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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 1Ti 3:14-15 is not talking about how "people" must conduct themselves. Paul is writing to Timothy using second person singular and "know" and "how one should" are singular. Paul is writing so that *Timothy* would know how to conduct hims...

@carol66944 1Ti 3:14-15 is not talking about how "people" must conduct themselves. Paul is writing to Timothy using second person singular and "know" and "how one should" are singular. Paul is writin

1Ti 3:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Why do you think I don't believe it? Paul explains that it was the time sequence of creation that was the reason why Adam was not deceived but Eve was. But Adam sinned by rebelling against what he did know and it was Adam ...

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Why do you think I don't believe it? Paul explains that it was the time sequence of creation that was the reason why Adam was not deceived but Eve was. But Adam sinned by r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@TheVaxScene @ManiCompreshun2 @MikeWingerii Wait, the Hebrew scripture on the account about creation and the fall in Eden is a lie created to deceive? Then why does Jesus, Paul and Jude all refer to it? (Mt 19:4-6; Mk 10:6-9; 1Co 15:22,45-49; 2Co 1...

@TheVaxScene @ManiCompreshun2 @MikeWingerii Wait, the Hebrew scripture on the account about creation and the fall in Eden is a lie created to deceive? Then why does Jesus, Paul and Jude all refer to

1Co 15:22 1Ti 2:13-14 2Co 11:3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Why is that important? That distracts from the fact that we have the truth fully revealed already. The truth is not validated by succession, even by just being an apostle or even an Angel from heaven! Paul writes: “But even if *we, or...

@Methodios007 Why is that important? That distracts from the fact that we have the truth fully revealed already. The truth is not validated by succession, even by just being an apostle or even an Ange

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Because Paul identified himself and his writing is consistent with

@Methodios007 Because Paul identified himself and his writing is consistent with other writings from him and are all consistent with the OT teachings. I don't need to have 100% verification that it is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 I'm citing Paul and Peter, not the Eastern Orthodox Church from 20

@Methodios007 I'm citing Paul and Peter, not the Eastern Orthodox Church from 2000 years later. Thank you for preserving the text. I appreciate it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Paul claimed to write his letters. His writing reads as inspired s

@Methodios007 Paul claimed to write his letters. His writing reads as inspired scripture and doesn't contradict prior revelation. Do I need more? Why?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 By comparing what he wrote with prior revelation just as the Berea

@Methodios007 By comparing what he wrote with prior revelation just as the Bereans did with Paul's teaching and writing.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Like the Bereans: I examine what Paul and Peter and the others sai

@Methodios007 Like the Bereans: I examine what Paul and Peter and the others said against the prior revelation in the Old Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Just like the Bereans who tested what Paul said against the Old Te

@Methodios007 Just like the Bereans who tested what Paul said against the Old Testament and confirmed his teaching. I can tell the same way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 We have elders. As I said, it is clear from Paul's writings that b

@Methodios007 We have elders. As I said, it is clear from Paul's writings that bishop and elder are used interchangeably. It doesn't really matter what you call them. What matters is their qualificati

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Because we can readily identify the hard things Paul writes and ho

@Methodios007 Because we can readily identify the hard things Paul writes and how people misinterpret his writing just as Peter described. It happens even today!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 In addition to 2Pe 2:15-16 (which you seem to reject as Peter declaring that Paul's letters are scripture), we have the following quote saying it is scripture and quoting from Lk 10:7 for the second phrase: “For the Scripture says, ‘You...

@Methodios007 In addition to 2Pe 2:15-16 (which you seem to reject as Peter declaring that Paul's letters are scripture), we have the following quote saying it is scripture and quoting from Lk 10:7 fo

Lk 10:7 2Pe 2:15-16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Peter affirmed them as scripture. "Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of th...

@Methodios007 Peter affirmed them as scripture. "Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Grea

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Greater, son of Zebedee) John (brother of James) Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James (the Less, son of Alphaeus) Simon t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedig

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedigree, gender or qualifications. Paul commended the Berean for not taking him as an apostle just at his word but checking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuting them. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@BillVigus @MikeBrownsWorld @dalepartridge Paul was single prior to the distress

@BillVigus @MikeBrownsWorld @dalepartridge Paul was single prior to the distress. Presumably Timothy was single.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice was actually *no* head coverings. Paul says “we have ***no such practice*** nor have the churches of God” (1Co 11:16).

1Co 11:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actu

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actually says, “…and made Him head over all things **to** the church”—not head over the church but for the church. If Paul

Eph 1:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assum

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assuming that being created first makes one responsible but Paul only said that the time order sequence of creation had to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needing to be stopped and educated. Not because she’s a ...

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@PaulZo62 @kevinmyoung This is certainly problematic. But that doesn’t justify e

@PaulZo62 @kevinmyoung This is certainly problematic. But that doesn’t justify either of these sins.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@peace_got @Protestia 1. How do you know my personal desires? I alone know them and they are to be faithful to the intent of the text. 2. I spend most of my time explaining Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. What are you talking about? 3. It is d...

@peace_got @Protestia 1. How do you know my personal desires? I alone know them and they are to be faithful to the intent of the text. 2. I spend most of my time explaining Paul’s letters to Timothy

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@TimGallantTN @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Imagination? Paul’s explicit purpose in writing to Timothy is to “instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines” not to stop anyone from teaching true doctrine. I am explicitly using Paul’s pur...

@TimGallantTN @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Imagination? Paul’s explicit purpose in writing to Timothy is to “instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines” not to stop anyone from teachin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@TruthSynod @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Why are you ignoring Paul’s purpose fo

@TruthSynod @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Why are you ignoring Paul’s purpose for writing to Timothy, that he was to stop false teaching? Paul was not instructing Timothy to stop anyone from teaching

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@GodHatesUsury @karlbeni77 @smashbaals No it doesn’t. You are ignoring Paul’s pu

@GodHatesUsury @karlbeni77 @smashbaals No it doesn’t. You are ignoring Paul’s purpose in writing to Timothy which was to deal with false teaching and those teaching it, not to stop anyone from teachin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a woman” nor does he even use any male pronouns and exp...

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@THATJeffDelaney @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii The conclusion is that

@THATJeffDelaney @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii The conclusion is that Paul is using the male construction as generic. If there must be a conclusion then that is the conclusion of the matter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No, you need to explain in context what

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No, you need to explain in context what Paul is getting at. Peter said that some things Paul writes are difficult and Peter was his contemporary. So you can’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived because he was created first. For why, you need to ...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve I don’t disagree with Paul! Wh

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve I don’t disagree with Paul! What I’m explaining is what I believe Paul is actually teaching! Wipe away if you must but I won’t stop believing what I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii What argument are you trying to make? Pa

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii What argument are you trying to make? Paul never says “must **NOT** be a woman/wife.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@Cityboy__Farmer @TGC @collinhansen @jenniferwilkin @michaeljkruger Also from Pa

@Cityboy__Farmer @TGC @collinhansen @jenniferwilkin @michaeljkruger Also from Paul, “I do not permit taking my writing out of context.” https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks By forbidding what God doesn’t forbid are you not yours

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks By forbidding what God doesn’t forbid are you not yourself guilty of suppressing the Spirit who chooses whom He desires?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks How do we know if aner is generic “man” or specific to male only? For example, why doesn’t Paul specifically exclude women in 1Ti 3 by saying “must not be a woman”? Why does he use τὶς in v1 which could refer to any male or ...

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks How do we know if aner is generic “man” or specific to male only? For example, why doesn’t Paul specifically exclude women in 1Ti 3 by saying “must not be a woman”? Why does

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks μακάριος **ἀνὴρ** οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν⎯“B

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks μακάριος **ἀνὴρ** οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν⎯“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account” (Ro 4:8) Women are not also blessed when God doesn’t t

Ro 4:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks Please tell me if the following texts are clear and ref

@ClintHumfrey @pauldirks Please tell me if the following texts are clear and referring only men: Μακάριος **ἀνήρ** ὃς ὑπομένει πειρασμόν… Translation: “Blessed is the man who endures temptation…” (Ja

Jas 1:12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@pauldirks @ClintHumfrey And how is that a problem?

@pauldirks @ClintHumfrey And how is that a problem?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-03

@smashbaals I think that’s Paul saying “yes, indeed.”

@smashbaals I think that’s Paul saying “yes, indeed.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@TruthSetsFreeee @dalepartridge Notice Paul doesn’t say “if you wear pearls you

@TruthSetsFreeee @dalepartridge Notice Paul doesn’t say “if you wear pearls you can’t come”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@taylorsschumann Paul admits to the Roman governor that it is possible to have d

@taylorsschumann Paul admits to the Roman governor that it is possible to have done something to deserve death, and if he did, he doesn’t object to being put to death: “If, then, I am a wrongdoer and

Ac 25:10-11 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I know someone that this happened to also. Jesus spent time alone with the Samaritan woman in a public location, so it's not a sin, but one has to be careful. Joseph was alone with Potiphar's wife which he likely couldn't contro...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I know someone that this happened to also. Jesus spent time alone with the Samaritan woman in a public location, so it's not a sin, but one has to be careful. Joseph was alone wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Running groups *may* be ok, but it is easy for people to pai

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Running groups *may* be ok, but it is easy for people to pair off and spend time together under the cloak of being in a group.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What do you mean "extended situations alone"? How long is ex

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What do you mean "extended situations alone"? How long is extended?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@Chainsaw59598 @JoshuaSethSchu1 It’s a part of the meal when they stop and remember the Lord’s death. So it’s both. In 1Co 11:21-22, Paul isn’t simply telling people to eat at home because they are hungry; he's addressing the broader issue of selfis...

@Chainsaw59598 @JoshuaSethSchu1 It’s a part of the meal when they stop and remember the Lord’s death. So it’s both. In 1Co 11:21-22, Paul isn’t simply telling people to eat at home because they are h

1Co 11:21-22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief" (1Ti 1:13). This is not the case with...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly

1Ti 1:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 I literally just took what Paul said and confirmed it a

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 I literally just took what Paul said and confirmed it accurately describes what we see in Ge 2-3. There is no speculation on that. As to why he connects deception with the cre

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