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@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was as he is—single (1 Cor 7:7)! Paul is most definit...

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was

1 Cor 7:7 question

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Women being pastors is never listed in any l

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Women being pastors is never listed in any list of sins nor is it forbidden in scripture. We have to rightly divide scripture.

@TaylorRMarshall All who repent of their sins and believe on Jesus once and for

@TaylorRMarshall All who repent of their sins and believe on Jesus once and for all sacrifice on their behalf and confess His name. They are the one true church.

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means what you think it means. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:38) But this does not mean you can baptize an infa...

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:3

Acts 2:38 debate

@CrtchtyMilenial @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr I understand it as “spiritual murder” as this is based on its usage outside the Bible (it’s only used this one time in the New Testament) as I can see the linkage to what happened with Eve and Adam w...

@CrtchtyMilenial @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr I understand it as “spiritual murder” as this is based on its usage outside the Bible (it’s only used this one time in the New Testament) as I can se

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Ok, that picture is really cute! I’m going to keep that one. Hey, I’m not doing what many egalitarians have in the past. I’m sorry that you have seen so many bad arguments. I think I have an explanation that...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Ok, that picture is really cute! I’m going to keep that one. Hey, I’m not doing what many egalitarians have in the past. I’m sorry that you have seen so many

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugating women, maybe people wouldn’t have taken that tur...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugatin

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1), and since there were no quote marks in the e...

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, the woman and her husband] continue in faith, love a...

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, th

1 Tim 2:15 general

@TakTik227f1 @droolycat @KaitlynSchiess 1 Tim 2:12⎯Paul is addressing a specific deceived woman who was teaching false doctrine. He left Timothy behind in Ephesus to correct situations like this. "The man" is not in the definite here, it is "a man"...

@TakTik227f1 @droolycat @KaitlynSchiess 1 Tim 2:12⎯Paul is addressing a specific deceived woman who was teaching false doctrine. He left Timothy behind in Ephesus to correct situations like this. "T

1 Tim 2:12 general

@DST_QA Frequently masculine is used for a mixed audience, so you have to determine these things by context. In this case, it would be certain men who are restricting half of the body from speaking in the assembly, so Paul would be addressing those ...

@DST_QA Frequently masculine is used for a mixed audience, so you have to determine these things by context. In this case, it would be certain men who are restricting half of the body from speaking i

@5f6e9a3b5965407 @TaylorRMarshall Except you didn't get the idea that Mary was w

@5f6e9a3b5965407 @TaylorRMarshall Except you didn't get the idea that Mary was without sin from scripture, did you?

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@AnthonyJMHoward @TaylorRMarshall So you don’t listen to your own Bible which sa

@AnthonyJMHoward @TaylorRMarshall So you don’t listen to your own Bible which says that everyone is a sinner? Is that not in your Bible?

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@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face...

@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries,

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That verse says "a woman". You cannot make it plural when it is singular. This is Paul's grammar and yes, its complicated, but Paul tended to write some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16). ...

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That verse says "a woman". You cannot make it plural when it is singular. This is Paul's grammar and yes, its complicated, but Paul tended to write some

2 Pet 3:16 debate

@DST_QA You can certainly spend time together with God. I think maybe a better

@DST_QA You can certainly spend time together with God. I think maybe a better phrasing is that you cannot fully devote yourself to the ministry as you have a wife and a family to take care of. This

@KaeleyT If Paul said "Yet I wish that all were even as [he] himself is" and "I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I" then being single is not a sin or a problem that has to be fixed unless you do not h...

@KaeleyT If Paul said "Yet I wish that all were even as [he] himself is" and "I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I" then being single is not a sin or

1 Cor 11:5 1 Cor 14:31 debate

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess So Paul means that only the men can prophecy and only the men can learn? But Paul assumes women are praying and prophesying in the congregation in 1 Cor 11:5. Why does he say all in 1 Cor 14:31 and not "all males"? Wha...

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess So Paul means that only the men can prophecy and only the men can learn? But Paul assumes women are praying and prophesying in the congregation in 1 Cor 11:5. Why does h

@father_rmv Except that the Bible says we are part of a kingdom of priests... "

@father_rmv Except that the Bible says we are part of a kingdom of priests... "...To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Paul said that he wished they were all single as he was (1 Co

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Paul said that he wished they were all single as he was (1 Cor 7:7). What happens to single women or barren women or widows?

1 Cor 7:7 question

@MiaGoss44 @andijen88 @MadKneetoe That's not what this passage means. No one is

@MiaGoss44 @andijen88 @MadKneetoe That's not what this passage means. No one is being prevented from using God's word correctly to rebuke/teach/correct anyone. https://t.co/LPisirHz38

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural] continue in faith, love and san...

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb

1 Tim 2:15 question

@obodo719 @andijen88 @Jesusmyoverseer Take another look at this passage. It's saying something different than what you think. Paul is addressing a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church at Ephesus and her husband who is not d...

@obodo719 @andijen88 @Jesusmyoverseer Take another look at this passage. It's saying something different than what you think. Paul is addressing a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment All I’m saying is that you have two churches that do things differently and have different convictions about secondary matters so you should still be able to work together. You need to leav...

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment All I’m saying is that you have two churches that do things differently and have different convictions about secondary matters so you should

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanctity with moderati...

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] c

@pauldirks @take_me_jesus @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Yes, I’m also fine with that.

@pauldirks @take_me_jesus @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Yes, I’m also fine with that. But how do you get from this that women cannot lead? Also there are single women and widows who don’t have family obli

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear I’m ok with “better suited.” However, I’m thinking you are wanting this to go somewhere I don’t agree with. My wife and I shared the responsibility for raising our children. She worked evenings and sometimes week...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear I’m ok with “better suited.” However, I’m thinking you are wanting this to go somewhere I don’t agree with. My wife and I shared the responsibility for raising our

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in child-rearing. I don’t think they can ever replac...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in

@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to tell you what it means. Everything and everyone is...

@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals "Real Christians revere relics" 😬 Since "all scrip

@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals "Real Christians revere relics" 😬 Since "all scripture is inspired by God...so that the man of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work" (2 Tim 3:16-17) ⎯ w

2 Tim 3:16-17 question

@EllaFlash @b161750 @TheMuppetPastor They both chose to sin, but Adam was not de

@EllaFlash @b161750 @TheMuppetPastor They both chose to sin, but Adam was not deceived because of his experience with God and observing Him creating prior to Eve who didn’t have this experience. https

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Tim 2:11-12 is Paul dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. She has gone off the reservation, but her husband is not deceived yet is not doing anything about it. Since she is deceived, Paul doesn't na...

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Tim 2:11-12 is Paul dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. She has gone off the reservation, but her husband is not deceived yet is not doing anything

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Tim 2:11-12 is Paul dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. She has gone off the reservation, but her husband is not deceived yet is not doing anything about it. Since she is ...

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Tim 2:11-12 is Paul dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. She has gone off the reservation, but her husband is not deceived

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be preserved [future] through the [definite article] childbearing [noun]—if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanc

1 Tim 2:15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Paul was quoting from their letter which was from Jud...

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Pau

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-30

@Buzzsaws1990 @Rach4Patriarchy That point in BDAG is refuting that the Hebrew passages listed do NOT establish the meaning cousin. The Hebrew is used loosely in isolated cases, but this is the Greek and the context doesn't make sense of cousin. The...

@Buzzsaws1990 @Rach4Patriarchy That point in BDAG is refuting that the Hebrew passages listed do NOT establish the meaning cousin. The Hebrew is used loosely in isolated cases, but this is the Greek

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-30

@Buzzsaws1990 @Rach4Patriarchy I should have looked adelphos up first before I a

@Buzzsaws1990 @Rach4Patriarchy I should have looked adelphos up first before I agreed it can mean cousins... This is from the BDAG Greek Lexicon: https://t.co/ds9KThBeIe

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy We must go back to scripture on these things. Yes

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy We must go back to scripture on these things. Yes, it is possible to misinterpret it, but it seems clear to me that the ideas you are proposing come from somewhere else

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that such a person is deceived and the truth is not in ...

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that s

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one another as equals who are differently gifted and those ...

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one anoth

@ChristianJComis @BrotherBoaz @PastorMark This is a good point Chris. Most think that “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife” to mean that she told him to eat of the fruit. However, since that is not recorded in the text it may simply...

@ChristianJComis @BrotherBoaz @PastorMark This is a good point Chris. Most think that “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife” to mean that she told him to eat of the fruit. However, si

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark I said that the serpent was including both by using the plural. Then my point being that you showed where it says that Satan speaks to Eve as if to suggest that this means Adam wasn’t there even though the o...

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark I said that the serpent was including both by using the plural. Then my point being that you showed where it says that Satan speaks to Eve as if to suggest t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-27

To help condense an important extended rebuttal to @HwsEleutheroi James White's claim that God ordains evil, I've summarized Cheryl's points in the following: 1. White claims God decrees evil but is not the author of sin. Her rebuttal cites Jeremia...

To help condense an important extended rebuttal to @HwsEleutheroi James White's claim that God ordains evil, I've summarized Cheryl's points in the following: 1. White claims God decrees evil but is

Jeremiah 19:5 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@Rach4Patriarchy @ABDada Well, every Christian is called to be subservient ("Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" Eph 5:21 NIV). And keeping home and raising children is a commendable job. I think we forget that you can do a business ...

@Rach4Patriarchy @ABDada Well, every Christian is called to be subservient ("Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" Eph 5:21 NIV). And keeping home and raising children is a commendable j

Eph 5:21 debate

@hotdogclit @Zombiemombie69 @HelpMePlsss9 @MalesInDisguise No, I’m taking the Bi

@hotdogclit @Zombiemombie69 @HelpMePlsss9 @MalesInDisguise No, I’m taking the Bible seriously, the context, the grammar, all the details. And the Bible teaches against all sexual activity outside of

@hotdogclit @Zombiemombie69 @HelpMePlsss9 @MalesInDisguise Your understanding of

@hotdogclit @Zombiemombie69 @HelpMePlsss9 @MalesInDisguise Your understanding of 1 Tim 2:11-12 is incorrect. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-12 general

@DanielSmithAP2 @normal_catholic @AlexanderPayton No, I believe this is going back to Eve, and the “seed of the woman” as Paul was using the reference to Adam and Eve as a prototype of a situation with a deceived woman who is teaching and a husband w...

@DanielSmithAP2 @normal_catholic @AlexanderPayton No, I believe this is going back to Eve, and the “seed of the woman” as Paul was using the reference to Adam and Eve as a prototype of a situation wit

@trapatonzi @UGOOTWEETS Start with the one you quoted. “A woman…a man…” why does Paul use the singular here? He used plural for all people, for all males and for all women in the prior verses. Why wouldn’t he say “women are not allowed to teach…”?...

@trapatonzi @UGOOTWEETS Start with the one you quoted. “A woman…a man…” why does Paul use the singular here? He used plural for all people, for all males and for all women in the prior verses. Why

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@archivesincompl Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman that both he and

@archivesincompl Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman that both he and Timothy knew about but whom he didn’t want to name. Take another look… https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm