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Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Where To Next

I should be done the verse-by-verse discussion on 1 Corinthians 11 (the head covering & hair issue verses) this week and I was thinking that I would move on to a discussion of God giving teachers to the body of Christ – are teachers part of the gifts of the Spirit or “offices” that must be filled by

Colossians 11 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

#More 110

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

Why Was The Woman Created For The Man

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-24

Should Cbmw Fight Egalitarians

This week CBMW (the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) released two audio tapes from the February 2007 “Different by Design” Conference held in Minneapolis Minnesota. ( ) I was amazed at the way that the gospel was connected to the gender issue in such a way that those who do not hold to pa

Exodus 4 Isaiah 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-22

We Are In Our New Home

We are mostly moved into our new home and much of our time has been spent in unpacking boxes. Our living room now feels like home since six book cases of my research and bible study books have been unpacked

Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-20

Discrimination Of Women In The Sbc Can They Teach Men At All

I have been following a blog documenting the injustice done to Dr. Sheri Klouda a professor of Hebrew who was forced out of her teaching position at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Southwestern Theological Seminary because the new President, Paige Patterson, does not believe that women should be t

Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-13

Can Only Men Judge Right From Wrong In The Church

I read with interest Wayne Grudem’s claim that 1 Cor. 14:34 means that women are to “keep silent”regarding weighing of the oral prophecies in the assembly

1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:3 Lamentations 1 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-07

What Is True Headship

With all of the talk on submission of a wife, we should at least grant that submission is not related to suppression of God’s gifts. In other words if a woman is gifted to teach, her submission to her husband and her desire to honor him should not be a means to stop her from using her God-given gift

Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2006-10-27

Godly Women Need To Repent

My heart goes out to Pastors who are so engrained in tradition that they can easily justify sending godly women to hell. This past weekend I spoke with a Pastor from a denomination that does not believe that women are allowed to teach the bible to men

Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-09-23

Can Complementarians Agree To Disagree

I sent a copy of our DVD “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” to the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in February of 2006 and this summer I finally received a response

John 3:4 John 3:6 Lamentations 6:1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-07

Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

Exodus 19:5-8 Exodus 19:6 Women in Leadership
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 2006-03-11

Scriptures Showing Women In The Ministry Are Missing

> Q: Why did you not list in WIM all the scriptures that show women properly leading and serving God in both the New Testament and the Old Testament

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-27

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry...

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for th

Eph 4:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and cons

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and constitute the church. The bread and wine shared in the Lord’s supper (NOTE: it was a supper, not a snack), is emblematic an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-24

@WayneVinson5 @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Exactly! And also that the body of Ch

@WayneVinson5 @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Exactly! And also that the body of Christ is now all the believers, so how you treat them is how you are treating Christ’s body. It is about the manner in wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Well, the fact is that the church is the body of Christ, not a wafer (properly bread that is broken) which is symbolic of his body broken for us. We eat in remembrance of Him, not to have Him inside us. He doesn’t leave u...

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Well, the fact is that the church is the body of Christ, not a wafer (properly bread that is broken) which is symbolic of his body broken for us. We eat in remembrance of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ…” (Eph 4:11–12) If all are equippe...

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the

Eph 4:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all th

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of H

Eph 1:22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly one. In the body of Christ there is no "primary lea...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick It is not even just husbands to wives and wives to husbands but each person in the body of Christ to each other person. To hypotasso means to work for the best of another which means not always doing what you wa...

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick It is not even just husbands to wives and wives to husbands but each person in the body of Christ to each other person. To hypotasso means to work for the best o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 The teaching of Calvinism damages the body of Christ, but I don’t believe RC is a false teacher. What he believes about what God does behind the scenes is not a primary matter of the faith even if he is wrong. Thankfully,...

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 The teaching of Calvinism damages the body of Christ, but I don’t believe RC is a false teacher. What he believes about what God does behind the scenes is not a primary ma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@Just_A_Man67 @JRowley11 Not true. And how do you know my intentions? Can you re

@Just_A_Man67 @JRowley11 Not true. And how do you know my intentions? Can you read my mind? I’m arguing because I’ve read the scripture and am convinced it is not forbidding someone because they are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-04

@_jonbowlin What? No one is replacing the body of Christ with Israel. What a str

@_jonbowlin What? No one is replacing the body of Christ with Israel. What a strange thing to think we are saying…that God has a plan for ethnic Israel meaning replacing the church. Bizarre!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@ChristianJComis @drcholakov Male headship meaning male authority is a foreign i

@ChristianJComis @drcholakov Male headship meaning male authority is a foreign idea inserted into the creation account. Both are commanded to rule. Gender roles is a virus to the body of Christ. https

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

There are egalitarians faithful to the text. The real gymnastics is insisting on

There are egalitarians faithful to the text. The real gymnastics is insisting on gender roles that restrict some in the body of Christ from preaching, teaching, or correcting others, including males,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-08

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 reg

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 regardless of his membership status with a local church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living t

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living temples of the Holy Spirit. Buildings are the way of the old temple which is no longer required.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@RenOfMen The scriptures teach mutual submission for all in the body of Christ (Eph 5:21, Php 2:3-4). While egalitarian can sound like each is supposed to assert their rights, I think 'mutualist' is a better term and conveys the idea that each is sub...

@RenOfMen The scriptures teach mutual submission for all in the body of Christ (Eph 5:21, Php 2:3-4). While egalitarian can sound like each is supposed to assert their rights, I think 'mutualist' is a

Eph 5:21 Php 2:3-4 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@chris_z_123 @ryancduff "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ***to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up*** until we...

@chris_z_123 @ryancduff "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ***to prepare God's people for works of service, so t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@ryancduff You may be thinking about this from the perspective of forbidding what God doesn’t forbid and therefore dividing the body of Christ. Paul refers to this as “doctrines of demons.” “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some wil...

@ryancduff You may be thinking about this from the perspective of forbidding what God doesn’t forbid and therefore dividing the body of Christ. Paul refers to this as “doctrines of demons.” “Now the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as yo

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as you do. There should be no reason that we cannot cooperate within the broader body of Christ even though different churche

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-28

The main issue I have with membership is that it is different from membership in the body of Christ. When you treat the church as having two classes of people by adding secondary requirements in addition to Jesus’ requirements, churches are being nee...

The main issue I have with membership is that it is different from membership in the body of Christ. When you treat the church as having two classes of people by adding secondary requirements in addit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-03

@MackDonahue @MikeWingerii Mack, when he says that the egalitarian view is a secondary issues, but then treats it like it is a sin to propagate it, this does harm to the body of Christ. If he is so concerned about harm done to the body, then why doe...

@MackDonahue @MikeWingerii Mack, when he says that the egalitarian view is a secondary issues, but then treats it like it is a sin to propagate it, this does harm to the body of Christ. If he is so c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at this passage: “Now you are the body of Christ, and ...

@carol66944 Interesting. I still think that Paul’s reference to “the childbearing” as a definite noun is a pointer back to the seed of the woman since Eve was mentioned in the context. But look at th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

There are protestants who hold to the same belief, but it's not Biblical. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church is wrong on this one too. The church is the body of Christ. "Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it" (1C...

There are protestants who hold to the same belief, but it's not Biblical. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church is wrong on this one too. The church is the body of Christ. "Now you are the body o

1Co 12:27 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those who are silencing half the body of Christ? “What...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 1Cor 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot learn from half the body of Christ? I appreciate th...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

Often the idea that no matter the gifting of a woman, she needs to refrain from

Often the idea that no matter the gifting of a woman, she needs to refrain from using it in the context of the body because of the symbolism of the wite to the body of Christ and the husband to Christ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@EtAbundatGratia No, none of those verses tell wives to "obey" their husbands li

@EtAbundatGratia No, none of those verses tell wives to "obey" their husbands like children obey their parents. To subject yourself to others is something we are all to do to one another in the body

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-07

@AaronInWriting I thought this just refers to those who are in full time ministr

@AaronInWriting I thought this just refers to those who are in full time ministry and receive their living from it, not that they are more right or better than someone else in the body of Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and pastors to congregants). Women are not restricte...

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@renoomokri However, in that passage, Paul was actually quoting from the letter

@renoomokri However, in that passage, Paul was actually quoting from the letter the Corinthians’ prior letter and rebuking those silencing half the body of Christ. You are mistaken. https://t.co/WHlr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit You are right, but the command to subject themselves is an imperative. It would seem that if they don’t, some other actions may follow. But these verses are Paul quoting from the letter from the Cor...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit You are right, but the command to subject themselves is an imperative. It would seem that if they don’t, some other actions may follow. But these ve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@LadyDemosthenes No, this isn’t true. These verses are all being taken out of context. Please take another look. 1 Cor 14:34-35 is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians and rebuking the men that are silencing half the body of Christ. ...

@LadyDemosthenes No, this isn’t true. These verses are all being taken out of context. Please take another look. 1 Cor 14:34-35 is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians and rebuking the

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@elizabethprata @aimeebyrdPYW Except it’s forbidden as Paul is quoting from the

@elizabethprata @aimeebyrdPYW Except it’s forbidden as Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians and rebuking the men silencing half the body of Christ… https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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