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@DiggingInTheDi1 @BasedTorba 1 Tim 2:12 is referring to a specific deceived woma

@DiggingInTheDi1 @BasedTorba 1 Tim 2:12 is referring to a specific deceived woman in Ephesus, not all women. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

1 Tim 2:12 general

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this is more nuanced than we are thinking it is. For e...

@Nickidewbear @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, I do agree that there were instances where women couldn't enter into a binding vow without the husband or father confirming it. But I think this

@BogdanOancea77 Does proverbs 31 prescribe that women’s roles should be restricted to managing their homes? Not at all. Here are some reasons why I don’t believe this passage is prescriptive. Proverbs 31 doesn't necessarily prescribe these roles a...

@BogdanOancea77 Does proverbs 31 prescribe that women’s roles should be restricted to managing their homes? Not at all. Here are some reasons why I don’t believe this passage is prescriptive. Prove

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, it goes back further than you think. The Waldensiens which were pre-Luther welcomed both men and women ministers. But history is not the greatest guide. If you are a Protesta...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, it goes back further than you think. The Waldensiens which were pre-Luther welcomed both men and women ministers. But history

1 Cor 11:5 1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @DickSaban1 @ortrails @goteamcarr In 1 Cor 14:34-35 we have something that says women cannot speak when it was clear that women could speak from a few chapters earlier (1 Cor 11:5), not to mention the rest of the incl...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @DickSaban1 @ortrails @goteamcarr In 1 Cor 14:34-35 we have something that says women cannot speak when it was clear that women could speak from a few chapters earlier

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Again, I ask, if circumcision was required i

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Again, I ask, if circumcision was required in the old covenant, was it possible for women to be saved?

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal 3:26-29 is just about salvation, then that implies that women, gentiles and slaves all were condemned in the Old Testame

Gal 3:26-29 question

@haymes_joshua I always appreciate when I hear a pastor admitting they had something wrong. It takes a lot of guts to admit when you confidently asserted something that you later recognized was unbiblical. However—these passages on women are hard p...

@haymes_joshua I always appreciate when I hear a pastor admitting they had something wrong. It takes a lot of guts to admit when you confidently asserted something that you later recognized was unbib

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@THEGREATZEEE @ZubyMusic It would be helpful if you could read it in context tho

@THEGREATZEEE @ZubyMusic It would be helpful if you could read it in context though. Because stopping women from teaching is not what that passage is referring to. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@OluImmanuel Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the needless suffering of women will perhaps cease in my lifetime. They are also those whom the Holy Spirit has chosen to gift with leadership and teaching gifts. Those men who won’t submit to gift...

@OluImmanuel Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the needless suffering of women will perhaps cease in my lifetime. They are also those whom the Holy Spirit has chosen to gift with leadership and t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear That’s the right i

@conscious_emma @JohannSchultz7 @musicbykwiz @CaudilloNuclear That’s the right idea. Paul was telling Timothy to stop false teachers not women from teaching true doctrine. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2 and 21 are given to all Paul’s whole audience, to men and to women. Submission isn’t just for wives, sacrificial love is

Ephesians 5:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@sisi_siki_ For those who are concerned that the Bible says women must be silent in church, not teach or not be in positions of responsibility—this is not at all what Paul meant by what he wrote. In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul was quoting from the Corinthi...

@sisi_siki_ For those who are concerned that the Bible says women must be silent in church, not teach or not be in positions of responsibility—this is not at all what Paul meant by what he wrote. In

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@BraunHB0 @BrotherRasheed I’m not sure why you brought this passage up in respon

@BraunHB0 @BrotherRasheed I’m not sure why you brought this passage up in response to something from the Koran, but Paul is actually quoting from a letter from the Corinthians and refuting the men who

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-27

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, discouraging marriage is a far bigger concern. Rather...

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, disc

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Women preaching true doctrine or pastoring (making disciples according to Matt 28:18-20) is heresy?? I realize you believe it is wrong but heresy is usually reserved for things that make someone outside of the faith...

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Women preaching true doctrine or pastoring (making disciples according to Matt 28:18-20) is heresy?? I realize you believe it is wrong but heresy is usually reserved

Matt 28:18-20 debate

@murder_turd @jakebrodes That passage has to do with a deceived woman who has le

@murder_turd @jakebrodes That passage has to do with a deceived woman who has left orthodoxy and is leading others astray. It’s not a prohibition on women teaching truth. Not sure what this woman is

1 Cor 14:36 1 Cor 7:7 question

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Huh? Paul is quoting from the letter from the

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Huh? Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:7) and refuting those who were silencing women: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? o

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@Holistic_Voyeur @Bellisima_2004 @RoxyWright0 You are taking this verse out of context. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter. Paul is actually refuting those silencing women. See v36: “What? came the word of God...

@Holistic_Voyeur @Bellisima_2004 @RoxyWright0 You are taking this verse out of context. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter. Paul is actually refuting those sile

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@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take a

@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take another look. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (whi

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (which Peter acknowledges can be difficult at times) then maybe we won’t see him as someone who got things so wrong on women

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say w

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say women are not permitted to teach. "A woman" has a definite reference in v14, "the woman." It is a specific woman not al

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoti

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoting from the Corinthian letter to Paul in this passage. What Paul is doing in refuting them from silencing women is the

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize. He left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize.

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages su

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the dis

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the distribution of food to the Hellenistic widows in Acts 6? https://t.co/jJmnP3Gb9W

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. Cultural Norms: The norms ...

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likel

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gender and socioeconomic barriers were torn down. I go...

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gende

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is addressing it. This is not general instructions f...

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s refutes those silencing women (v36). Paul’s instruct...

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s re

1 Cor 7:1 general

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe in the full inspiration of scripture and back up my...

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe i

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference to the anaphoric “a woman” is not any woman becaus...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference

1 Tim 2:14 general

1 Tim 3:2 Acts 18:27 general

@TaompsonTaomson Many including men and women don’t know the scriptures well enough to teach it to others. Understanding itself is not restricted to only males. Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos (Acts 18:27). So she clearly understood the script...

@TaompsonTaomson Many including men and women don’t know the scriptures well enough to teach it to others. Understanding itself is not restricted to only males. Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos (

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul is disqualified given he is single and he wishes e...

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul

1 Cor 7:7 commentary

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by Faith alone (pre Luther) and believed in the pries...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption The SBC shouldn’t have kicked out churches with women leaders. This is not the same thing as those who approve of gender fluidity or sex outside of a one man, one woman marriage “until death do they part.” Take anot...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption The SBC shouldn’t have kicked out churches with women leaders. This is not the same thing as those who approve of gender fluidity or sex outside of a one man, one wom

@VeiledGlory I’m a man and I quote Gal 3:26-29 to show this. And I know hermene

@VeiledGlory I’m a man and I quote Gal 3:26-29 to show this. And I know hermeneutics. The Bible doesn’t forbid women to pastor a church. At the very least, it is not a sin. Where is it listed in a

Gal 3:26-29 question

@eXLMPrince100 @PstrAThomas @RSBNetwork @DonnieDarkened That’s not even in a church… So women are not allowed to pray anywhere? How about another take? Paul is actually quoting from the Corinthian’s own letter and refuting those who are silencing w...

@eXLMPrince100 @PstrAThomas @RSBNetwork @DonnieDarkened That’s not even in a church… So women are not allowed to pray anywhere? How about another take? Paul is actually quoting from the Corinthian’s

@Rach4Patriarchy Except that’s not what Paul is saying in this passage. He is not silencing women, rather, he is rebuking those who are silencing women. This is a quote from some Judiazers who infiltrated the churches and wrote what Paul quoted in ...

@Rach4Patriarchy Except that’s not what Paul is saying in this passage. He is not silencing women, rather, he is rebuking those who are silencing women. This is a quote from some Judiazers who infil

@theblaze I understand this concern, but allowing gifted, qualified and faithful women to preach and teach is not the same as promoting gender fluidity and going outside the bounds of sex being between one man and one woman "until death do they part....

@theblaze I understand this concern, but allowing gifted, qualified and faithful women to preach and teach is not the same as promoting gender fluidity and going outside the bounds of sex being betwee

@wgrapperhaus Where does Jesus command that women should not teach, pastor or ov

@wgrapperhaus Where does Jesus command that women should not teach, pastor or oversee congregations?

@PerinDana @pauldirks I think that if women were to call their husband’s “lord”

@PerinDana @pauldirks I think that if women were to call their husband’s “lord” in our modern time, it would not be seen as a term of respect. Whatever is the cultural way to show respect we should d

As we consider the ongoing debate over lifting restrictions on women in leadersh

As we consider the ongoing debate over lifting restrictions on women in leadership roles, especially within Christian churches, it’s worth asking: At which stage are we at in the journey toward recogn

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priority of women over men)—this is not good either. Do ...

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priorit

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from eg

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from egalitarians, those who don’t bar women from using the gifts God gives them just because they are females. This is not fe

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf Well, that’s another thing I guess…all believers are saints. I don’t believe we were discussing whether women could participate openly in church alongside of men. And no one is saying that women participate “as men”—it se...

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf Well, that’s another thing I guess…all believers are saints. I don’t believe we were discussing whether women could participate openly in church alongside of men. And no o

@pauldirks @PerinDana Why would you think that Kaeley thinks there is nothing particularly good about being a man or a women? Kaeley is battling the cultural mess and swinging her sword madly (haha), and—I think—doing a commendable job. I see no re...

@pauldirks @PerinDana Why would you think that Kaeley thinks there is nothing particularly good about being a man or a women? Kaeley is battling the cultural mess and swinging her sword madly (haha),

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I don’t know what this picture is referring to or pro

@The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I don’t know what this picture is referring to or proving, but are you suggesting this is evidence for women deacons/elders/bishops—women leaders?

@BrotherBoaz @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Thanks for interacting and challenging me on this. The only person actually called a shepherd is Jesus and only two people self identify as elders: Peter and John. No one else is s...

@BrotherBoaz @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Thanks for interacting and challenging me on this. The only person actually called a shepherd is Jesus and only two people self ide