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@BogdanOancea77 I know you don't think I understand. But I'm giving evidence that Paul quotes several times from the letter from the Corinthians, there are no "quote marks" in the earliest Greek manuscripts, and verses 34-35 are contradicting what P...

@BogdanOancea77 I know you don't think I understand. But I'm giving evidence that Paul quotes several times from the letter from the Corinthians, there are no "quote marks" in the earliest Greek manu

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Ok, I appreciate you updating me. Not sure what you mean by conclusion based? I'm just showing how you can have an egalitarian interpretation of this difficult passage which is Biblically faithful. Is that "conclusion bas...

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Ok, I appreciate you updating me. Not sure what you mean by conclusion based? I'm just showing how you can have an egalitarian interpretation of this difficult passage whic

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@calandgrant @MikeWingerii So I put my exegesis of 1 Cor 14:34-35 in a thread fo

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii So I put my exegesis of 1 Cor 14:34-35 in a thread for you. Enjoy. 😅 https://t.co/0UJxaSEb7U

1 Cor 14:34-35 general

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled Verses 11 and 12 contain an anarthrous noun (without the article), so in Greek, when we have a later reference with the article (v14 "the woman"), it is taken as an anaphoric reference back to the anarthr...

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled Verses 11 and 12 contain an anarthrous noun (without the article), so in Greek, when we have a later reference with the article (v14 "the woman"), it is t

23/23🧵In summary, what makes the most sense of these verses in context in light

23/23🧵In summary, what makes the most sense of these verses in context in light of Paul responding to matters raised in the Corinthian letter to him is that he quotes from their letter and responds or

21/23🧵1 Cor 14:36 starts with the Greek letter ἢ. The Exegetical Dictionary of the NT gives this as an example of a rhetorical question we are expected to answer 'no' to. The Concise Greek_English Dictionary agrees listing ἢ as a 'disjunctive conju...

21/23🧵1 Cor 14:36 starts with the Greek letter ἢ. The Exegetical Dictionary of the NT gives this as an example of a rhetorical question we are expected to answer 'no' to. The Concise Greek_English D

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19/23🧵Would Paul have used the oral law to back up his doctrine? Would he have described a woman’s voice as indecent, lewd, filthy, vile or foul? Given the context of the verses surrounding v34-35, I argue absolutely NOT! Paul replies back in the ...

19/23🧵Would Paul have used the oral law to back up his doctrine? Would he have described a woman’s voice as indecent, lewd, filthy, vile or foul? Given the context of the verses surrounding v34-35,

18/23🧵We must consider whether Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthi

18/23🧵We must consider whether Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians and rebuking it. See the attached quote from the 1924 Montgomery translation of the New Testament which interpreted

15/23🧵Continuing on in 1 Corinthians, we see that Paul responds to other matters

15/23🧵Continuing on in 1 Corinthians, we see that Paul responds to other matters from their letter, and in each case, the quote has to be determined by the context! https://t.co/Lo5Jh17Rei

11/23🧵In the context of this first letter from Paul to the church at Corinth, in

11/23🧵In the context of this first letter from Paul to the church at Corinth, in 1 Cor 7:1, Paul begins to respond to specific matters from their prior letter: "Now concerning the things you wrote ab

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

4/23🧵In the local context, it seems clear that silent means to not speak or voca

4/23🧵In the local context, it seems clear that silent means to not speak or vocalize. It is applied to women (plural) and it applies in the context of the church. https://t.co/apPmHgixip

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women preaching 2. No women singing 3. No women teaching children or adults 4. No women doing anything that requires vocaliza

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii When we are debating these issues, you cannot just quote the Bible, you have to explain it. What does head mean in this context? Is Paul referring to authority and hierarchy to explain the...

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii When we are debating these issues, you cannot just quote the Bible, you have to explain it. What does head mean in this context? Is Paul r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Interesting. I’m egalitarian. I think I have exegesi

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Interesting. I’m egalitarian. I think I have exegesis that makes sense of the hard passages. No need for slander or wading into feelings and experiences. Try me.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii In the meantime, do you have an issue with my exegesi

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii In the meantime, do you have an issue with my exegesis?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@MikeWingerii Although Belleville’s analysis of authentein and the lexical probl

@MikeWingerii Although Belleville’s analysis of authentein and the lexical problems with BDAG is sound, her interpretation of verse 12 still doesn’t make sense. For another view that I think works se

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii If you want a quick explanation of how I interpret Ge

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii If you want a quick explanation of how I interpret Genesis 2 which Mike says implies Adam’s leadership over Eve as part of the original creation intent of God, see this post

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii I have. I disagree with Mike on this one. In his second video, he says that the idea of whether or not Gen 3:16 applies to after the fall as a consequence of sin is 99% of the debate. I agree with Mike on that. How you ...

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii I have. I disagree with Mike on this one. In his second video, he says that the idea of whether or not Gen 3:16 applies to after the fall as a consequence of sin is 99% of

Gen 3:16 debate

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Or Isaiah? At le

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Or Isaiah? At least we have an early copy of something written by Paul. Don't you think that's more relevant than a Hebrew manuscript i

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@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Here's an actual early Greek manuscript (P46) from Romans 12, something written by Paul. https://t.co/saOXJexSY6 Pretty clear there's no punctuation or spacing. You have to be great and...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Here's an actual early Greek manuscript (P46) from Romans 12, something written by Paul. https://t.co/saOXJexSY6 Pretty clear there's no

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek That's the Hebrew

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek That's the Hebrew Old Testament...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Ok, Arthur, you are showing your ignorance here. Ephesians was written by Paul in the New Testament. See the dots under "subject yourselves" in verse 22? That means it's not in the Gre...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Ok, Arthur, you are showing your ignorance here. Ephesians was written by Paul in the New Testament. See the dots under "subject yourse

2/🧵Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 1) Context in 1 Timothy 1 "A Text Without

2/🧵Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 1) Context in 1 Timothy 1 "A Text Without A Context is Pretext for a Prooftext" First, we must review the context of our passage as context is what limits possib

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1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:1-10 commentary

3/🧵 Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 2) Context in 1 Timothy 2:1-10 In Chapter

3/🧵 Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 2) Context in 1 Timothy 2:1-10 In Chapter 2 and following the context of false teaching, Paul gives instructions on dealing with various related issues. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@ianfranklin @MikeWingerii People interpret it that way but it is not what Paul

@ianfranklin @MikeWingerii People interpret it that way but it is not what Paul meant. I think what Paul meant is important…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-14

@MikeWingerii If only one egalitarian response was provided which made sense of

@MikeWingerii If only one egalitarian response was provided which made sense of the text in context without disagreeing with other scripture, would you accept it?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-14

@MikeWingerii "What I can say is that, while the debates are confusing and complicated, the final result is not." You mean your specific complementarian result? The debate is there because the text is genuinely difficult and the desire is to find t...

@MikeWingerii "What I can say is that, while the debates are confusing and complicated, the final result is not." You mean your specific complementarian result? The debate is there because the text

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-05

@MikeWingerii Yes, as with most difficult issues, you have found that there are a lot of egalitarians guessing at what is going on here. Only the solution(s) that work in the context with the grammar and without contradicting other scripture work. ...

@MikeWingerii Yes, as with most difficult issues, you have found that there are a lot of egalitarians guessing at what is going on here. Only the solution(s) that work in the context with the grammar

@L_T_Pearson @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Daniel Wallace differs (if that ma

@L_T_Pearson @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Daniel Wallace differs (if that matters to you). This from Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p.396 https://t.co/kxIpmn1X7k

@Buffalo2Storm @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Here’s some interesting commentary

@Buffalo2Storm @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Here’s some interesting commentary on this from Daniel Wallace in Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics suggesting there may be more than 2 authors of Hebrews. h

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Probably the most interesting comments I’ve read a

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Probably the most interesting comments I’ve read are from Daniel Wallace in his Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics to suggest there are at least two authors of Hebrews. http

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin From An Exegetical Summary of Hebrews, the GNC is

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin From An Exegetical Summary of Hebrews, the GNC is listed as giving a potential option of concealing her gender. https://t.co/zblLTMtElA

@JosephConkle9 @L_T_Pearson @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I read Paul’s comments in the SAME letter where he says similar things about women ruling their homes to help understand that what he means in 1 Tim 3 can certainly include women (in Paul’...

@JosephConkle9 @L_T_Pearson @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I read Paul’s comments in the SAME letter where he says similar things about women ruling their homes to help understand that what he mean

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin It’s in that order in the Greek in 5 out of 6 instances. The one where it isn’t is a Greeting in 1 Cor 16:19. It just seems odd to list the wife before the husband. Since the hypothesis is that...

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin It’s in that order in the Greek in 5 out of 6 instances. The one where it isn’t is a Greeting in 1 Cor 16:19. It just seems odd to list the wife

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@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin 6. You forgot to indicate that the author of Hebre

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin 6. You forgot to indicate that the author of Hebrews was part of an "us". Heb 13:18 says "pray for 'us'". P & A fit the bill for all the points including this last

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@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Also, see this resource which has the following st

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin Also, see this resource which has the following statement: "Greek distinguishes between Number_Singular and Number_Plural, but not between Gender_Masculine and Gender_Fem

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin But then why wasn’t he named? Let me ask you a qu

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin But then why wasn’t he named? Let me ask you a question: if it turned out to be Prisca, would you accept the book of Hebrews or burn it?

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I don’t know about your kids, but I teach mine to read in context. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians 1Cor7:1. 1Cor14:36 refutes the quote by saying, “What? Came the word of God out from you [men...

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I don’t know about your kids, but I teach mine to read in context. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians 1Cor7:1. 1Cor14:36 refutes the quote by say

1Cor14:36 1Cor7:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@JustinPetersMin Jesus chose 12 Jewish male apostles and we don’t see Jewishness

@JustinPetersMin Jesus chose 12 Jewish male apostles and we don’t see Jewishness as a requirement for pastors. The apostles were chosen before the start of the church when the dividing wall was still

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@TomBuck @DaveSmith2019 That’s not a very open-minded response. I have a comple

@TomBuck @DaveSmith2019 That’s not a very open-minded response. I have a completely legitimate Biblical exegetical interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3:1-13, Titus 1:5-9 that does

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1-13 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@casey1167 @naw_elbows @MikeWingerii Maybe the complementarian interpretation of

@casey1167 @naw_elbows @MikeWingerii Maybe the complementarian interpretation of 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Tim 3 is incorrect.

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-19

@MikeWingerii @graceforprize @RickWarren You hold to the view that 'the childbea

@MikeWingerii @graceforprize @RickWarren You hold to the view that 'the childbearing' in 1 Tim2:15 in context of the back reference to Adam and Eve is the seed of the woman in Gen3:15 or that this is

Gen3:15 1 Tim2:15 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 But these passages are highly debated for good reasons. There is no statement "an elder must not be a woman." The grammar and wording and back ref to Adam and Eve, etc. and context are not properly tak...

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 But these passages are highly debated for good reasons. There is no statement "an elder must not be a woman." The grammar and wording and back ref to A

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of your music. But taking these passages out of context isn’t an argument. JWs do this all the time to which the right r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way t

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way that doesn’t contradict the grammar, context and other scripture a sin? Where is women preaching/speaking/leading/pastor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii You are right in the sense that he doesn't have to repeat the work of others, but he should explain he is not ignoring these passages and that there are other Biblically faithful interpretations which do not contradict ...

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii You are right in the sense that he doesn't have to repeat the work of others, but he should explain he is not ignoring these passages and that there are other Biblically

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a woman" would be as clear as it can be. Do you have u...

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a wom

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@revjeffvox @5pointsMckinley Mike Winger responds to most of the egalitarian arguments which are poor. But the ones which are good he spends little time on and some he ignores. But he does not have an exegesis of the key passages which makes all th...

@revjeffvox @5pointsMckinley Mike Winger responds to most of the egalitarian arguments which are poor. But the ones which are good he spends little time on and some he ignores. But he does not have