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Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-26

Verse By Verse Through 1 Corinthians 11

Because I have received several questions posed to me on 1 Corinthians 11, I think it best that we go through the passage verse by verse and that should help deal with each question in context. As we go through each set of verses, please feel free to comment or ask questions on the section that we a

1 Corinthians 10:23 1 Corinthians 10:24 1 Corinthians 10:32 1 Corinthians 11
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 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 2006-12-09

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 2006-11-29

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 2006-10-27

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

Another Complementarian Pastor Responds

I am preparing a talk on women in ministry partly based on questions and challenges presented to me by a complementarian Pastor from a large denomination which restricts women from teaching the bible to men. Here are excerpts that he gave regarding our DVD teaching series on Women in Ministry:

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2006-07-02

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 tweet 2025-11-28

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this i

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this is by new revelation makes one a false prophet. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance wi

Is 8:20 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@BKsupre @Truth_matters20 The only valid traditions that are binding are those i

@BKsupre @Truth_matters20 The only valid traditions that are binding are those in scripture. Tradition or habit is not itself bad. It’s when it becomes God’s law, and especially in contradiction to th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-01

@Truth_matters20 Then if people don’t come to church regularly you make a law.

@Truth_matters20 Then if people don’t come to church regularly you make a law.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-21

@LdsLawyer2156 Where are you getting that idea from? Scripture is clear on that.

@LdsLawyer2156 Where are you getting that idea from? Scripture is clear on that. https://t.co/sfIW0c2UNL

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

RT @ryanschatz: @LdsLawyer2156 Joseph Smith was a false prophet because the Book

RT @ryanschatz: @LdsLawyer2156 Joseph Smith was a false prophet because the Book of Mormon teaches that Lehi obeyed God by fleeing Jerusale…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@LdsLawyer2156 Joseph Smith was a false prophet because the Book of Mormon teaches that Lehi obeyed God by fleeing Jerusalem, while Jeremiah (God’s true prophet) declared that the Lord had given all nations (including all the true prophets), even the...

@LdsLawyer2156 Joseph Smith was a false prophet because the Book of Mormon teaches that Lehi obeyed God by fleeing Jerusalem, while Jeremiah (God’s true prophet) declared that the Lord had given all n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@LdsLawyer2156 In that case, since the BOM contradicts the Bible, it is actually

@LdsLawyer2156 In that case, since the BOM contradicts the Bible, it is actually proof that Joseph Smith was a false prophet.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@ronhenzel @sola_chad The law of noncontradiction applies within a defined system of premises, but the real question is whether your theological system actually reflects what Scripture teaches. Claiming other interpretations are inconsistent simply ...

@ronhenzel @sola_chad The law of noncontradiction applies within a defined system of premises, but the real question is whether your theological system actually reflects what Scripture teaches. Claim

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-16

@Dundada63093 @davidmn316 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem That’s not exactly true because Roman Catholicism also introduces a lot of errors which distract from the gospel. Back to the topic: scripture teaches that God gave government the responsibilit...

@Dundada63093 @davidmn316 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem That’s not exactly true because Roman Catholicism also introduces a lot of errors which distract from the gospel. Back to the topic: scripture

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom attempt? And why didn’t Jesus stone the woman cau...

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I’m not questioning scripture. I’m questioning you

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I’m not questioning scripture. I’m questioning your insistence that mercy is not a consideration. Why wasn’t the woman caught in the act of adultery stoned? Why didn’t J

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-14

@trumpidolater @rightresponsem I’m glad you believe that it’s not the role of the church to carry the sword. Back in medieval times it did. Government should carry out punishment according to the law, but when the victim’s family forgives the repent...

@trumpidolater @rightresponsem I’m glad you believe that it’s not the role of the church to carry the sword. Back in medieval times it did. Government should carry out punishment according to the law

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-03

@RealLaw2Grace But interruption is explicitly mentioned in 1Cor 14 and Paul’s in

@RealLaw2Grace But interruption is explicitly mentioned in 1Cor 14 and Paul’s instruction would be to let her speak and for the pastor to keep silent… https://t.co/FSoJpqg1Fs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Drinking the blood of a human or animal was expressly forbidden in the law. “It is a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat nor any ...

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Drinking the blood of a human or animal was expressly forbidden in the law. “It is a permanent statute throughout your generations in all

Lev 3:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Jesus is not bread just like He is not a door. The Levitical priesthood does not continue into the NT church. Fulfilling the law doesn’t mean that the sacrificial system continues. It sto...

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Jesus is not bread just like He is not a door. The Levitical priesthood does not continue into the NT church. Fulfilling the law doesn’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Only a few spots are written in Aramaic.

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Only a few spots are written in Aramaic. Are you suggesting that the Greek that the original authors wrote is flawed?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@Here4Now0829 Paul wasn’t correcting the women, he was correcting those Corinthi

@Here4Now0829 Paul wasn’t correcting the women, he was correcting those Corinthians who were trying to silence the women. There is no law commanding women to be silent in the congregation in scriptur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 1Co 9:9 “You shall not muzzle an ox…” 1Co 9:13-14 Temple workers eat from temple offerings forming the basis for the direction that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from it. Pa...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 1Co 9:9 “You shall not muzzle an ox…” 1Co 9:13-14 Temple workers eat from temple offerings forming the basis for the direction that those who procla

1Co 9:13-14 1Co 9:9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 What law are you referring t

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 What law are you referring to in 1Co 9?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 I think rather you are not b

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 I think rather you are not being very clear. What law are you referring to in 1Co 9?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we clearly see other places he quotes from their letter...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we cl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church” (14:35)? Where does the law ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 “…what I am writing is the Lord’s command” —but this is not v34-35. If it was, it would be in the law (Gen—Deut) and there is no law that silences women in the assembly. But it is part of the oral t...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 “…what I am writing is the Lord’s command” —but this is not v34-35. If it was, it would be in the law (Gen—Deut) and there is no law that silences w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to tell me what to do or not to do, only scripture has ...

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to te

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@AttorneyBrand @Prov_Standards Well, the Bible doesn’t say that all the scripture is about Christ. And we shouldn’t force Him in unnaturally. That said, there are so many types, shadows, thematic fulfillments, direct prophecies, and a man-figure who ...

@AttorneyBrand @Prov_Standards Well, the Bible doesn’t say that all the scripture is about Christ. And we shouldn’t force Him in unnaturally. That said, there are so many types, shadows, thematic fulf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@Matthae55 @ronhenzel I have many friends in reformed churches and used to be re

@Matthae55 @ronhenzel I have many friends in reformed churches and used to be reformed myself. I guess God enlightened me so that I could see its flaws.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their understanding is severely flawed. And the thinking ...

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their un

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the right to divorce an unfaithful husband. Do you belie...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the rig

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that her foolish vows can be annulled without her suffering the consequences which is a grace. This is not about having auth

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given to men. Men are missing something good—that a wise ...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from divorcing their husbands so what Jesus said was definitely not in contradiction to the law. So your conclusions are no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He most certainly can bring clarity to the intent of the...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He mos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Moses (Mt 5:17). - He told others to do what the Pha...

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Mo

Jn 19:11 Mt 22:21 Mt 23:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 And for the record: If you think Jesus reaffirmed Dt 24, go read Mk 10:12: “If she divorces her husband…” That would have made zero sense in OT law. Jesus is building something new—a kingdom ethic where both are accountable, and bo...

@JonByers186054 And for the record: If you think Jesus reaffirmed Dt 24, go read Mk 10:12: “If she divorces her husband…” That would have made zero sense in OT law. Jesus is building something new—

Mk 10:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 Some argue “but verse 9 allows divorce for porneia!”—and that’s

@JonByers186054 Some argue “but verse 9 allows divorce for porneia!”—and that’s true. **But Jesus still says Moses’ law was not God’s design—Genesis was.** So even where divorce is allowed, it’s not

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Wait, hang on, where is it in God's law that a woman cannot be an elder or leader? How is it that God chose Deborah to be the judge of all Israel and its prophet? Leading others to teach truth and lead others into the truth⎯regardles...

@JonByers186054 Wait, hang on, where is it in God's law that a woman cannot be an elder or leader? How is it that God chose Deborah to be the judge of all Israel and its prophet? Leading others to te

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@BeardedPresby @smashbaals Hm, I see. So Ezra read the law from morning until ni

@BeardedPresby @smashbaals Hm, I see. So Ezra read the law from morning until night (Ne 8:2–3, 8). So is that what they do at your church? Your hired pastor reads the Bible for hours from the pulpit?

Ne 8:2 question
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