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@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You said Genesis, not the garden of Eden. And yes, no animals were being killed before the fall, so ruling them didn't mean killing them in the original creation. What in your view does it mean to r...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You said Genesis, not the garden of Eden. And yes, no animals were being killed before the fall, so ruling them didn't mean killing them in the origi

@amacarthur @ryancduff @bwillems1000 @MikeWingerii Yes, there are women who beli

@amacarthur @ryancduff @bwillems1000 @MikeWingerii Yes, there are women who believe their husbands should rule over them and that women should be quiet. Maybe this is why they aren't here arguing thei

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'm confused. What does ruling in Genesis entail? While we don't eat animals until after the flood, they were being sacrificed and used for wool or eggs or milk, etc. I'm glad you agree that ruling ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'm confused. What does ruling in Genesis entail? While we don't eat animals until after the flood, they were being sacrificed and used for wool or e

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@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and whether kephale means ruling before we are concerned wi...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and wheth

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-17

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband to rule his wife. Gen 1:28 has the imperative and both are to rule with neither ruling over the other.

Gen 1:28 general

Men alone are created to rule? Did Dale even read Genesis 1:28? God was speaking

Men alone are created to rule? Did Dale even read Genesis 1:28? God was speaking to the man and the woman He just made, not to all males. Males cannot be fruitful without females, BTW. https://t.co/G5

Genesis 1:28 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-09

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge I believe exactly what God’s Word means. Gen 1:28

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge I believe exactly what God’s Word means. Gen 1:28 contains plural imperatives where both the man and the woman are commanded to rule without distinction. Never is the man

Gen 1:28 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-31

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Why do you think creation sequence has to be rep

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Why do you think creation sequence has to be repeated for everything that happens in a worship service? Why is a descriptive event the rule for who teaches or preaches

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge The time sequence of creation doesn’t establish that the older rules the younger as is consistently demonstrated in scripture. Even Christ is the ‘second’ Adam and he is clearly the better one. Jacob is the younger,...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge The time sequence of creation doesn’t establish that the older rules the younger as is consistently demonstrated in scripture. Even Christ is the ‘second’ Adam and h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor commanding him to rule her. God doesn’t say Eve ...

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both t

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Gen 1:28 has God giving the same commands to both the man and the woman with no differentiation made. God never rescinds what He said to the woman. God never commands the

Gen 1:28 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-22

@ronhenzel Well, that the LXX itself is not inspired is true, though we can say the same about any translation. We do know Jesus and His apostles quoted from it (included in the NT) and they followed the LXX wording. Also, Isa 3:12 condemns unjust r...

@ronhenzel Well, that the LXX itself is not inspired is true, though we can say the same about any translation. We do know Jesus and His apostles quoted from it (included in the NT) and they followed

Isa 3:12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-15

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife m

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife means that he is supposed to rule over her or lead her? Where in scripture is that idea coming from? Shouldn’t we all lov

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@Toneskeee Strange. A pastor is a shepherd serving the church not a ruler over i

@Toneskeee Strange. A pastor is a shepherd serving the church not a ruler over it. Any elder can shepherd. Why would you say a woman can’t?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@AnalogRules61 @ashleigh_fittis @TheLaurenChen Interesting that the Bible doesn’

@AnalogRules61 @ashleigh_fittis @TheLaurenChen Interesting that the Bible doesn’t frame Barak as being shamed. What he said was actually similar to what Moses said to God. https://t.co/TkiGHCw1dp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the younger,” Gen 25:23) was never fulfilled in the lifetim...

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the young

Gen 25:23 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@dalepartridge It’s interesting how God commanded Adam and Eve to rule creation

@dalepartridge It’s interesting how God commanded Adam and Eve to rule creation together. Why did God commanded her to rule? And why is Jesus’ example that we are to follow from Phil 2 one of submissi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “The husband should be confident in his masculinity” - What does this mean? Do you mean in his rule over his wife? “…and she in her femininity” - You mean in her submissive role? Also, I’m not sure...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “The husband should be confident in his masculinity” - What does this mean? Do you mean in his rule over his wife? “…and she in her femininity” - Yo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@BronWen727104 I just think it’s so wrong to treat a woman as needing to be rule

@BronWen727104 I just think it’s so wrong to treat a woman as needing to be ruled by her husband.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted the opposite of what men want? I thought your bel...

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’t say “and thy desire shall be to RULE thy husband…” Why does everyone insert rule there? God prophesies that Eve won’t

Gen 3:16 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means

@iroquoisplskn87 The Greek does not say “a man” it uses the word τὶς which means anyone or someone. Both the wife and husband rule. Did you completely forget God’s command Im Gen 1:28? When did God un

Gen 1:28 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and pol

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and police. But in His church, there’s no pope and leaders are simply those with character, experience and wisdom and abilities

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down kings, determining Pharaoh’s role in displaying His...

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down k

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@carol66944 @5pur5y I don’t understand how you connect scripture like that. That Adam would rule was spoken to Eve and wasn’t an imperative and was a consequence of the fall. That God rules is a given. His humbling Himself to take on flesh and subje...

@carol66944 @5pur5y I don’t understand how you connect scripture like that. That Adam would rule was spoken to Eve and wasn’t an imperative and was a consequence of the fall. That God rules is a give

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 That rule you state about "when the church recognizes young males to

@Paula_333 That rule you state about "when the church recognizes young males to have matured into manhood" is nowhere found in scripture. It also happens at different times in different places and cul

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 I’m not downplaying God’s design for men to be physically stronger. I’m just saying that it has nothing to do with the idea that the husband is supposedly to rule his wife or veto all decisions or hypothetically jump ...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 I’m not downplaying God’s design for men to be physically stronger. I’m just saying that it has nothing to do with the idea that the husband is supposedly to rule his