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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an unbeliever with two wives is forced to divorce one if he becomes a Christian?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creating things and so God prepared him to not be decei...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assum

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assuming that being created first makes one responsible but Paul only said that the time order sequence of creation had to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help anyone who thinks I’m right to draw the correct con...

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine. We need to seek to follow as closely as we can what was laid as a foundation by Christ and the apostles. I believe we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many complementarians because she isn’t a “pastor” in the t...

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many comp

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@peace_got @Protestia That was my point: you can either be in rebellion to what you believe the text says, or like me, actually following what the text teaches as I have shown it does not forbid female elders. You don’t have to agree with my interpr...

@peace_got @Protestia That was my point: you can either be in rebellion to what you believe the text says, or like me, actually following what the text teaches as I have shown it does not forbid femal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a woman” nor does he even use any male pronouns and exp...

@harkening @SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii If Paul isn’t speaking generically, you have to prove this using other clues in the text. Yet Paul doesn’t explicitly say “an elder must not be a wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve I don’t disagree with Paul! Wh

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve I don’t disagree with Paul! What I’m explaining is what I believe Paul is actually teaching! Wipe away if you must but I won’t stop believing what I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Protestia It’s not about *that* one allows female ordination but *why.* If explicitly ignoring what you believe the text teaches, this is bad as what else will you ignore? But if it is because of the text, then how can this be bad? No one should d...

@Protestia It’s not about *that* one allows female ordination but *why.* If explicitly ignoring what you believe the text teaches, this is bad as what else will you ignore? But if it is because of th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii What argument are you trying to make? Pa

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii What argument are you trying to make? Paul never says “must **NOT** be a woman/wife.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours later from his own flesh and bones (and not from the ...

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours lat

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply mean prominent, first, source or origin. Regarding m...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever wants to be the greatest should be the slave of a...

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say, “an elder must not be a

@spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say, “an elder must not be a woman?” Even Mike agrees that women can be deacons while getting around the fact that deacons are also said to be “one w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if accused or persecuted, one’s conduct would be a te...

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if

1Pe 2:13-25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@RhandzuM6 @ada3z3x Every reading of a text is an interpretation! This fundament

@RhandzuM6 @ada3z3x Every reading of a text is an interpretation! This fundamental principle is recognized in hermeneutics. No one approaches a text without some form of interpretation, influenced by

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t they lead? He even thinks they can be deacons who ...

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “cov

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “covered” more of herself, the men could still lust, right? So the only real solution is to have separate male church and f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@DMurzea @LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann I never deconstructed. I just read the

@DMurzea @LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann I never deconstructed. I just read the Bible carefully on something I never questioned before.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who claim to be believers but who practice immorality, are...

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who clai

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann It doesn’t need to mention the death penalty. T

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann It doesn’t need to mention the death penalty. There is a basis for the death penalty early in Genesis before Moses: "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his

Ge 9:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@DMurzea @natgrace79 First, that has to do with personal vengeance. I am not advocating for that. Second, this is not a “game”—why is this a game to you? God has given government the right to administer justice. Do you disagree with this? “Submit ...

@DMurzea @natgrace79 First, that has to do with personal vengeance. I am not advocating for that. Second, this is not a “game”—why is this a game to you? God has given government the right to admini

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire church if he is unrepentant (Mt 18:17). Elders that a...

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire chu

1Ti 5:20 Mt 18:16 Mt 18:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years had no temple or specific buildings to meet in. This is a fact. The temple changed from a building under the old covena

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus off the fact that the new temple is every believer. Don’t be distracted by buildings—they are not the church. The peopl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@masonmennenga It’s very easy to avoid “the situation” by not being an ass? He wasn’t, yet Potiphar’s wife came after him and he had no witnesses so her false allegations were believed by her husband. It’s wise to avoid compromising situations so yo...

@masonmennenga It’s very easy to avoid “the situation” by not being an ass? He wasn’t, yet Potiphar’s wife came after him and he had no witnesses so her false allegations were believed by her husband.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@CherylSchatz The trumpet in 1Co 15:52 (and echoed in Revelation 4:1) is the "la

@CherylSchatz The trumpet in 1Co 15:52 (and echoed in Revelation 4:1) is the "last trumpet" for the church, signaling their gathering. The 7th trumpet in Revelation serves a different purpose, signal

Revelation 4:1 1Co 15:52 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos I agree with everything you stated in the post you wrote prior to this

@SKokenos I agree with everything you stated in the post you wrote prior to this one except this: "Eve convinced Adam to eat. He bowed to his wife's desire." Where did Eve speak to Adam to convince

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Paul’s reference in 1Ti 2:13 emphasizes this chronological creation order—Adam first, then Eve—not in a genealogical sense, but in the context of explaining the reason behind his teaching. He’s pointing back to the order in w...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Paul’s reference in 1Ti 2:13 emphasizes this chronological creation order—Adam first, then Eve—not in a genealogical sense, but in the context of explaining the reason behind

1Ti 2:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos As for why Adam would need to protect Eve, Genesis 2:15 states that God placed Adam in the garden to "cultivate and keep" it. The Hebrew word for "keep" (שָׁמַר, *shamar*) also means "guard," implying that Adam had a protective role. While ...

@SKokenos As for why Adam would need to protect Eve, Genesis 2:15 states that God placed Adam in the garden to "cultivate and keep" it. The Hebrew word for "keep" (שָׁמַר, *shamar*) also means "guard,

Genesis 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband *with her*, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presence during the encounter. Regarding Adam's awarenes...

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband *with her*, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presen

Ge 3:6 Ge 3:17 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos I was working on a response and got distracted, so thanks for the reminder! No, I don't think guarding requires forcing his wife to be in his sight at all times. He could tell her to watch out for the serpent or from his experience which w...

@SKokenos I was working on a response and got distracted, so thanks for the reminder! No, I don't think guarding requires forcing his wife to be in his sight at all times. He could tell her to watch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@MikeWingerii Even if it is the church in your home 👍

@MikeWingerii Even if it is the church in your home 👍

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to Artemis *is* speculation. That those who repented ...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to

1Ti 2:13-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It contains no new information from a genealogical pers

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It contains no new information from a genealogical perspective as Genesis is 100% clear on this. There is absolutely no speculation *whatsoever* on the order of creation.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist The final say in Matt 18 for church discipline is the

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist The final say in Matt 18 for church discipline is the entire church. Elders are not even mentioned.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@IlGreven @masonmennenga All English translations should be checked against the

@IlGreven @masonmennenga All English translations should be checked against the Hebrew and Greek. The KJV—although very good⎯ was translated before the discovery of many earlier manuscripts and some p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the thinking of complementarians. I don't think Adam was promoted either, but comps think God gave him authority to rule Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1Co 11:9 is merely describing why Eve was created, ...

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1

1Co 11:10 1Co 11:3 1Co 11:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall of man came as a blessing in disguise... Had Adam...

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall

2 Nephi 2:25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the best interests of their wife. I don’t see husban...

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Ad

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Adam authority over Eve prior to the fall when all we have is God giving both of them authority to rule creation (not each

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@carol66944 Hm. But we still have fellowship with those who believe only men can

@carol66944 Hm. But we still have fellowship with those who believe only men can be elders and pastors, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Manny_Clay1 Good question. But the issue is that he wasn’t ever given authority

@Manny_Clay1 Good question. But the issue is that he wasn’t ever given authority over Eve in the first place. So the first mention of ruling Eve is after the fall. And it’s stated to Eve and like a pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Bradcrossman I was tracking with you, but it sounds like you think Adam had authority over Eve before the fall. Where was Adam given authority over Eve before the fall? That’s why I framed it as a promotion since the first time we see God mentioning...

@Bradcrossman I was tracking with you, but it sounds like you think Adam had authority over Eve before the fall. Where was Adam given authority over Eve before the fall? That’s why I framed it as a pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek f

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek from a complementarian perspective. Adam was never given the responsibility to rule over Eve. Egalitarian doesn’t encour

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 So “truth” about the oldest events in history was an obstacle that Paul was facing in this particular church? You are suggesting that 1Ti 2:13-14 is a myth without any evidence from the context to even hint at ...

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 So “truth” about the oldest events in history was an obstacle that Paul was facing in this particular church? You are suggesting that 1Ti 2:13-14 is a myth with

1Ti 2:13-14 commentary
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