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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@L_T_Pearson @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I know that gyne can mean woman o

@L_T_Pearson @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin I know that gyne can mean woman or wife. Here it is plural and accusative. If it referred to the wife of a husband, wouldn’t it be genitive? Your limi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@BibleBashed I’m an egalitarian and don’t reject the Biblical anthropology in Ge

@BibleBashed I’m an egalitarian and don’t reject the Biblical anthropology in Gen 1-2. Unless you are referring to roles only for men or gender hierarchy or authority of the man over the woman, but t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@TomBuck Keep reading… 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…”. Also, there’s no statement

@TomBuck Keep reading… 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…”. Also, there’s no statement “an elder must not be a woman” and no male pronouns are used.

1 Tim 3:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@MikeWingerii @iheartJ37 But there are no male pronouns in this passage. There’s no “must not be a woman” or “must be a man.” “One woman man” has to be one way or the other and the default would be male. This requirement is repeated for deacons an...

@MikeWingerii @iheartJ37 But there are no male pronouns in this passage. There’s no “must not be a woman” or “must be a man.” “One woman man” has to be one way or the other and the default would be

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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 2023-06-18

@MikeWingerii That phrasing isn’t great, I agree. But the question is still the

@MikeWingerii That phrasing isn’t great, I agree. But the question is still there… at what point must a woman stop teaching her male child because it becomes a sin to do so?

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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

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she is not allowed to teach authoritatively as he does,...

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii The problem is that the Bible doesn’t give any guidance. When is

@MikeWingerii The problem is that the Bible doesn’t give any guidance. When is it wrong for a mother to teach her male child? When he reaches 12? 18? If a woman is teaching women scripture and a m

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must not be a woman. If you want to be wooden literal, ...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this couple in Ephesus. Why doesn’t Paul name and mark the woman teaching error? Because she ignorant and deceived (like Pa

1 Ti 1:13 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting with the ministry in a pastoral role is degenerate? I don’t think you know what that word means.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say “an elder must not be a woman”?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@matt_vander1701 @nothanksnopeyno @megbasham There was singing and preaching I h

@matt_vander1701 @nothanksnopeyno @megbasham There was singing and preaching I hear too. Seems a bit churchy. I thought it was shameful for a woman to speak in the ecclesia. Seems you just make the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen What explicit instruction says "An elder must not be a woman"? In 1 Tim 3 you have "one wife husband" but this is simply monogamous. Paul wasn't married and surely he met his own requirements. Then later...

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen What explicit instruction says "An elder must not be a woman"? In 1 Tim 3 you have "one wife husband" but this is simply monogamous. Paul wasn't married a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 3/ And because he had this experience, God expected him to help Eve understand the deception and protect her. The 'she' in v15 is an anaphoric reference back to 'a woman' because Eve cannot be saved future tense. The '...

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 3/ And because he had this experience, God expected him to help Eve understand the deception and protect her. The 'she' in v15 is an anaphoric reference back to 'a woman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 2/ In this case, there was an ignorant woman teaching 'a woman' whose husband, just like Adam, knew better but was silent. The example of Adam and Eve illustrates how because of Adam's first creation, he had experience ...

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 2/ In this case, there was an ignorant woman teaching 'a woman' whose husband, just like Adam, knew better but was silent. The example of Adam and Eve illustrates how be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So you are 100% certain you are correct? No chance you are mistaken? Even though 1 Tim 2:11-15 is highly debated and 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 don’t say “must not be a woman”? So its rebellion an...

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So you are 100% certain you are correct? No chance you are mistaken? Even though 1 Tim 2:11-15 is highly debated and 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 don

1 Tim 2:11-15 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word doesn’t tell us that there’s a gender restriction. Also, Paul wasn’t married so the one appointing elders doesn’t meet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@TomBuck But if you are going to make this about scripture, then at least preven

@TomBuck But if you are going to make this about scripture, then at least prevent 'a woman' who's teaching false doctrine and not women in general. Isn't it about the Word? Or is the authority in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris We are not taking 100% proof here, we are looking for answers that link together ALL the evidence and the idea that there's a specific woman in the church at Ephesus which both Paul and Timothy know about fits all ...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris We are not taking 100% proof here, we are looking for answers that link together ALL the evidence and the idea that there's a specific woman in the church at Ephesu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris But it doesn’t work because Paul uses both t

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris But it doesn’t work because Paul uses both the singular and plural in the same sentence. She will be saved if they. So one generic woman will be saved if all wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris What is a generic woman? Are you saying Pau

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris What is a generic woman? Are you saying Paul could have said women plural and even though he didn’t, a woman means the same thing?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz But if the apex of creation is last one created, that would mean the woman is the apex. I think we have to stick with what Paul relates. The creation order has something to do with deception. And we all know bot...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz But if the apex of creation is last one created, that would mean the woman is the apex. I think we have to stick with what Paul relates. The creation order has so

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by those present (God, Adam, Eve, the Serpent). No one...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Indeed, these are both referring to the creation order. In the video where I deal with 1 Tim 2, I visit Genesis 1-3. If authority or roles are by creation order, then the animals would be over the man. The man w...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Indeed, these are both referring to the creation order. In the video where I deal with 1 Tim 2, I visit Genesis 1-3. If authority or roles are by creation order,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Why just women? Do only women want to speak

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Why just women? Do only women want to speak? Why is it shameful, dirty or disgusting for a woman to speak in church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@brmorris This kind of philosophy leads to all sorts of rules that are not found

@brmorris This kind of philosophy leads to all sorts of rules that are not found in scripture. I recall Piper saying that the pulpit is sacred. So if a woman speaks, she just can’t do it in the pulp

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz Just because Paul didn’t mention it doesn’t mean it is

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz Just because Paul didn’t mention it doesn’t mean it isn’t also the case, that is that the woman is also the glory of God as God created her. She has two glories, two sources

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@CherylSchatz @brmorris It’s not really a mystery. It started at the fall when

@CherylSchatz @brmorris It’s not really a mystery. It started at the fall when the man blames the woman and God and God prophecies that he will rule over the woman. A consequence of the fall, but no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Paul is trying to show the REASON for removing the head coverings and why a woman CAN choose to wear one or not. This is why he has to explain both the original created source relationships and our mutual interdep...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Paul is trying to show the REASON for removing the head coverings and why a woman CAN choose to wear one or not. This is why he has to explain both the original cr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Man is the glory of God, but woman is also t

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Man is the glory of God, but woman is also the glory of her husband (she has two glories). She therefore has to consider both Christ and her husband.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Christ->man->woman, God->Christ => the first man was created by the God-man from dirt, and the woman came from that first man. When Jesus incarnated His source was from the Father. A man has one sourc...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Christ->man->woman, God->Christ => the first man was created by the God-man from dirt, and the woman came from that first man. When Jesus incarnated Hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@mcadoojr @LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren These verses are highly contested for goo

@mcadoojr @LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren These verses are highly contested for good reason because there is good Biblical justification to object to the complementarian position. Where is a woman preac

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) No, I’m not saying for Paul a husband can be a woma

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) No, I’m not saying for Paul a husband can be a woman. As I indicated before, I believe this is generic to mean monogamous. Paul says “women likewise” and so why would he

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@TheGayPastorTom @RupZip @RickWarren Jesus’ division was over the gospel and sin

@TheGayPastorTom @RupZip @RickWarren Jesus’ division was over the gospel and sin! How is a woman preaching and teaching true doctrine and pastoring a sin?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@MadJorgen @RickWarren Paul knows his grammar. Why then does he use ‘a woman’ a

@MadJorgen @RickWarren Paul knows his grammar. Why then does he use ‘a woman’ and ‘a man’ when he could have clearly said I don’t permit women to teach…men? So there is no possible way (in your view

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@cpa_dallas @MarvinMediocre @LauralovsJesus @HwsEleutheroi Yes, the Greek is literally “one woman (genitive) man (accusative),” that is that the woman belongs to the man. But this does not 1/ require that an elder must be married as Paul wasn’t marr...

@cpa_dallas @MarvinMediocre @LauralovsJesus @HwsEleutheroi Yes, the Greek is literally “one woman (genitive) man (accusative),” that is that the woman belongs to the man. But this does not 1/ require

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi I’ve read it and studied it carefully. I used to believe as you. The passage in context is not saying women cannot teach men, but ‘a’ woman cannot teach or “take authority” (means murderer, absolute master...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi I’ve read it and studied it carefully. I used to believe as you. The passage in context is not saying women cannot teach men, but ‘a’ woman cannot teach or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi If “anyone” (Greek ‘tis’) desires to be an overseer (feminine), they desire a good thing. An overseer (masculine)… The phrase “husband of one wife” is literally “one woman husband” just like it says “one m...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi If “anyone” (Greek ‘tis’) desires to be an overseer (feminine), they desire a good thing. An overseer (masculine)… The phrase “husband of one wife” is lite

1 Tim 5:9 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gender is a requirement for leadership. Women can le...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi Then why wasn’t Paul more clear to sa

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi Then why wasn’t Paul more clear to say “an elder must not be a woman”? Why isn’t it very clear as you state? Should a man counsel a woman alone or might it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren So your view is that you are not supposed to listen to a woman preaching true doctrine or prophesying the truth. Am I correct? That this is what Paul means? And he could not have a specific couple in mind wi...

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren So your view is that you are not supposed to listen to a woman preaching true doctrine or prophesying the truth. Am I correct? That this is what Paul means?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren That’s not an answer, it’s a scripture w

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren That’s not an answer, it’s a scripture which we evidently have different interpretations of. “A woman” and “a man” is not all women or all men. Paul knows how

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@cpcwesterville @RickWarren But if your statement of faith concerning requirements for elders isn’t consistent with the text, you’ll need to revise it. Why does Paul use “tis” in 1 Tim 3 as a generic “someone” or “anyone”? Why doesn’t he just say “...

@cpcwesterville @RickWarren But if your statement of faith concerning requirements for elders isn’t consistent with the text, you’ll need to revise it. Why does Paul use “tis” in 1 Tim 3 as a generic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@jchrisland @RickWarren Paul is very specific. He says “a woman” not “women” and “a man” not “all men.” From chapter 1 we understand that Timothy is to remain in Ephesus to stop FALSE teachers not women…and we find out there are two types: ignorant...

@jchrisland @RickWarren Paul is very specific. He says “a woman” not “women” and “a man” not “all men.” From chapter 1 we understand that Timothy is to remain in Ephesus to stop FALSE teachers not w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-10

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can simply mean monogamous. Notice “manage their househ...

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can si

1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:2 1Ti3:2 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-10

@HwsEleutheroi Where does Paul say “an elder must not be a woman”? Why does Pau

@HwsEleutheroi Where does Paul say “an elder must not be a woman”? Why does Paul use the term “tis” instead of “aner” in his requirements? If an elder must be married, how is it that one who appoint

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-05-03

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus as an illegitimate child. Which interpretation do...

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus

Isa 7:14 commentary