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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Christocentrism Isn't that what an overseer means? Someone who oversees the te

@Christocentrism Isn't that what an overseer means? Someone who oversees the teaching and theology of the church? It doesn't mean oppressive control, but to help bring correction and assistance wher

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ortrails @goteamcarr Yes! It should be based on gifting and desire. If God gifted her in that fellowship and she desired the role of overseer, then she should not be prevented or else that would be working against the Holy Spirit who chooses to gi...

@ortrails @goteamcarr Yes! It should be based on gifting and desire. If God gifted her in that fellowship and she desired the role of overseer, then she should not be prevented or else that would be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “one woman man” means faithful to one’s spouse…unless you think an overseer must be married with children which the apost

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about monogamy and then apply "must be male" as Paul says "...

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about mon

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Hi Glen. Paul wasn't a permanent pastor in a congregation. But he is most certainly an overseer. Overseers often oversee multiple congregations, helping with issues and assisting other pastors. It's the same...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Hi Glen. Paul wasn't a permanent pastor in a congregation. But he is most certainly an overseer. Overseers often oversee multiple congregations, helping with

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@rightresponsem I think your view is one of many that complementarians have to navigate as the Bible doesn’t give guidance and when, where and how a woman can teach, what to do if men are present, how an overseer oversees without violating these rule...

@rightresponsem I think your view is one of many that complementarians have to navigate as the Bible doesn’t give guidance and when, where and how a woman can teach, what to do if men are present, how

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 Wait…so women can only read from the Bible if men are not present? What are men so scared of? So if a man walks into such a group so they stop and wait for him to leave? How can women be under a male overseer if a man would then ne...

@BogdanOancea77 Wait…so women can only read from the Bible if men are not present? What are men so scared of? So if a man walks into such a group so they stop and wait for him to leave? How can wom

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she is not allowed to teach authoritatively as he does,...

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she i

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamous. Nowhere is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise".

1 Tim 3:1 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamou...

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "wom

commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (1) He is an apostle who appoints elders. And he most

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (1) He is an apostle who appoints elders. And he most definitely served in an overseer capacity though over multiple churches. So you are saying that one who appoints elders

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi After all of this discussion, you still haven’t demonst

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi After all of this discussion, you still haven’t demonstrated that Paul’s intent was to exclude women from the office of overseer. John 12:25 says “he who loves his life loses

John 12:25 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi While 1 Tim 5:9 is referring to widows, the same things

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi While 1 Tim 5:9 is referring to widows, the same things are said, in fact the “one man wife” is translated as “faithful to her husband” but could have been “monogamous.” And

1 Tim 5:9 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi If “anyone” (Greek ‘tis’) desires to be an overseer (feminine), they desire a good thing. An overseer (masculine)… The phrase “husband of one wife” is literally “one woman husband” just like it says “one m...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi If “anyone” (Greek ‘tis’) desires to be an overseer (feminine), they desire a good thing. An overseer (masculine)… The phrase “husband of one wife” is lite

1 Tim 5:9 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@cpcwesterville @RickWarren But if your statement of faith concerning requirements for elders isn’t consistent with the text, you’ll need to revise it. Why does Paul use “tis” in 1 Tim 3 as a generic “someone” or “anyone”? Why doesn’t he just say “...

@cpcwesterville @RickWarren But if your statement of faith concerning requirements for elders isn’t consistent with the text, you’ll need to revise it. Why does Paul use “tis” in 1 Tim 3 as a generic

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-10

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can simply mean monogamous. Notice “manage their househ...

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can si

1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:2 1Ti3:2 question

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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...

@Christocentrism Isn't that what an overseer means? Someone who oversees the te

@ortrails @goteamcarr Yes! It should be based on gifting and desire. If God gifted her in that fellowship and she desired the role of overseer, then she should not be prevented or else that would be working against the Holy Spirit who chooses to gi...

@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...

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about monogamy and then apply "must be male" as Paul says "...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Hi Glen. Paul wasn't a permanent pastor in a congregation. But he is most certainly an overseer. Overseers often oversee multiple congregations, helping with issues and assisting other pastors. It's the same...

@rightresponsem I think your view is one of many that complementarians have to navigate as the Bible doesn’t give guidance and when, where and how a woman can teach, what to do if men are present, how an overseer oversees without violating these rule...

@BogdanOancea77 Wait…so women can only read from the Bible if men are not present? What are men so scared of? So if a man walks into such a group so they stop and wait for him to leave? How can women be under a male overseer if a man would then ne...

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she is not allowed to teach authoritatively as he does,...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamous. Nowhere is...

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamou...

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (1) He is an apostle who appoints elders. And he most

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi After all of this discussion, you still haven’t demonst

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi While 1 Tim 5:9 is referring to widows, the same things

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi If “anyone” (Greek ‘tis’) desires to be an overseer (feminine), they desire a good thing. An overseer (masculine)… The phrase “husband of one wife” is literally “one woman husband” just like it says “one m...

@cpcwesterville @RickWarren But if your statement of faith concerning requirements for elders isn’t consistent with the text, you’ll need to revise it. Why does Paul use “tis” in 1 Tim 3 as a generic “someone” or “anyone”? Why doesn’t he just say “...

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can simply mean monogamous. Notice “manage their househ...

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