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@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m ok with you saying I’m wrong. I’m showing that godly women who use their God-given gifts to serve according to their ability are not in rebellion. I know you di...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m ok with you saying I’m wrong. I’m showing that godly women who use their God-given gifts to serve according to

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where do the councils and creeds even state women not t...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A seared conscience is with respect to sin. Where is a godly women teaching truth to men ever listed as a sin in an

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Wow. How am I in serious error? Am I going to Hell? Where is supporting godly women teaching truth a sin that sends

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that women become men but that women, if qualified, are not forbidden from leading. Gen 1:28 is a command given to both the

Gen 1:28 debate

@steelmann777 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn So she is a

@steelmann777 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn So she is a woman and they is all women? Paul write "She (a woman) will be saved...if they (the totality of all women) [bear childre

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pastoral ministry. However, we should be reaching out ...

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pasto

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teaching roles. The only way to know if you got it right ...

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teachin

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's no

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's not talking about godly women not teaching men truth. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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@Zealots2022 Those women are very talented. And that passage doesn't mean women

@Zealots2022 Those women are very talented. And that passage doesn't mean women cannot teach men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@MartinMarkLuth1 I only mentioned them because you seemed to think women preache

@MartinMarkLuth1 I only mentioned them because you seemed to think women preachers only came about in the last 50 years. I am not saying we test doctrine by church history. We test it by scripture. I

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers eve

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers even before Luther as part of the Waldensiens. Church history is not how we judge truth. You have to go back to scripture.

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus orda

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus ordained? Is your pastor a Jew? There may be another reason we are not given that Jesus selected 12 male apostles. But just

@EddieBucha10986 But my belief that God doesn’t forbid women is on Biblical grounds. I’m not ignoring anything in the Bible. To block godly, qualified and gifted women from serving as leaders would go against what I believe the Bible teaches and ther...

@EddieBucha10986 But my belief that God doesn’t forbid women is on Biblical grounds. I’m not ignoring anything in the Bible. To block godly, qualified and gifted women from serving as leaders would go

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind show

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind showing me where the Bible lists godly women teaching men the truth as a sin?

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these passages that seem to restrict women mean? That's why I address them. But feel free to draw your own conclusions.

@KaiaRichelle Who is the she? Can't be Eve because she cannot do anything at the

@KaiaRichelle Who is the she? Can't be Eve because she cannot do anything at the time of this writing to affect her future salvation. Who is the they? If it is all women, they why didn't Paul write "T

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says instead of trying to silence her? And also, please e...

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says in

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@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like men shouldn't be), not enslaved to much wine (same a...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like me

Tit 2:3-5 general

Tit 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 1Ti 3:11 debate

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 do not say anything like "must not be a woman," but rather "Women likewise..." (1Ti 3:11). https://t.

@jtcope4 @godlywomanhood It doesn't mean all women are not supposed to teach men

@jtcope4 @godlywomanhood It doesn't mean all women are not supposed to teach men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teach

@Anorionn @6745i473 @0xAlaric 1Ti 2:12 isn't about stopping all women from teaching men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 2:12 general

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with it, but not because it is illegitimate. There reall...

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with i

1Ti 2:12 debate

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wif

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wife in 1Ti 2:12 but here in 1Ti 3:11 when women is on its own you are happy to translate it as wives. I guess it fits your

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:11 debate

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 2:15 1Ti 3:11 debate

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whoops. You were referring to 1Ti 3:11 not 1Ti 2:15. I agree with the NASB on 1Ti 3:11 but not 1Ti 2:15. But whether 1Ti 3:11 should be women or wives depends on the context. Ron seems to have a problem with using wife in 1Ti ...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Whoops. You were referring to 1Ti 3:11 not 1Ti 2:15. I agree with the NASB on 1Ti 3:11 but not 1Ti 2:15. But whether 1Ti 3:11 should be women or wives depends on the context. R

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify or prohibit women from serving as pastors, elders...

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify

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@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot learn from half the body of Christ? I appreciate th...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot le

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generally doing the hard work of discipling and putting th...

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generall

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel Except that relational hierarchy was not Paul’s stat

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel Except that relational hierarchy was not Paul’s stated purpose of the letter nor does putting all women under the control of their husbands curtail false teaching unless th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel What we do is that Paul doesn't use an imperative here and Asher is right to point to Paul's reference to his own direction for this situation. If this were a general command about women not teaching men, there would have ...

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel What we do is that Paul doesn't use an imperative here and Asher is right to point to Paul's reference to his own direction for this situation. If this were a general comma

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles differently when the Judiazers were present, I think s...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles diff

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel There we go again—judicial authority. This is all about authority of one gender over the others or hierarchy of authority within the church which is what Jesus spoke against clearly to his apostles. And curiously you say that w...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel There we go again—judicial authority. This is all about authority of one gender over the others or hierarchy of authority within the church which is what Jesus spoke against cle

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe Hi Doreen! People who see 1 Tim 2:12 as forbidding godly women from teaching true doctrine to anyone whether in the pulpit or out of the pulpit (does that matter? was there a pulpit in the early church?)⎯these misinterpr...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe Hi Doreen! People who see 1 Tim 2:12 as forbidding godly women from teaching true doctrine to anyone whether in the pulpit or out of the pulpit (does that matter? was the

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm egalitarian and that women are to be treated equal t...

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm eg

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal a

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal advocate for women in leadership! Does that mean I cannot disagree with Moltmann's choice of words or I'll earn a mute?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history but on the Bible itself. Because history is not ou...

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@BasteGhost @wtfcali_ @TheOnlyDSC @AmandaTylerBJC What makes your opinion relevant? And why did you skip v15? If you cannot explain that verse which is Paul's concluding summary of this passage, then what makes you think you understand the rest? God...

@BasteGhost @wtfcali_ @TheOnlyDSC @AmandaTylerBJC What makes your opinion relevant? And why did you skip v15? If you cannot explain that verse which is Paul's concluding summary of this passage, then

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Tim 3:1-13, I agree with his conclusio...

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:

1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me? Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ...

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevan

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevant? At any rate, Rabbinical Judaism would likely not be arguing for inclusion of women in leadership and teaching or pre

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@AlexioBasinium @jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Not sure what church you are thinking of…but I’m referring to the church at Ephesus under Paul and Timothy, or the church at Corinth, for example. For these, we go to the letters from Paul to deter...

@AlexioBasinium @jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Not sure what church you are thinking of…but I’m referring to the church at Ephesus under Paul and Timothy, or the church at Corinth, for example.

@Alex7Shiro Serving the women sounds great! Sounds like you are not stuck on thi

@Alex7Shiro Serving the women sounds great! Sounds like you are not stuck on this issue like some complementarians are. Can you overhear them and learn from a female teacher?

@DirkTheDaring76 I guess the real question is whether women are allowed to teach

@DirkTheDaring76 I guess the real question is whether women are allowed to teach truth to men.

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Hi Kim. So is a woman allowed to

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Hi Kim. So is a woman allowed to teach the Bible each Sunday so long as she isn’t called an elder or pastor or bishop? What part of pastoring is off lim

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Actually, maybe @DoctrinesofRad wasn’t concerned with this and just wants people to learn silently. Just like men learn silently, so also women should also learn silently. And just like men shouldn’t take ...

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Actually, maybe @DoctrinesofRad wasn’t concerned with this and just wants people to learn silently. Just like men learn silently, so also women should also

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Sometimes I get confused with how each complementarian limits women in leadership. So Mike is fully ok with a woman preaching and teaching on Sunday morning so long as she’s not called an elder or pastor? ...

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Sometimes I get confused with how each complementarian limits women in leadership. So Mike is fully ok with a woman preaching and teaching on Sunday mornin

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel I’ll grant you that the word used is aner (for men). It does seem that the apostles certainly thought that Judas’ replacement should be a man. Though it is a replacing of one of the original apostles which was before the c...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel I’ll grant you that the word used is aner (for men). It does seem that the apostles certainly thought that Judas’ replacement should be a man. Though it is a replacing of o

@Unsuxxessful @shhemona @ShipOfChittim @katiebird719 @DanielvsBabylon Except bot

@Unsuxxessful @shhemona @ShipOfChittim @katiebird719 @DanielvsBabylon Except both men and women submit to each other (Eph 5:21).

Eph 5:21 debate

@abbymcculla @jakerattlesnk @whatever Both my wife and I have careers and we have 3 kids and we didn't use childcare. So whatever is being referred to in the initial post is not required for women to have choice. Then there's this quoting of 1 Tim 2...

@abbymcculla @jakerattlesnk @whatever Both my wife and I have careers and we have 3 kids and we didn't use childcare. So whatever is being referred to in the initial post is not required for women to

1 Tim 2:13-15 general

@ronhenzel I’m saying it was the intention from the beginning. And I’m absolutely not spreading unbiblical views! Just because you disagree and that much of church history is behind your view doesn’t mean it’s Biblically correct. Ron, the one who is...

@ronhenzel I’m saying it was the intention from the beginning. And I’m absolutely not spreading unbiblical views! Just because you disagree and that much of church history is behind your view doesn’t