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Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-22

Could The Messiah Have Been A Woman

Since God is neither male nor female, some have suggested that the Messiah could have been born a female. I would respectfully like to differ with that view

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-20

Adam As Head Of The Family

It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine of the

Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-02

Wasnt Adam The Only One Given Gods Prohibition In The Garden

> Q: Does the fact that Adam was the only one given God’s prohibition in the garden prove that he was given a role of authority that the women was not given

Genesis 3:3 Proverbs 30:6 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Wasnt The Garden Created Before Adam Was Created

> Q: Doesn’t Genesis 2:8 simply say that God had already planted a garden and then put man into it after he was formed. Don’t the following verses then go on to describe what the garden was composed of, not a sequential account of the garden being formed after the man

Genesis 2:19 Genesis 2:8 Ruth 90 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Why Do You Say That Animals Were Created After Adam

> Q: In your section on 1 Timothy 2, you state that Adam saw some of the animals being created, perhaps the mates of the animals already created on day six. However, says that God had formed “all of the beasts” (NIV) or “every beast” (NASB)

Daniel 6 Ecclesiastes 1 Genesis 2:19 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-23

@ronhenzel “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” (1Co 15:22) Paul does not limit the “made alive” to the elect here. In context (1Co 15:23–24), he speaks of order and outcome, not limitation of scope. The resurrection o...

@ronhenzel “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.” (1Co 15:22) Paul does not limit the “made alive” to the elect here. In context (1Co 15:23–24), he speaks of order and ou

1Co 15:22 1Co 15:23 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-04

@ymmotrojam @aspin3 @HwsEleutheroi @TodAshby I’m actually not playing games. In the Bible, kinds is used to distinguish categories of living creatures and humankind is one category. It is not used to distinguish family groups within humankind because...

@ymmotrojam @aspin3 @HwsEleutheroi @TodAshby I’m actually not playing games. In the Bible, kinds is used to distinguish categories of living creatures and humankind is one category. It is not used to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-09

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived wife who was teaching heresy (whose husband was n...

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman from 2:11-12 is also deceived and in need of salvati...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman fr

from 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge LOL…silence on women pastors? Good grief, @grok, how many individuals are called pastor in the New Testament? Surely you jest. Paul doesn’t ground his “I do not permit” in Adam’s precedence but in the fact that he ...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge LOL…silence on women pastors? Good grief, @grok, how many individuals are called pastor in the New Testament? Surely you jest. Paul doesn’t ground his “I do not per

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge The time sequence of creation doesn’t establish that the older rules the younger as is consistently demonstrated in scripture. Even Christ is the ‘second’ Adam and he is clearly the better one. Jacob is the younger,...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge The time sequence of creation doesn’t establish that the older rules the younger as is consistently demonstrated in scripture. Even Christ is the ‘second’ Adam and h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Head means source as Adam’s flesh and bone is the source material for Eve’s creation. Notice how in the NT no one is the head of anyone except the husband of the wife, so if head means the boss or authority over, th...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Head means source as Adam’s flesh and bone is the source material for Eve’s creation. Notice how in the NT no one is the head of anyone except the husband of the wif

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Listen, Paul simply relates the time sequence order of creation to why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. This was not an order of hierarchy but an explanation for why only Eve was deceived. Look at Gen 2 yourself. A...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Listen, Paul simply relates the time sequence order of creation to why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. This was not an order of hierarchy but an explanation for wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor commanding him to rule her. God doesn’t say Eve ...

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

Was Adam responsible for Eve’s sin because he was her head? No, it was because h

Was Adam responsible for Eve’s sin because he was her head? No, it was because he sinned with knowledge and Paul makes this clear. “I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggresso

1 Ti 1:13 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means source. Adam flesh and bone what Eve was created f...

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is he

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is held responsible. And yes, Adam is the head, but head can also mean source and clearly marriage is established as a one fl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Toneskeee @davidjslentz @wbfresh90 Adam was held responsible because he wasn’t

@Toneskeee @davidjslentz @wbfresh90 Adam was held responsible because he wasn’t deceived but didn’t protect the deceived one and also ate himself. Where is the husband said to be the head of his fami

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@SayvilleDavid @_Nosoup4you__ @annelikok @smashbaals The relationship between a husband and a wife and the use of head reflects how they are connected. Marriage is defined by the first marriage where Eve literally came from the flesh and bone of Adam...

@SayvilleDavid @_Nosoup4you__ @annelikok @smashbaals The relationship between a husband and a wife and the use of head reflects how they are connected. Marriage is defined by the first marriage where

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the head of anyone. It is only the husband to his wife. M...

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-12

@LizzieMarbach Husbands are the head of their wife. Where does scripture say "...of the household"? Being head of his wife symbolically maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh and bone of Adam making Adam her 'source.' This defi...

@LizzieMarbach Husbands are the head of their wife. Where does scripture say "...of the household"? Being head of his wife symbolically maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@Contains_NaCl @LaughingBrook @Toneskeee That is also being misinterpreted as obviously the Bible isn’t teaching that universally all women can be deceived and men can’t or even that all women are more easily deceived than men. Paul uses Adam and Ev...

@Contains_NaCl @LaughingBrook @Toneskeee That is also being misinterpreted as obviously the Bible isn’t teaching that universally all women can be deceived and men can’t or even that all women are mor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@Peacemaker811 That’s right! God delayed the creation of Eve until Adam was read

@Peacemaker811 That’s right! God delayed the creation of Eve until Adam was ready. He had to get to the place of understanding his need. Man’s best friend was not to be the dog or another man, but his

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@danjackrass1 @KES_Alaska @aigkenham That’s a fair observation as well, but notice that Scripture doesn’t say Adam sinned because of Satan’s influence. The serpent deceived Eve, but Adam wasn’t deceived (1Ti 2:14). He was with her (Gen 3:6) and heard...

@danjackrass1 @KES_Alaska @aigkenham That’s a fair observation as well, but notice that Scripture doesn’t say Adam sinned because of Satan’s influence. The serpent deceived Eve, but Adam wasn’t deceiv

1Ti 2:14 Gen 3:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Here are the facts: - Both knew the commandment and the consequences of not obeying. - Adam was right beside Eve and heard her voice speaking to the serpent. - Paul says Adam wasn’t deceived and linked deception with the t...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Here are the facts: - Both knew the commandment and the consequences of not obeying. - Adam was right beside Eve and heard her voice speaking to the serpent. - Paul says Ad

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Paul’s clear statement in 1Ti 2:13-14 was that Adam

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Paul’s clear statement in 1Ti 2:13-14 was that Adam was not deceived though Genesis says he was right beside her and “heard her voice” meaning he was there to hear what she

1Ti 2:13-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something there to be explored. Paul says that Adam wasn’t dece...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@dalepartridge It’s interesting how God commanded Adam and Eve to rule creation

@dalepartridge It’s interesting how God commanded Adam and Eve to rule creation together. Why did God commanded her to rule? And why is Jesus’ example that we are to follow from Phil 2 one of submissi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Eve because she was made from him. Christ is the hea...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Well all we see from 2:13-14 is Paul is tying the time sequence order of creation to why one was deceived and the other wasn't. Going back to Gen 2, we can see how God creates Adam, puts him in the gard...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Well all we see from 2:13-14 is Paul is tying the time sequence order of creation to why one was deceived and the other wasn't. Going back to Gen 2, we

from 2:13-14 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 I don't see Eve coercing Adam. In the Genesis account, Adam is standing beside Eve silently listening to the conversation she's having with the serpent, then she eats and hands him some and he eats. Whe...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 I don't see Eve coercing Adam. In the Genesis account, Adam is standing beside Eve silently listening to the conversation she's having with the serpent,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t think the idea that the husband is the head of the wife is cultural, because Paul connects it directly with Christ as the head of His bride, the church, and with Adam as the head of his wife ...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t think the idea that the husband is the head of the wife is cultural, because Paul connects it directly with Christ as the head of His bride,

1Co 11:3 Eph 5:23 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the d

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the dust of the earth, He is only the glory of God. Since Eve was created in God’s image by God from Adam’s flesh and bone,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage always maps back to the first marriage in Genesis wher...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage alwa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted the opposite of what men want? I thought your bel...

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’t say “and thy desire shall be to RULE thy husband…” Why does everyone insert rule there? God prophesies that Eve won’t

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@Davis_Carlton84 @jaaonpe @YesThatCollin @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Paul used the plural in vs 9-10. Why did he change to the singular? Why did he use 'the woman' in v14 instead of Eve? Paul was connecting this deceived wife with Eve as he was using...

@Davis_Carlton84 @jaaonpe @YesThatCollin @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Paul used the plural in vs 9-10. Why did he change to the singular? Why did he use 'the woman' in v14 instead of Eve? Paul was connec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose 1Co 11:3 refers to the head of ‘every man.’ The Greek word here is aner but I believe it is referring to everyone, male and female. Clearly, the head of every person is Jesus because Jesus is the creator of all...

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose 1Co 11:3 refers to the head of ‘every man.’ The Greek word here is aner but I believe it is referring to everyone, male and female. Clearly, the head of every p

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-06

@Truth_matters20 No. I know a lot of men who are easily deceived. Paul explains

@Truth_matters20 No. I know a lot of men who are easily deceived. Paul explains that it is because of the time sequence order of creation in Eden that Adam wasn't deceived but Eve was.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-01

@imnotderrek @MikeWingerii Paul is connecting the time sequence order of creation with why one is deceived and the other is not. Going back and carefully reading Gen 2 we can see that God creates Adam, places him in the garden, causes trees to grow i...

@imnotderrek @MikeWingerii Paul is connecting the time sequence order of creation with why one is deceived and the other is not. Going back and carefully reading Gen 2 we can see that God creates Adam

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation o

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express orig

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam a

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam and Eve as connected to why Adam was not deceived and Eve was. There is no hierarchy of authority present in Gen 2.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad It’s a real wonder to me why complementarians dont stru

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad It’s a real wonder to me why complementarians dont struggle with why God decided Adam needed a female partner and not a male one. God could have always solved the propagation

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@DBryanRhodes @TomBuck First, Even spoke to the serpent as she was reasoning thr

@DBryanRhodes @TomBuck First, Even spoke to the serpent as she was reasoning through the deception. She didn't 'preach to Adam.' Second, that's not at all Paul's argument in 1Ti 2:12-14. Try again. h

1Ti 2:12-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@Mischakatja @3AngelsWatchman No, it says “Adam was NOT deceived”—nowhere in scripture is Adam described as being deceived. And the reason has to do with the time sequence order in which they were created. I cover this in the following thread startin...

@Mischakatja @3AngelsWatchman No, it says “Adam was NOT deceived”—nowhere in scripture is Adam described as being deceived. And the reason has to do with the time sequence order in which they were cre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA Here's where I explore Paul's reasoning why Eve was deceived be

@VirgilWalkerOMA Here's where I explore Paul's reasoning why Eve was deceived being the last thing God created and why Adam wasn't. https://t.co/wb0jBx1Ic1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam wasn't deceived but Eve was. This wife in Ephesus ...

@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam

in 2:14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@_Kadmos1 @OSRDwarf2 @DrCalumMiller Actually, the Bible is clear that while Eve

@_Kadmos1 @OSRDwarf2 @DrCalumMiller Actually, the Bible is clear that while Eve sinned, Adam was 100% at fault.

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