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Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-26

Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz Debate 2

Matt Slick and I had an interesting discussion on whether Paul was stopping true biblical teaching in 1 Timothy 2:12 or whether Paul was stopping error. My answer concerning the imperative command to let a woman learn (1 Timothy 2:11) and the fact that all teaching by “a woman” was to be stopped unt

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-23

Debating Women In Ministry Round 2

On Wednesday September 26, 2007 I will be having round number 2 with Matt Slick on the issue of women in ministry. We will be dealing with 1 Timothy 2 and the issues of whether “a woman” is a specific woman in Ephesus or whether Paul is prohibiting all Christian women from teaching men (or some vari

Isaiah 5 Numbers 2 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-19

Debate Audio Between Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz

If you didn’t get a chance to hear the debate regarding women Pastors between Matt Slick of CARM and myself, you can hear it at this link

1 Timothy 2:12 Esther 18 Hosea 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-30

1 Timothy 2 Video Preview Now Available

I have posted a second preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Proverbs 1 Proverbs 4 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-30

1 Corinthians 11 Should Women Be Silent

I have posted a third preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Colossians 14 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 14
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-08

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a di

1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:13 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-28

Does Husband Of One Wife Disqualify Women From Being A Pastor

I was listening to the January 26, 2007 radio program online by Matt Slick of carm. org

1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:12 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-19

What Law Does Satan Agree With

I should call this post Part Four of “Does God have one unique law. ” but instead I chose to make it a “unique” post of its own

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part Two

In part one, we discussed the fact that the Bible does not contradict itself so when a complementarian has a “proof text” that is used to prove that women are not allowed to teach the Bible to men, they must also deal with the apparent contradictions of this view. Here are some of the contradiction

1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 18:26 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-09

Wim Video Preview On Youtube

I have posted a preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Colossians 14 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-29

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part One

One of the things that bugs me when Christians have discussions about the women’s issue is the point when they are at loggerheads regarding “proof texts”. One person says they have their “proof text” scripture and so they are not willing to listen to what the other person has to say

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-27

Why Was Adams Sin More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part Two

While we have seen from part one that Adam’s sin was said to have been a deliberate transgression of the covenant and as a result it was a treacherous act against God (Hosea 6:7) where does that leave the seriousness of Eve’s sin

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-21

Why Was The Sin Of Adam More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part One

While some believe that Adam was the representative head of the human race and merely brought sin into the world because he was “head” (i. e

1 Timothy 2:13 Hosea 6:7 Numbers 15:30 1 Timothy 2 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-11

Why Was Adam Not Deceived

1 Timothy 2:13, 14 show that the first creation of Adam is connected to the fact that Adam was not deceived. Why was Adam not deceived

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:13 Amos 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-07

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Two

Complementarians have stated that God has a law that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men. This law, they say, is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-02

What Does 1 Timothy 211 15 Mean

I was challenged to present my view of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 on another blog and I thought it would be good to summarize my view on my own blog. Here is the teaching from “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free

1 Timothy 1:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-29

Does God Have One Unique Law Part One

If complementarians are right in their interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12, then God must have one completely unique law. This “law” forbidding women from teaching the bible to men is not like any other law in the bible

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 17:11 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2006-07-02

Is There A Law That Forbids Women From Teaching Men

> Q: Isn’t there a law in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 that forbids women from teaching the Bible to men. Why are you disregarding this law

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Deuteronomy 19:15 Esther 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-04-06

Doesnt 1 Timothy 13 List Only Males As False Teachers

> Q: In WIM you say that 1 Timothy 1:3 “charge some that they teach no other doctrine” means people male or female. However isn’t the technical grammar of “some” as singular masculine

1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:17 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-19

Isnt It A Sin For A Woman To Teach Men

> Q: Doesn’t Paul’s command in 1 Timothy 2:12 for women not to teach men show that to disobey this command is a sin

1 Timothy 2:12 Colossians 1 Ecclesiastes 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Would Your Arguments Have Strength Without 1 Timothy 215

> Q: It also seems that 1 Timothy 2:15 is crucial for your interpretation. The word ‘she’ is a definite point in your favor

1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 Hebrews 15 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
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 article 2006-03-13

Isnt A Woman From 1 Timothy 2 Clear That She Is Generic Woman

> Q: You say that “a woman” in 1 Timothy 2:11 & 12 is the same terminology as Paul calling “a man” living in sin in 1 Corinthians 5. Wouldn’t you have to admit that the normal grammatical reading in 1 Corinthians 5 which says that Paul is talking about a particular man, not “all men”, is clearer

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-15

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Well that’s the thing⎯ Paul didn’t say women are not to teach truth to men. In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain ones not to teach s...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Well that’s the thing⎯ Paul didn’t say women are not to teach truth to men. In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy he wanted him to remain

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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 2025-11-01

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the deceived woman teaching heresy since she hadn’t been c...

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the dece

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Sorry, @Grok, you are going to have to do better. Summarizing what commentaries say is not how we interpret the Bible. Stick to just the text, the grammar and the context or you will mess this one up every time. The...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Sorry, @Grok, you are going to have to do better. Summarizing what commentaries say is not how we interpret the Bible. Stick to just the text, the grammar and the co

1Ti 2:11-12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge That’s correct. Paul’s context of 1Tim which is a personal letter to Timothy is that he wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyon...

@ThokGrararah @DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge That’s correct. Paul’s context of 1Tim which is a personal letter to Timothy is that he wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’t say “women are not to teach…men” but refers to ‘...

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’

in 2:11-12 in 2:9-10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@Toneskeee @SuzanneLucy78 As for 1Ti 3:11-15, you have to read this passage in context. Paul wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching anyone else the truth. That...

@Toneskeee @SuzanneLucy78 As for 1Ti 3:11-15, you have to read this passage in context. Paul wanted Timothy to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrines, not to sto

1Ti 2:15 1Ti 3:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@NavyServant_61 @Toneskeee @AlanChilde36050 If an overseer has to be a husband, that would mean Paul himself would be disqualified. How is that possible? And Timothy was also likely single. Peter calls himself a fellow elder, so don’t think an apostl...

@NavyServant_61 @Toneskeee @AlanChilde36050 If an overseer has to be a husband, that would mean Paul himself would be disqualified. How is that possible? And Timothy was also likely single. Peter call

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@LaughingBrook @Toneskeee Only if you read it completely out of context, miss that Paul was writing this in a personal letter to Timothy, miss his grammatical cues showing he was referring to a specific deceived wife teaching heresy and don’t know wh...

@LaughingBrook @Toneskeee Only if you read it completely out of context, miss that Paul was writing this in a personal letter to Timothy, miss his grammatical cues showing he was referring to a specif

1Ti 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@BaptistClips A bishop/elder has to be married with kids? So Paul himself was di

@BaptistClips A bishop/elder has to be married with kids? So Paul himself was disqualified? And he advocated for others to remain single in 1Co 7 and likely Timothy wasn’t married either.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Paul writes a letter to Timothy with the stated purpose of having him remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines and you believe that somehow he also added to this the desire that half the ...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Paul writes a letter to Timothy with the stated purpose of having him remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines and you believe that someh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@notabreadliner @TheRealJamieKay @waltercool11 @TheLaurenChen That's the most misquoted and most abused out of context passage in the entire Bible. How about reading it in context? Paul's stated purpose is for Timothy to instruct certain people to st...

@notabreadliner @TheRealJamieKay @waltercool11 @TheLaurenChen That's the most misquoted and most abused out of context passage in the entire Bible. How about reading it in context? Paul's stated purpo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-06

@PastorJWScott There’s no hermeneutical issue with my interpretation. The proble

@PastorJWScott There’s no hermeneutical issue with my interpretation. The problem is that you are not taking context into account in 1Ti 2:11-12. Paul wrote to Timothy to instruct ‘certain ones’ to st

1Ti 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-03

@thomasjswithers Paul’s concern Im 1Tim 2:12 is false teaching. Paul didn’t leav

@thomasjswithers Paul’s concern Im 1Tim 2:12 is false teaching. Paul didn’t leave Timothy in Ephesus to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. There is however a passage about interrupting, and i

1Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@Gbackupx The Bible nowhere says that women shouldn’t preach. 1Ti 2:12 is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach ‘strange doctrines’—but this has nothing to do with anyone preaching the truth to any...

@Gbackupx The Bible nowhere says that women shouldn’t preach. 1Ti 2:12 is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach ‘strange doctrines’—but this has no

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@mtnman22x @ItsRiverShane @rankheresy He's giving Timothy his opinion here because Timothy is a young, single guy who will likely be correcting a man's wife's heresy when the husband wasn't doing anything. But it may be a sticky situation. And you ar...

@mtnman22x @ItsRiverShane @rankheresy He's giving Timothy his opinion here because Timothy is a young, single guy who will likely be correcting a man's wife's heresy when the husband wasn't doing anyt

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@SchulMozart That's King James English. And Paul isn't stopping a woman from teaching truth to a man. His point in his letter to Timothy was that he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines. A woma...

@SchulMozart That's King James English. And Paul isn't stopping a woman from teaching truth to a man. His point in his letter to Timothy was that he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Grok, you may be quick, but your skill in reading in context needs some improving. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy with the express purpose for him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain pe...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Grok, you may be quick, but your skill in reading in context needs some improving. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy with the express purpose f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@NowRope @4res44444444 @churchtalkative Your opinion is not backed up by 1Ti 2:12 because you failed to take this passage in its context. Paul is writing to Timothy so that he would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange do...

@NowRope @4res44444444 @churchtalkative Your opinion is not backed up by 1Ti 2:12 because you failed to take this passage in its context. Paul is writing to Timothy so that he would remain in Ephesus

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. The term ...

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to sto

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan So Paul was instructing Timothy from

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan So Paul was instructing Timothy from stopping women from teaching truth to men? Where in the context are you getting that from?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan Yes, it’s clear from the context that

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan Yes, it’s clear from the context that Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from tea

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