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@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge So you don’t learn you just adapt your emphasis? Paul isn’t grounding his comments in creation order as there was no creation order—just a time sequence which resulted in one gaining more experience and understanding t...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge So you don’t learn you just adapt your emphasis? Paul isn’t grounding his comments in creation order as there was no creation order—just a time sequence which resulted

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Did Paul not teach mutual edification and that a

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Did Paul not teach mutual edification and that all can participate in an orderly way so that all may learn and be edified or was he only referring to men?

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, there you go again. Just repeating what others said like a parrot. Can you not think on your own? Paul repeating speaks in an inclusive way…all can prophesy, so all can be edified and all can learn. If you can’t as...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, there you go again. Just repeating what others said like a parrot. Can you not think on your own? Paul repeating speaks in an inclusive way…all can prophesy, so all

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge LOL. So only Pauline uses imperatives? Wow. Think @grok. Can you do it? I’m losing hope. Why is it stated that women are to keep silent?—because it is SHAMEFUL for a WOMAN to speak in the assembly. Really? So men makin...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge LOL. So only Pauline uses imperatives? Wow. Think @grok. Can you do it? I’m losing hope. Why is it stated that women are to keep silent?—because it is SHAMEFUL for a WO

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I’ll let you stew on what I said for a while…maybe you’ll figure it out. You seem to be softening your stance somewhat as if you don’t you really do seem thick headed. As for your comment on 1Cor 14:34-35, do you ackn...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I’ll let you stew on what I said for a while…maybe you’ll figure it out. You seem to be softening your stance somewhat as if you don’t you really do seem thick headed.

1Cor 14:34-35 general

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Paul’s appeal to the time sequence order of creation is only in relation to why one was deceived and why one wasn’t. You are overstepping to assume this establishes any sort of requirement especially in worship! It’s q...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Paul’s appeal to the time sequence order of creation is only in relation to why one was deceived and why one wasn’t. You are overstepping to assume this establishes any

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I have never heard of Eve being called a federal head. In fact, no woman in scripture is ever called head. I would think your description here is a super minority view (maybe a view only @grok has by itself?). Unfortu...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I have never heard of Eve being called a federal head. In fact, no woman in scripture is ever called head. I would think your description here is a super minority view

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Notice how Paul says “I do not permit” showing t

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Notice how Paul says “I do not permit” showing there is a reason. It’s not that God forbids but that Paul has assessed the situation and this woman needs to stop teachi

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge ChatGPT is way more reasonable in its programmin

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge ChatGPT is way more reasonable in its programming. You are like a dog with a complementarian bone and like a dog’s instinct you just can’t let go.

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Have you been programmed to favor a complementar

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Have you been programmed to favor a complementarian view over one that makes more sense of all the details?

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge How did you decide between a specific woman and the anaphoric use of the article and a generic woman? How does your view tie the context together with Paul’s stated intent, writing specifically to Timothy to deal with ...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge How did you decide between a specific woman and the anaphoric use of the article and a generic woman? How does your view tie the context together with Paul’s stated int

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge First, I’m not being creative, Paul is. And he has to in order to make this couple clear to Timothy without naming them. Why does it matter what most exegetes think? Desiring God and Crossway are committed to the comp...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge First, I’m not being creative, Paul is. And he has to in order to make this couple clear to Timothy without naming them. Why does it matter what most exegetes think? D

@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

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two related but separate referents. The singular she/her r...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two rela

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Is there anywhere in scripture where she and the

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Is there anywhere in scripture where she and they refer to the same person/persons?

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditional statement to exhort women to keep themselves f...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditio

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok so let’s see if I’m tracking: a typical woman

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok so let’s see if I’m tracking: a typical woman from Genesis 3 will be saved by the faithful perseverance of nontypical women as a means to eschatological vindication

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, but it’s not speaking about the salvation of

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, but it’s not speaking about the salvation of the they. So your answer is: Women will be saved if women do something? So Paul uses the singular in error? He should

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands no such thing. Clearly Paul in his personal letter ...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands n

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge You are not doing exegesis. Repeating talking po

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge You are not doing exegesis. Repeating talking points is not Biblical analysis of the text alone in its context and grammar. Don’t claim you are doing exegesis when you

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ah, I see. So as long as women instruct men during the other 167 hours during the week and be unofficial about it…like at Bible studies or any context outside of that 1 hour. That’s what God wants. Clearly you know not...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ah, I see. So as long as women instruct men during the other 167 hours during the week and be unofficial about it…like at Bible studies or any context outside of that 1

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Well, you said that women can’t teach truth to m

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Well, you said that women can’t teach truth to men so I was pretty sure you weren’t reading the Bible anyways.

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge The Bible also explicitly forbids AI to be used

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge The Bible also explicitly forbids AI to be used as a spiritual authority on anything. 😏

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both t

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both the man and the woman with no differentiation made. God never rescinds what He said to the woman. God never commands the

Gen 1:28 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-21

@ElifNull @Vizini7 @smashbaals Paul is not changing who Israel is but distinguishing believing Israelites from unbelieving Israelites. The next verses prove it: “Nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants… but ‘through Isaac yo...

@ElifNull @Vizini7 @smashbaals Paul is not changing who Israel is but distinguishing believing Israelites from unbelieving Israelites. The next verses prove it: “Nor are they all children because the

Ro 9:7 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@Toneskeee The Bible has no such restriction. We need to be better at rightly di

@Toneskeee The Bible has no such restriction. We need to be better at rightly dividing the word of God so we are not ashamed one day. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who

2Ti 2:15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@BrendenHen8500 @sanderson1611 Many feel ashamed they are going bald and want to

@BrendenHen8500 @sanderson1611 Many feel ashamed they are going bald and want to get hair transplants. How is it a shame for a man to have long hair? You still have to explain how nature teaches this

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@sanderson1611 What from nature teaches you long hair on a man is shameful? John the Baptist was a Nazarite like Samson and never cut his hair… Nature teaches you that arm hair stops growing at a specific length and that head hair keeps growing the ...

@sanderson1611 What from nature teaches you long hair on a man is shameful? John the Baptist was a Nazarite like Samson and never cut his hair… Nature teaches you that arm hair stops growing at a spe

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-08

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal 3:7-9, 29). What we do deny is that this spiritua...

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal

Gal 3:7-9 Ro 4:11-17 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@GuitSmart @JustinPetersMin Strange as scripture frames Barak’s behaviour as fai

@GuitSmart @JustinPetersMin Strange as scripture frames Barak’s behaviour as faith and never shames him. In fact Moses said the same thing as Barak. https://t.co/TkiGHCw1dp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@AnalogRules61 @ashleigh_fittis @TheLaurenChen Interesting that the Bible doesn’

@AnalogRules61 @ashleigh_fittis @TheLaurenChen Interesting that the Bible doesn’t frame Barak as being shamed. What he said was actually similar to what Moses said to God. https://t.co/TkiGHCw1dp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews framed it when including Barak in the chapter on faith. The term shame wasn’t used. Barak would rather have God’s word w

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 2025-10-04

@Jerd00 @MohamedAsi45086 @dalepartridge Really? Maybe crack open your Bible and keep reading because God defines what 'man' means, that He was referring to 'male and female' and that His commands (plural) were to them (plural): “So God created man i...

@Jerd00 @MohamedAsi45086 @dalepartridge Really? Maybe crack open your Bible and keep reading because God defines what 'man' means, that He was referring to 'male and female' and that His commands (plu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@stablecross @ronhenzel Nothing faltering in my argument. But to respond to your 3 points, see below. 1. Paul’s point with Isaac wasn’t “individual salvation,” but that the covenant line comes through promise, not flesh. Ishmael was Abraham’s son, y...

@stablecross @ronhenzel Nothing faltering in my argument. But to respond to your 3 points, see below. 1. Paul’s point with Isaac wasn’t “individual salvation,” but that the covenant line comes throug

@HvacRoar24011 Except Paul went to the Jew 1st after the resurrection every time he went to a new town. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” ...

@HvacRoar24011 Except Paul went to the Jew 1st after the resurrection every time he went to a new town. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who b

Ro 1:16 general

@HvacRoar24011 In Ro 11:1-2, when Paul says “God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew”, he is explicitly referring to ethnic Israel, the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Paul identifies himself as proof: “For I too am an Is...

@HvacRoar24011 In Ro 11:1-2, when Paul says “God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew”, he is explicitly referring to ethnic Israel, the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Pau

Ro 11:1-2 general

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals That's right, salvation is not based on your ethnic origin, not based on being a physical descendent of Abraham, but based on belief in Christ. You keep repeating the things we agree on and ignoring the script...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals That's right, salvation is not based on your ethnic origin, not based on being a physical descendent of Abraham, but based on belief in Christ. You keep repeat

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for s...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not asham

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-24

@bontrager_11304 @DefiantBaptist When you are not the people group chosen to bring the scriptures through and the messiah through it can seem like your tribe is not loved. Except that the plan was always to bless all nations through Abraham and his ...

@bontrager_11304 @DefiantBaptist When you are not the people group chosen to bring the scriptures through and the messiah through it can seem like your tribe is not loved. Except that the plan was al

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@MarinaRohr2012 @ExtraSaltedNuts @FoxWayward @rightresponsem Right…but justice is that Jesus took our shame and guilt on himself. So if someone comes to Christ, I don’t think that forgiveness and mercy is immediately followed by execution. Now you ma...

@MarinaRohr2012 @ExtraSaltedNuts @FoxWayward @rightresponsem Right…but justice is that Jesus took our shame and guilt on himself. So if someone comes to Christ, I don’t think that forgiveness and merc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 BTW, 1Cor 11:3’s ordering is Christ-> every man, the man->a woman, God->Christ. This is in time sequence order and showing source relationships. As for head coverings, covering in Genesis was ...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 BTW, 1Cor 11:3’s ordering is Christ-> every man, the man->a woman, God->Christ. This is in time sequence order and showing source relationships

1Cor 11:3 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach David was the king of the

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach David was the king of the land. Jesus is also king. That doesn’t mean that Abraham was the king (or worse, a god) over his wife.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

Or maybe he was thinking of 1Cor 14:34-35 that says women should be silent and that their speaking is shameful. But Paul was quoting from the Corinthians and refuting them: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] onl...

Or maybe he was thinking of 1Cor 14:34-35 that says women should be silent and that their speaking is shameful. But Paul was quoting from the Corinthians and refuting them: “What? came the word of God

1Co 14:36 1Cor 14:34-35 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@carol66944 @ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst What is the answer to the question “For i

@carol66944 @ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst What is the answer to the question “For is it shameful for a woman to speak in church?” It is right after a statement suggesting they aren’t supposed to ask ques

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-20

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Historical knowledge? Are you assuming they have some kind of authority that transcends the Biblical accounts? Do these historians recognize the existence of a global flood which in itself changes how long it would take to ...

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Historical knowledge? Are you assuming they have some kind of authority that transcends the Biblical accounts? Do these historians recognize the existence of a global flood

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-20

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Doesn’t your statement assume you have God’s perspecti

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Doesn’t your statement assume you have God’s perspective on religious authority? 🤔 He’s not claiming unique access to divine truth.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@BradPaints @megbasham No, but you probably shouldn't be teaching the Bible to a

@BradPaints @megbasham No, but you probably shouldn't be teaching the Bible to anyone anytime soon given this poor handling of the text. https://t.co/XIjnmMzrMD

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@salthenurse08 @Romans8Shaman @megbasham That’s kind of funny. I wonder if all t

@salthenurse08 @Romans8Shaman @megbasham That’s kind of funny. I wonder if all the men in Ireland who wear kilts have given up all authority… In the early days in Israel, men wore togas.