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@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii That is correct. So the husband is

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii That is correct. So the husband is missing this grace of his wife’s wisdom that could be his. This is not about authority but about grace.

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the right to divorce an unfaithful husband. Do you belie...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the rig

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that her foolish vows can be annulled without her suffering the consequences which is a grace. This is not about having auth

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given to men. Men are missing something good—that a wise ...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given t

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii You are reading that “the instruct

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii You are reading that “the instructions” to do what the Prov 31 woman did came from him but that is nowhere in this text. What she did was never qualified

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii I’m making an observation. Is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii I’m making an observation. Is that allowed? She does not have the ability to override his foolish vows and so the man is missing this grace. He is missin

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This was not related to vows but it shows that a wife still had agency when her husband was foolish and her agency resulted in stopping the consequences of her foolish actions. Once her husband died she w...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This was not related to vows but it shows that a wife still had agency when her husband was foolish and her agency resulted in stopping the consequences o

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case gets a special grace that if her foolish vow is heard and her father or husband annuls it then she is not bound and does

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from divorcing their husbands so what Jesus said was definitely not in contradiction to the law. So your conclusions are no

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He most certainly can bring clarity to the intent of the...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He mos

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Well that is true but the man neve

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Well that is true but the man never gets this grace of being able to get out of his foolish vows.

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Right. I should have made that one separate. Hannah initiates with God and makes a vow and later tells Elkanah her plan. He didn’t overhear her vow but she told him about it. So his involvement was only b...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Right. I should have made that one separate. Hannah initiates with God and makes a vow and later tells Elkanah her plan. He didn’t overhear her vow but sh

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This is a good question. I'm not sure I have all the answers on this one, but here is my thinking. One reason may be because many wives were much younger (sometimes teenagers) when married to older men. ...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii This is a good question. I'm not sure I have all the answers on this one, but here is my thinking. One reason may be because many wives were much younger

@biblemarriages @MikeWingerii @JonByers186054 Jon is pretty adamant that he thin

@biblemarriages @MikeWingerii @JonByers186054 Jon is pretty adamant that he thinks I’m a heretic and hellbound so I’m not sure he wants to engage further on this topic. But who knows…

@ryancduff @Duke_Danny_5 Well, he still draws the line on language which is unfo

@ryancduff @Duke_Danny_5 Well, he still draws the line on language which is unfortunate. He declares he is the authority of his wife but he never moves forward until there’s consensus—which is how eg

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the ver

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the very basis of what marriage comes from. It points back to the first marriage where marriage is identified as one flesh unio

@OCE_Bob @MikeWingerii Mike lives like an egalitarian in his marriage and I’m th

@OCE_Bob @MikeWingerii Mike lives like an egalitarian in his marriage and I’m thankful that complementarians like him exist. https://t.co/vOUbR9gm5r

@MikeWingerii @thedavideldred @dalepartridge @DavidEdgington 43 hours actually. You actually live like an egalitarian in your marriage while claiming to be the authority of your wife. Thank goodness for your kind of complementarian. I wish there we...

@MikeWingerii @thedavideldred @dalepartridge @DavidEdgington 43 hours actually. You actually live like an egalitarian in your marriage while claiming to be the authority of your wife. Thank goodness

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Also, Mike was encouraging people to loudly leave their egalitarian churches. Why loudly leave? If you disagree, fine. Treat it as a secondary issue. The thing is that Mike himself acts like an egalitarian in his m...

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Also, Mike was encouraging people to loudly leave their egalitarian churches. Why loudly leave? If you disagree, fine. Treat it as a secondary issue. The thing is t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came firs

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked up about the woman being the only one who submits i...

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked u

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

The key to a joyful marriage is for both the husband and wife to prioritize each

The key to a joyful marriage is for both the husband and wife to prioritize each other’s needs above their own. Marriage is not meant to be one sided. https://t.co/FXNOUgxY47

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar—insistent that he had to be the authority but the...

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 What? Jesus affirmed the Genesis model of mutual unity in marriage. He taught that Moses’ regulations were concessions, but God’s intent from creation was always lifelong, one-flesh union, not domination or dismissal. I won't repent ...

@JonByers186054 What? Jesus affirmed the Genesis model of mutual unity in marriage. He taught that Moses’ regulations were concessions, but God’s intent from creation was always lifelong, one-flesh un

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I've been married in an egalitarian marriage for nearly 29 years with 3 grown children that are all following the Lord. If my views destroy society, how do you explain my own experience? Maybe society is reacting to th...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I've been married in an egalitarian marriage for nearly 29 years with 3 grown children that are all following the Lord. If my views destroy society, how do you explain m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head of his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@KebRayGonzalez Yet Paul seems to desire singleness to be the norm and marriage

@KebRayGonzalez Yet Paul seems to desire singleness to be the norm and marriage the exception. “Yet I wish that *all men* were even as I myself am. However, each has his own gift from God, one in thi

1Co 7:7 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@MissionaryJC3 God didn't command marriage or else Paul's advocating for singlen

@MissionaryJC3 God didn't command marriage or else Paul's advocating for singleness in 1Cor 7 is a sin.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in marriage. I’m not calling Mike to repent of sprea...

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is the source of his wife. Our marriage simply maps ...

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@Son_of_Most_Hi @Chainsaw59598 In Mt 19:3-9, the Pharisees ask Jesus if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Jesus responds by pointing back to Ge 1:27 and Ge 2:24, emphasizing that God created marriage as a lifelong union. He t...

@Son_of_Most_Hi @Chainsaw59598 In Mt 19:3-9, the Pharisees ask Jesus if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Jesus responds by pointing back to Ge 1:27 and Ge 2:24, emphasizing t

Ge 1:27 Ge 2:24 Mt 19:3-9 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage reflects Adam and Eve in Eden and Adam’s flesh an...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or r

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or ruler over but source of because marriage always maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh and bone o

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Eve was created from his flesh and bone. The husband...

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Ev

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even encouraging younger widows to remarry (1Ti 5:14), ...

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even

1Ti 5:14 Ro 7:2-3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then given Paul’s gender-agnostic syntax in 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 and his own singleness, he is clearly not requiring marriage but

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Who said male headship stems from the fall? Head doesn’t automatically mean ruler or the one in authority in scripture. If that’s what was meant, what’s wrong with using the word authority? The only time authority is us...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Who said male headship stems from the fall? Head doesn’t automatically mean ruler or the one in authority in scripture. If that’s what was meant, what’s wrong with using

1Co 7:4 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't seem so dangerous or wrong. I think most of these w...

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing godly offspring is God’s intention for marriage. Paul shows this by requiring monogamy and faithfulness for leaders. Yet

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@JhayFBCS @jdtemple3rd @Logos Oh for sure there are differences, but nothing significant enough that one couldn't fellowship and be a member of each of these churches. There are issues with each, however. Our current church left the RCA because they ...

@JhayFBCS @jdtemple3rd @Logos Oh for sure there are differences, but nothing significant enough that one couldn't fellowship and be a member of each of these churches. There are issues with each, howe

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife was not made from you, was she? So you being 'head...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife

Ge 1:28 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@DirtBoyFarms @ruthmperry @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace That verse is a fantastic

@DirtBoyFarms @ruthmperry @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace That verse is a fantastic verse. Why would you think I meant you should delete it from the Bible? It is a clear verse showing mutual authority wit

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@Calvinator8000 @ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem I’m egalitarian or a mutualist (probably a better term). God’s created order is the time sequence order of creating Adam then Eve from Adam (thus Adam is her ‘head’) which is the single example that se...

@Calvinator8000 @ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem I’m egalitarian or a mutualist (probably a better term). God’s created order is the time sequence order of creating Adam then Eve from Adam (thus Adam

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@ScarletNevermr @rightresponsem Excellent!! the single time that the word author

@ScarletNevermr @rightresponsem Excellent!! the single time that the word authority is used for a husband over his wife it is also used for the wife over her husband! You are demonstrating mutual subj

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that says marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. Mutual s...

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that say

@warlike_flower A silent wife makes for more joyous marriage? Make only rule is

@warlike_flower A silent wife makes for more joyous marriage? Make only rule is a foreign concept that got snuck into the creation account. https://t.co/wHT8WZWEVr

My church ordained women and then separated from the denomination because it was

My church ordained women and then separated from the denomination because it was allowing same s3x marriage. https://t.co/UZoLwrG0gt

Rebellion to God is never good. But William pre-supposes that God's design is ge

Rebellion to God is never good. But William pre-supposes that God's design is gender roles related to authority. Rather than rejecting God's Word, we are simply rejecting the man-made doctrine of gend

@16dubs In reality, it was a number of churches in the denomination that debated

@16dubs In reality, it was a number of churches in the denomination that debated this issue and prevented the General Synod from passing an amendment to the Book of Church Order to state that marriage