with full preterists" doesn't jive with Paul. I mean, I'm friends with LDS, etc., so maybe that's what you meant? Bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@subq Are not Hymenaeus and Alexander full preterists and for this very reason k

@subq Are not Hymenaeus and Alexander full preterists and for this very reason kicked out of the church by Paul? In 2Ti 2:17-18, Paul specifically talks about Hymenaeus and Philetus, who taught that

2Ti 2:17-18 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace You mean this person? Maybe you an answer the question. “how can hypotassō possibly convey one meaning for men & an entirely different one for women when Paul uses the term just 1x to address both in t...

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace You mean this person? Maybe you an answer the question. “how can hypotassō possibly convey one meaning for men & an entirely different one for women wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace You are assuming that they misundersta

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace You are assuming that they misunderstand Paul’s words and elevate them to be greater than Jesus’ words. Who is doing this?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@MicheMoffatt @TomBuck Just remember that 'head' is not a hard word to translate. It is an anatomical word. How we understand it depends on the context and how it is used. Today, we use it typically of people to indicate who has authority. But is t...

@MicheMoffatt @TomBuck Just remember that 'head' is not a hard word to translate. It is an anatomical word. How we understand it depends on the context and how it is used. Today, we use it typically

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