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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@ronhenzel And the witnesses don't need to be elders. And this is not a gang up of those who don't like the person. “I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias...

@ronhenzel And the witnesses don't need to be elders. And this is not a gang up of those who don't like the person. “I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@SindlandOz34748 @LukeJac91044232 No, the scripture meant for Jesus is being app

@SindlandOz34748 @LukeJac91044232 No, the scripture meant for Jesus is being applied to the overcoming believer! We have two other witnesses confirming this. https://t.co/YI3kJSpPEo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says el

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says elders are to receive the same benefit of Matt 18 in that an accusation should not be entertained unless brought by 2 or 3

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness wi

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness will know what it means to quote the Bible out of context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@dmichaelclary @bradstewart81 @jdgreear Taking the scriptures in their context u

@dmichaelclary @bradstewart81 @jdgreear Taking the scriptures in their context undermines every single verse? Wow. Have you ever witnessed to a Jehovah’s Witness? The errors are almost without fail b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@ronhenzel @megbasham Yes, it is enough for my own church to have female leaders

@ronhenzel @megbasham Yes, it is enough for my own church to have female leadership without the world watching my brothers tell them it is so wrong that we can’t cooperate. Some witness that is. The

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Paul didn’t write that American women were more easily deceived. He wrote that because of the time sequence between the first man and the first woman Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Why? Because Adam witnessed G...

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Paul didn’t write that American women were more easily deceived. He wrote that because of the time sequence between the first man and the first woman Adam wasn’t d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are treated. We are co-heirs with Christ and share His...

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are t

Eph 5:32 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Multiple attestation is important. But in this case⎯on the confirmation of Biblical doctrine⎯we have all the witness we need in scripture. History itself is worth considering, but it is not a witness to establish...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Multiple attestation is important. But in this case⎯on the confirmation of Biblical doctrine⎯we have all the witness we need in scripture. History itself is worth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happe

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happens immediately upon belief, and sometimes God waits for some apostles to show up to witness His moving among the Gentile

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii The elders must submit to Jesus’ authority. There usually are many mature people in the fellowship who can serve as witnesses, and certain so can an elder or two. The way I’ve...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii The elders must submit to Jesus’ authority. There usually are many mature people in the fellowship who can serve as witnesses,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Jesus is the one who set the process and there is no mention of elders, though elders being the most mature would make great witnesses. The witnesses confirm ever...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Jesus is the one who set the process and there is no mention of elders, though elders being the most mature woul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeW

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The process is clear. This is a clear matter of sin. It is not a trial⎯the witnesses would confirm every matter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people who anyone in the church can confirm. the facts wi...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instruction of Jesus in Matt 18 which says it is the 2 or 3...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instructi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic reason for picking just 12 and all males. In Revelati...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic rea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@iheartJ37 @peace_got @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Church discipline in Mat 18:15-20 doesn’t even mention the elders. Of course the elders would make good witnesses, but the church i...

@iheartJ37 @peace_got @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Church discipline in Mat 18:15-20 doesn’t even mention the elders. Of course the

Mat 18:15-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii What do you call someone who bears false witness about a brother? Where have I lied? 1) Yes, if married. Paul wasn’t married (1Co 7:7,26-27,32-35). Paul said that the “one who is unmarried is concerned abou...

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii What do you call someone who bears false witness about a brother? Where have I lied? 1) Yes, if married. Paul wasn’t married (1Co 7:7,26-27,32-35). Paul sai

1Co 7:32 1Co 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@Grengoli @marshalldukat 2A) You only have a *single* verse. 1Ti 2:12: - doesn’t have a second witness confirming women should not even teach truth to men - violates the great commission where all believers are told to teach all nations everything Je...

@Grengoli @marshalldukat 2A) You only have a *single* verse. 1Ti 2:12: - doesn’t have a second witness confirming women should not even teach truth to men - violates the great commission where all bel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@Grengoli @marshalldukat There’s only one passage that you could get that from and it’s singular, ‘a woman’ or ‘a wife.’ And there is no imperative in that verse. Anything that has to do with sin has at least two witnesses. I believe all scripture is...

@Grengoli @marshalldukat There’s only one passage that you could get that from and it’s singular, ‘a woman’ or ‘a wife.’ And there is no imperative in that verse. Anything that has to do with sin has

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

@Robert_Rothwell @ronhenzel @lordgrindleford Where do you see the giving happening before or irrespective of people's positive response to seek God because of the witness in creation and revelation in scripture? The witness of revelation in creation...

@Robert_Rothwell @ronhenzel @lordgrindleford Where do you see the giving happening before or irrespective of people's positive response to seek God because of the witness in creation and revelation in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii Good questions. 1. Church discipline is not something done by the elders as so many seem to think. There is no explicit elder involvement in Matt 18:15-20. They could be one or more of the witnesses, but not necessari...

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii Good questions. 1. Church discipline is not something done by the elders as so many seem to think. There is no explicit elder involvement in Matt 18:15-20. They could

Matt 18:15-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so we have internal witness that they believed they w...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so

2 Tim 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understanding was that sola scriptura was a literal term a...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel Second question: why didn’t they consider replacing Judas with a woman? The apostles based their criteria on being with Jesus from the beginning and witnessing the resurrection. They didn’t specify “must be male.” As it tu...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel Second question: why didn’t they consider replacing Judas with a woman? The apostles based their criteria on being with Jesus from the beginning and witnessing the resurrec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-04

The scripture 📖 also bears witness… “You search the Scriptures because you thin

The scripture 📖 also bears witness… “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.” (John 5:39) /9

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-01

@taxman1972 @reachjulieroys @AlistairBegg @AFRnet @parksidechurch We are not to judge those who don’t claim to be followers of Jesus, but that doesn’t mean we should witness a gay wedding. That said, for those who claim to follow Christ, we are calle...

@taxman1972 @reachjulieroys @AlistairBegg @AFRnet @parksidechurch We are not to judge those who don’t claim to be followers of Jesus, but that doesn’t mean we should witness a gay wedding. That said,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one witness. Further, church discipline is not meant fo...

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-14

@sympatheticNPC Yes! God included specific details in this text for those earnestly seeking truth. Is there ever an end to these gems? 😅 This passage isn't about Eve undermining Adam’s authority, but rather highlights Adam's responsibility for hi...

@sympatheticNPC Yes! God included specific details in this text for those earnestly seeking truth. Is there ever an end to these gems? 😅 This passage isn't about Eve undermining Adam’s authority,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@DeeGoingsGirl @pauldirks @KaeleyT Matt 18:15-20 and church discipline doesn’t even say “if he refuses to listen to the 1 or 2 (additional) witnesses, then take it to the elders”—no, it says “take it to the church” and that doesn’t mean to the “staff...

@DeeGoingsGirl @pauldirks @KaeleyT Matt 18:15-20 and church discipline doesn’t even say “if he refuses to listen to the 1 or 2 (additional) witnesses, then take it to the elders”—no, it says “take it

Matt 18:15-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@ZacharyGarris Male primacy is a problem needlessly dividing churches, relegatin

@ZacharyGarris Male primacy is a problem needlessly dividing churches, relegating women to second class status. It’s a poor witness but it is also not Biblical.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Being witnesses to all that Jesus said and did is exactly what the apostles did. They didn’t make up their own doctrine and expect people to follow it. There may be other reasons why Jesus picked all male apostles for the 12. And no...

@graceforprize Being witnesses to all that Jesus said and did is exactly what the apostles did. They didn’t make up their own doctrine and expect people to follow it. There may be other reasons why

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-19

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison I don’t listen to the pastor or speaker because they speak with authority; I listen when they speak words that are faithful to the biblical text. When you witness to someone, do they only listen if you speak...

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison I don’t listen to the pastor or speaker because they speak with authority; I listen when they speak words that are faithful to the biblical text. When you wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-14

@riseaboveideas1 @wendelltalks Eyewitness testimony is always like this. Each person notices different things. In fact, this is what investigators look for specifically ensuring witnesses don’t collude before giving their testimony. In the gospel ...

@riseaboveideas1 @wendelltalks Eyewitness testimony is always like this. Each person notices different things. In fact, this is what investigators look for specifically ensuring witnesses don’t coll

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@OutOfThePocket Surely he knows of Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Thallus, Mara Bar Serapion, Lucian of Samosata, Josephus, and later apologists like Justin Martyr and Athenagoras? Also, regardless of Roman and Greek external sources, he int...

@OutOfThePocket Surely he knows of Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Thallus, Mara Bar Serapion, Lucian of Samosata, Josephus, and later apologists like Justin Martyr and Athenagoras? Also, rega

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The apostles argued for Christ as Messiah from the Old Testament. They still had a Bible, even though the eyewitness testim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@rightresponsem @ChrisHohnholz Paul links the order of first creation with deception. Males can clearly be deceived too, so this isn't a comment about gender differences but relates to the specific creation order of Adam and Eve. Because Adam was c...

@rightresponsem @ChrisHohnholz Paul links the order of first creation with deception. Males can clearly be deceived too, so this isn't a comment about gender differences but relates to the specific c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@farmingandJesus “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind,

@farmingandJesus “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament an

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament and the eyewitness testimony of the apostles and those who saw what Jesus did.

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Scripture Commentary debate point

While freeing women to minister with their God-given to the entire body of Christ has been a very strong passion for me, it has not been the main focus of my ministry. In 1988 God called me to give of my time, my money and my talents to help Jehovah’s Witnesses find the truth about the real Jesus Ch

[counterargument] From: Prayer Request

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Scripture Commentary debate point

In our continuing discussion about the fall of man, we have seen that there are no witnesses and no charge of sin against Eve for adding to God’s word. Therefore we must conclude without any charge of sin, that the woman did not add to God’s word

[counterargument] From: Silence Of Adam Sin

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Scripture Commentary debate point

For anyone in the Pennsylvania area who would like to meet us in person and see the premiere of “The Trinity Eternity Past to Eternity Future Explaining Truth Exposing Error”, we will be in the New Ringgold, PA area at the Witnesses Now For Jesus Convention at the Blue Mountain Christian Retreat  Oc

[general] From: Meet Us In Pennsylvania

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Scripture Commentary debate point

## Is there a Second Witness that forbids Christian women from teaching the Bible to men

[general] From: Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz 3

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Scripture Commentary debate point

## Are Witnesses and Repetition needed to Prove Women may not teach the Bible

[general] From: Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Discussdebate Women In Ministry 4

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Scripture Commentary debate point

One of the first objections to women in ministry is the fact that Jesus chose only males as his twelve apostles. If Jesus only chose men for this special “class” of people who were to be His witnesses of the resurrection, then didn’t Jesus show by this act that He does not allow women to minister in

[complementarian_objection] From: Common Objections To Women In Ministry

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Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

2 Peter 3:15-16

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

2 Peter 3:15-16 Paul hard to understand distortion
Theology verse entry

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement
Theology verse entry

1 Peter 3:1-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Peter 3:1-9 submission,wives,husbands,Sarah,mutual-honor,egalitarian,context,obedience,intimidation
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 8:6

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 8:6 lordship,Jesus,authority,husbands,egalitarian
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