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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am aiming to make sense of the syntax and all relevan...

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Scripture calls us to judge leaders by their character, not their gender. Women

Scripture calls us to judge leaders by their character, not their gender. Women are clearly among those who have been gifted by God and called to lead and not excluded based on their gender. Let's not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

In the Greek text, τις (meaning "anyone/someone") is used generically in 1Ti 3:1

In the Greek text, τις (meaning "anyone/someone") is used generically in 1Ti 3:1: "If anyone aspires to the office of overseer..." This absence of gender-specific pronouns supports the idea that Paul

1Ti 3:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and even Paul himself, who advocated for singleness in 1Co 7:7–8. Clearly, the focus here is on faithfulness, not prescribi

1Co 7:7 1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

The phrase "husband of one wife" in 1Ti 3:2 comes from the Greek μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄ

The phrase "husband of one wife" in 1Ti 3:2 comes from the Greek μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα ("mias gunaikos andra"). This idiom emphasizes marital fidelity—not gender. Let’s explore why. /2

1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-26

@BdtKim There are no gender role differences related to submission or authority.

@BdtKim There are no gender role differences related to submission or authority. Both have equal authority as the only authority given by God was given equally to men and women. The only way to harm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife So you’re admitting that there’s nothing gendered in the great commission then? I see… In Titus 2:5, Paul is speaking to women who are lazy and not doing anything except gossip. If you are at home, ...

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife So you’re admitting that there’s nothing gendered in the great commission then? I see… In Titus 2:5, Paul is speaking to women who are lazy and not

Titus 2:5 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @sher_qw @BretArrigo @mtnhousewife There is no gender based aut

@Matthew56193629 @sher_qw @BretArrigo @mtnhousewife There is no gender based authority (at least in the church). That’s a made up notion.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 “…both wives and husbands are instruc

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 “…both wives and husbands are instructed to act **in the same way** as Jesus did. This isn't about gender roles but about embodying a Christian attitude of h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem You are right... let me rephrase: The true view

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem You are right... let me rephrase: The true view is no restrictions based on one’s gender and mutual submission within the entire body. ☺️

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@rightresponsem The balanced view is no restrictions based on one’s gender and m

@rightresponsem The balanced view is no restrictions based on one’s gender and mutual submission within the entire body.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@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

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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

As noted earlier, some reject what they perceive as the clear teaching of Script

As noted earlier, some reject what they perceive as the clear teaching of Scripture, which is true compromise and often leads to further compromise. However, gender roles are not a Biblical teaching—i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Rather than rebellion against creation, true egalitarians actually go back to an

Rather than rebellion against creation, true egalitarians actually go back to and align with the creation text and don't insert foreign details like gender authority roles. https://t.co/xoajYHRvbX

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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 2024-12-03

If the Bible doesn't teach gender roles, then it doesn't follow that gender is f

If the Bible doesn't teach gender roles, then it doesn't follow that gender is fluid. There's no connection to the two. Egalitarians who rightly divide the Word reject gender roles and gender confusi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

So you see, egalitarians are not throwing out God's "order" but understanding th

So you see, egalitarians are not throwing out God's "order" but understanding that in context, the sequential order of creation is not about authority as Ge 1:28 makes abundantly clear. The virus is

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Since the scripture doesn't actually teach male gender roles related to position

Since the scripture doesn't actually teach male gender roles related to positions of authority, the Biblical teaching of the equality of all in the body is not rebellion or mutiny, but rather faithful

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-07

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers You mean like laws against murder and theft? Traffic laws? Assault? Yes, of course. However, there should be no law against fornication, lust or even changing one’s gender or requiring belief in the God of the Bible. Laws ag...

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers You mean like laws against murder and theft? Traffic laws? Assault? Yes, of course. However, there should be no law against fornication, lust or even changing one’s gender or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii When the Bible says to love one another, it is not do

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii When the Bible says to love one another, it is not doing so in a gendered way (Jn 13:34-35). When it says that husbands are to love their wives and wives respect their husba

Jn 13:34-35 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary def

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary definition. No such definition for male-only authority or leadership exists.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedig

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedigree, gender or qualifications. Paul commended the Berean for not taking him as an apostle just at his word but checking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be ju

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be judged according to scripture, not her gender.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-10

@Catholic_bro Is it also true that every time a man teaches something false that

@Catholic_bro Is it also true that every time a man teaches something false that he should be quiet also? What does false teaching have to do with one's gender? https://t.co/XIjnmMzrMD

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@PatrickGut74996 @MikeWingerii Hmm… The first-person singular pronoun “ἐγώ” (egō) means “I” and does not have gender. The first-person plural pronoun “ἡμεῖς” (hēmeis) means “we” and also does not have gender. Greek verbs in the first person singul...

@PatrickGut74996 @MikeWingerii Hmm… The first-person singular pronoun “ἐγώ” (egō) means “I” and does not have gender. The first-person plural pronoun “ἡμεῖς” (hēmeis) means “we” and also does not ha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Is the Danvers statement inspired? I

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Is the Danvers statement inspired? I believe in only two genders. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman. I don’t believe the Bible teaches gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if yo

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if you think He did, He undid it in the church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@PastorMark "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8). The Greek word used here is "τις" (tis), which is a gender-neutral term ...

@PastorMark "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8). The Greek word used he

1Ti 5:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@avyargo The point is no one is elevating themselves in mutualism. Egalitarians

@avyargo The point is no one is elevating themselves in mutualism. Egalitarians are treating each other as equals. And of course, we disagree with your assertion that God defined gender roles and gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@EH_Esq God never intended gender hierarchies of authority. Both were commanded

@EH_Esq God never intended gender hierarchies of authority. Both were commanded to rule over creation; no one was commanded to rule over his fellow human. When Israel begged for a king it was a rejec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (or a better term ‘mutualists’) treat others as more...

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not with the reason being the time sequence of creation...

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-03

@NBidnz @YaakovSomar You are possibly right. Maybe he was thinking feminism mean

@NBidnz @YaakovSomar You are possibly right. Maybe he was thinking feminism meaning a woman or a man could lead and teach or maybe he is thinking transgender stuff…not sure which is why I asked.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1). He refutes these men who are trying to silence half the body to bring order; Paul’s solution is ...

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1). He refutes these men who are trying to silence

1Co 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in co

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in context which is that it does not forbid anyone because of their ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic status.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church leadership. This is certainly not an issue where one...

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church le

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Why is it becoming “Tier 1” (primary)? Because he believes it is an attack on t

Why is it becoming “Tier 1” (primary)? Because he believes it is an attack on the created order. But what is the created order? It is God creating Adam in time sequence before Eve. How does time s

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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 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Also, protect her from what? From deception? You can only do that when you are not deceived yourself. Deception is not a gendered issue; many men can be deceived. Paul even says so: "But...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Also, protect her from what? From deception? You can only do that when you are not deceived yourself. Deception is not a gendered issue; m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@kdclaunch Paul has no concept of “gender roles” with respect to authority or hi

@kdclaunch Paul has no concept of “gender roles” with respect to authority or hierarchy.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

Here he intentionally misconstrues Satan’s temptation as violating gender hierar

Here he intentionally misconstrues Satan’s temptation as violating gender hierarchy rather than Satan taking advantage of Eve’s lack of experience of God. In conclusion, Kyle has not presented any ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

Kyle forgets that this is a personal letter to Timothy, not a general letter to the church. Paul states expressly that his intent was to leave Timothy behind to stop some from teaching false doctrines. Paul’s intent was not to setup some sort of gend...

Kyle forgets that this is a personal letter to Timothy, not a general letter to the church. Paul states expressly that his intent was to leave Timothy behind to stop some from teaching false doctrines

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

The serpent approaches the woman as she can be deceived. There is no evidence that anyone present is aware of any gender-based hierarchy. The serpent doesn’t say anything about being liberated from Adam’s authority. Adam is also right beside Eve li...

The serpent approaches the woman as she can be deceived. There is no evidence that anyone present is aware of any gender-based hierarchy. The serpent doesn’t say anything about being liberated from A

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

The second mistake is missing that Paul is referring to the time sequence of creation not gender hierarchy. Since Adam was created first and observed God creating he was prepared for the temptation of the serpent and could not be deceived. Eve was c...

The second mistake is missing that Paul is referring to the time sequence of creation not gender hierarchy. Since Adam was created first and observed God creating he was prepared for the temptation o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@larrydrobertson It’s not that disfellowshipping isn’t important it’s just that

@larrydrobertson It’s not that disfellowshipping isn’t important it’s just that it should be done over primary matters not debatable secondary matters like what gender pastor you have.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do you have a scripture that says that men ruling is a blessing? Again, you are taking Is 3:12 out of its context. God’s judgment was to take all the faithful out of Israel leaving the incompetent and unfaithful...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do you have a scripture that says that men ruling is a blessing? Again, you are taking Is 3:12 out of its context. God’s judgment was to take all the faithful ou

Is 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Church structure does not include any sort

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Church structure does not include any sort of gender roles. Those who are considered to be the greatest are actually the slaves of everyone.

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