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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 Please go back to the New Testamen

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 Please go back to the New Testament, not church history. List for me specific individuals who are called pastor, elder or overseer.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of a person and a statement clearly identifying them ...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)?

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)? Which males are specifically called poimen in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And we only have Peter and John who self identify as ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and

@path1_one @rightresponsem Well, no, since we were made in the image of God and not animals. Plus animals were cursed. Further, the Greek for hierarchy does not occur either in the LXX or the New Tes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the Ne

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@juvelibertarian @nchokie02_adam @MikeWingerii I’m not forgetting, but yes, the

@juvelibertarian @nchokie02_adam @MikeWingerii I’m not forgetting, but yes, the New Testament was being written to preserve what the apostles were orally teaching and to capture the eye witness testim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-24

@TwiisterPlays @ScottRoberts It refers "to the church" ⎯ is the church not New T

@TwiisterPlays @ScottRoberts It refers "to the church" ⎯ is the church not New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Yes, it was custom to have the husband’s name first—and we have two instances of this for Aquila and Priscilla in the New Testament—but the rest and the majority had Priscilla/Prisca first. I’m not sure w...

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Yes, it was custom to have the husband’s name first—and we have two instances of this for Aquila and Priscilla in the New Testament—but the rest and the maj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@CoHeir316 I told you the answer. Being clear doesn’t always mean saying “yes” or “no” because it’s nuanced. You are thinking about Jesus’ deity. He wasn’t created and we were; we are not God. But nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus claim author...

@CoHeir316 I told you the answer. Being clear doesn’t always mean saying “yes” or “no” because it’s nuanced. You are thinking about Jesus’ deity. He wasn’t created and we were; we are not God. But no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 The subject of δεῖ is always 3rd person singular in the New Testamen

@carol66944 The subject of δεῖ is always 3rd person singular in the New Testament. The subject has to be determined by the context. δεῖ implies necessity or obligation. Paul uses it instead of "you"

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-17

@TruthSynod @MikeWingerii Thanks for sharing your opinion. Now please show me w

@TruthSynod @MikeWingerii Thanks for sharing your opinion. Now please show me where a man is explicitly called a ‘pastor’ (poimen) in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 I explained already that almost all of the New Testament books and

@Methodios007 I explained already that almost all of the New Testament books and letters identify the author or provide sufficient clues to know who the author is including consistency with other writ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 You mean can I go back to the original autographs and validate from the hand writing that it was the apostle himself? Obviously I cannot do that. All the books of the New Testament identify the author except for Hebrews, and 1 and 3 Joh...

@Methodios007 You mean can I go back to the original autographs and validate from the hand writing that it was the apostle himself? Obviously I cannot do that. All the books of the New Testament ident

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@mountain_diva @smashbaals Which scripture explicitly calls a man a pastor (poim

@mountain_diva @smashbaals Which scripture explicitly calls a man a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine. We need to seek to follow as closely as we can what was laid as a foundation by Christ and the apostles. I believe we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring

Ro 13:4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@theBaxterian Where is anyone called a 'pastor' in the New Testament? Where does

@theBaxterian Where is anyone called a 'pastor' in the New Testament? Where does it say "women should not be pastors"? Hm. So why restrict them from going to seminary?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@profitecpro 7. The New Testament doesn't support the view that husbands are to

@profitecpro 7. The New Testament doesn't support the view that husbands are to rule over their wives, but to humble themselves and serve them... "and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slav

Mk 10:44 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So do we have

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So do we have a single male in the New Testament who is explicitly called a pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the Old Testament: “While he was still talking with ...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the

Ge 29:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@bonhoefferchild @avyargo @MikeWingerii I believe that Paul authored the letters

@bonhoefferchild @avyargo @MikeWingerii I believe that Paul authored the letters we have in the New Testament and that it’s a matter of reading carefully.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-01

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like that? Any description of them wearing the priestly ...

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan There are no gender roles in the chu

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan There are no gender roles in the church. Where do you see role anywhere in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Writerwhsmith @JamesPelton18 This is absolutely correct! It is a word used in the verb form only once in the New Testament and only 8 other times in antiquity. It is extremely rare and one would wonder why Paul chose this specific word to mean norma...

@Writerwhsmith @JamesPelton18 This is absolutely correct! It is a word used in the verb form only once in the New Testament and only 8 other times in antiquity. It is extremely rare and one would wond

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@th3muse A life goal might be to aim to be last. While Paul appears to be first

@th3muse A life goal might be to aim to be last. While Paul appears to be first because of his prominence in the New Testament, he is frequently rejected and explains how he and the other apostles are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in the New Testament. If you can’t find any, that might shed light on the answer to your question.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL That source is Leon Morris, a complementarian, in his

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL That source is Leon Morris, a complementarian, in his commentary on 1 Corinthians from the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL I’m not sure that is relevant to Paul’s use of the ter

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL I’m not sure that is relevant to Paul’s use of the term in the majority of its use in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@VCITW All the church history I need is in the New Testament.

@VCITW All the church history I need is in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@VCITW That’s almost what Luther claimed when he confronted the Roman Catholic C

@VCITW That’s almost what Luther claimed when he confronted the Roman Catholic Church. At any rate, I’m claiming to align with the church IN the New Testament. The ones after that are honestly irrele

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@TomBuck Where is the title pastor given to anyone in the New Testament? 🤔

@TomBuck Where is the title pastor given to anyone in the New Testament? 🤔

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-24

@ronhenzel @carol66944 There’s no slippery slope here as I’m merely rejecting a doctrine created by man. The idea of gender hierarchy of authority is not the teaching of the New Testament. Even in the OT, there was no sense that obeying a woman in a ...

@ronhenzel @carol66944 There’s no slippery slope here as I’m merely rejecting a doctrine created by man. The idea of gender hierarchy of authority is not the teaching of the New Testament. Even in the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals So your view is Paul

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals So your view is Paul says some can prophesy and some cannot? That if a woman prophet stood up (which we both know existed in both old and new

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@biblemarriages @kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla If that was the case, polygamy would be encouraged in the New Testament. Rather, it is clearly not encouraged. Monogomy is a requirement for leaders. And for all, in the context of asceticism and the probl...

@biblemarriages @kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla If that was the case, polygamy would be encouraged in the New Testament. Rather, it is clearly not encouraged. Monogomy is a requirement for leaders. And f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor.

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor. Only Peter and John self identify as elders. Are there only two elders in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

This is silly. Show me where a specific male is called a pastor in the New Testa

This is silly. Show me where a specific male is called a pastor in the New Testament. https://t.co/o5EnNkreIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii The Bible doesn't tell anyone to "hold authority." Women are certainly told to teach and shown to teach others. No one is called pastor in the New Testament except Jesus Himself. Anyone who forbids women from full...

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii The Bible doesn't tell anyone to "hold authority." Women are certainly told to teach and shown to teach others. No one is called pastor in the New Testament except

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@mythreesonsb @EtAbundatGratia @MikeWingerii So men are never usurping authority? Also where is this idea of a place of authority in the church even established that merely standing in it usurps it? All of this seems to be based on a conjectural int...

@mythreesonsb @EtAbundatGratia @MikeWingerii So men are never usurping authority? Also where is this idea of a place of authority in the church even established that merely standing in it usurps it?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@covjack @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWinger

@covjack @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii If all scripture is God breathed then this is not an option. Paul was called and taught by Jesus Himself and wrote al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-12

@ThomasPurell @sailemptyskies @ScottCross_8 @MikeWingerii The history of the church post New Testament is not an authority. It may be a consideration but everything tests back to scripture. If you claim they understood scripture better than we can, ...

@ThomasPurell @sailemptyskies @ScottCross_8 @MikeWingerii The history of the church post New Testament is not an authority. It may be a consideration but everything tests back to scripture. If you cl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii We do not see one single pastor in the N

@Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii We do not see one single pastor in the New Testament…just Jesus. Take another look.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine These functions are all overlapping. We use the term pastor, but this doesn't seem to be stated anywhere in the New Testament about anyone. It is a function, not a role. It seems that overseer (episkopos) and elder (presbyte...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine These functions are all overlapping. We use the term pastor, but this doesn't seem to be stated anywhere in the New Testament about anyone. It is a function, not a role. It s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one is called a pastor. Jesus is called the chief She...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@InterwebsLurker @MikeWingerii There’s neither the term nor the concept of gende

@InterwebsLurker @MikeWingerii There’s neither the term nor the concept of gender roles or authority structures taught in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@MikeWingerii You refer to “what the Bible teaches about gender roles.” Please

@MikeWingerii You refer to “what the Bible teaches about gender roles.” Please show me the word “role” in the New Testament. Let’s start there.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Mike says, “It is interesting that the New Testament doesn’t give us clear polic

Mike says, “It is interesting that the New Testament doesn’t give us clear policies (ie. on when women can’t speak)” [3:47:50] Indeed. Does it not occur that it might be b/c there is no gender author

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@judsonphillips @William_E_Wolfe The councils didn’t decide per se but affirmed

@judsonphillips @William_E_Wolfe The councils didn’t decide per se but affirmed the New Testament books already widely accepted. Q: Who wrote Hebrews?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous,

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous, ἐπισκόπους). No one in the New Testament is specifically called an overseer, but we can infer that an elder (presbytero

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