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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in the first centuries of the church. We see instead be...

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I’m confused—an entire set of requirements? Yes, Jesus is the “chief shepherd” and as such is the only one explicitly called out as a pastor. Peter exhorts the elders to shepherd. Ho...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I’m confused—an entire set of requirements? Yes, Jesus is the “chief shepherd” and as such is the only one explicitly called out as a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t thi

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t think that. The problem is those twisting his words to mean something he never intended. Peter talks about people who were

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii In case you forgot, Peter recognized⎯and that's a

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii In case you forgot, Peter recognized⎯and that's a true contemporary⎯that people twisted Paul's words in other cases. This is no different, really.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-13

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these two Old Testament women as examples of elders. Does...

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these tw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@The400_ @Eric_Conn Did Jesus follow this precedent? Any of the apostles? Oh, I

@The400_ @Eric_Conn Did Jesus follow this precedent? Any of the apostles? Oh, I recall now… Peter did. "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by t

Mt 26:52 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Ok then, please show me who was explicitly called an elder? I'll help you: Peter and John are the only two and they self identify as elders. So out of 2 who self-identify you claim we don't have a woman mentioned as...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Ok then, please show me who was explicitly called an elder? I'll help you: Peter and John are the only two and they self identify as elders. So out of 2 who self-ide

1Ti 3:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-01

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like that? Any description of them wearing the priestly ...

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 In the Bible, no one specifically—not even a male⎯is identified as a pastor. Only two are explicitly called an elder and they are self identified—Peter and John. What does it matter what the church did after the NT? Are ...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 In the Bible, no one specifically—not even a male⎯is identified as a pastor. Only two are explicitly called an elder and they are self identified—Peter and John. What doe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Further, there are egalitarian churches who are absolutely obeying God’s command

Further, there are egalitarian churches who are absolutely obeying God’s commands. They have studied and see how it’s not a sin for a woman to be in leadership. They see how no one is explicitly state

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun Peter says of Paul, "He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are **hard to understand,** which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do t...

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun Peter says of Paul, "He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are **hard to understand,** which

2Pe 3:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul ar

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul are inauthentic?Corinthians, Ephesians and Timothy? Any more? What about Peter, is his letter inauthentic also?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitly stated are John and Peter and they are self proc...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@ColtonRenker @sailemptyskies @KaeleyT I can just imagine Paul or Peter using a

@ColtonRenker @sailemptyskies @KaeleyT I can just imagine Paul or Peter using a meme like this when speaking to people. Are you a Christian?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name anyone who is called pastor? How about anyone spec...

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Yes, Peter has been given higher status as an apostle which I’m not. Congrats on noticing the obvious. Now can you please work on your reading comprehension? A vessel is the exterior, her...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Yes, Peter has been given higher status as an apostle which I’m not. Congrats on noticing the obvious. Now can you please work on your rea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-12

@Robert_S_Morley @5cd5945b24ec495 @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Unlike Jesus, this is how the apostles spoke: "But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, 'Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at u...

@Robert_S_Morley @5cd5945b24ec495 @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Unlike Jesus, this is how the apostles spoke: "But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, 'Men of Israel, w

Ac 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions (pastors). No one is also specifically called eld...

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-24

@PeterThreshwood @Almsivi7 Headship doesn’t mean authority over in this context.

@PeterThreshwood @Almsivi7 Headship doesn’t mean authority over in this context. And what you just noted is correct: naming someone doesn’t necessarily mean you have authority over them. Head of sim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii What should I have apologized for? For encouraging believers to take communion when I saw them refusing it? You are willing to condemn me withou...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii What should I have apologized for? For encouraging believers to take communion when I saw them

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@KJesusChristian You are 100% right. We are not to dominate one another but to s

@KJesusChristian You are 100% right. We are not to dominate one another but to serve and love one another. And this is also what Peter and Paul's writings say. It is only those who twist their words t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@KJesusChristian But they are completely misunderstanding the words of Paul and

@KJesusChristian But they are completely misunderstanding the words of Paul and Peter as they are not in disagreement with Jesus.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just read "Hard Sayings of the Bible," by Walter C. Kaiser Jr, Peter H Davids, FF Bruce, Manfred T. Brauch from 1996. The part on 1Co 14:34-35 does not propose...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just read "Hard Sayings of the Bible," by Walter C. Kaiser Jr, Peter H Davids, FF Bruce, Manfred T. Brauch fro

1Co 14:34-35 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor.

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor. Only Peter and John self identify as elders. Are there only two elders in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub You have to refer to the Greek not the English. If Peter could

@SwordMasterPub You have to refer to the Greek not the English. If Peter could be an elder (1 Pe 5:1) then Paul certainly can. Paul functioned as an overseer of multiple churches.

1 Pe 5:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Peter was (1Pe 5:1). What reason would you say P

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Peter was (1Pe 5:1). What reason would you say Paul was not acting as an overseer?

1Pe 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe 5:1). Paul oversaw multiple churches, writing letters, making sure that they were healthy, etc. He remained in Ephesus f

1Pe 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash seems to be concerned about, how is that proof th...

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@michellepeternp @MikeWingerii We could simply disagree on it but once he called all who disagree with him to repent over what he himself stated was secondary and then advised people to cause strife and division in egalitarian churches, he crossed a ...

@michellepeternp @MikeWingerii We could simply disagree on it but once he called all who disagree with him to repent over what he himself stated was secondary and then advised people to cause strife a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @peace_got @JosiahHawthorne @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii The

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @peace_got @JosiahHawthorne @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii There’s only two identified as elders and it’s Peter and John. The rest of the references we can’t be certain they are all

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@theologicaljoe @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii Hi Joe - not a silly question at all. Glad to clarify. No one is specifically called a pastor, such as "Paul, the pastor of..." - Jesus is called the Chief shepherd in 1Pet 5:4 and the great sh...

@theologicaljoe @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii Hi Joe - not a silly question at all. Glad to clarify. No one is specifically called a pastor, such as "Paul, the pastor of..." - Jesus is call

Heb 13:20 1Pet 5:4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one is called a pastor. Jesus is called the chief She...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one

1Pe 5:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

This is so incredible. When a man abuses his wife, Peterson suggests the reason

This is so incredible. When a man abuses his wife, Peterson suggests the reason is in the wife? So he can violate his marital vows, and when she calls him out for this, that’s her causing her own abus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@activity_no @PestyMerc I quote that text from Peter all the time. You realize that Peter says Paul writes some things that are hard to understand? Yet are you actually suggesting that one of the most debated passages in the Bible is "plain." It's so...

@activity_no @PestyMerc I quote that text from Peter all the time. You realize that Peter says Paul writes some things that are hard to understand? Yet are you actually suggesting that one of the most

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles differently when the Judiazers were present, I think s...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles diff

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so we have internal witness that they believed they w...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so

2 Tim 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii It does not say "an elder must not be a woman"! The only pastor mentioned is Jesus and Him calling Peter to shepherd His sheep. Only two are explicitly ...

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii It does not say "an elder must not be a woman"! The only pastor mentioned is Jesus and Him calling Pet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@gardellap @BaptizeFeminism @William_E_Wolfe There is a time when will reign and that is at the second coming when He will reign from Jerusalem. He did say to Peter in Matt 16:18 “…I will build My church” But you are absolutely right that Jesus tau...

@gardellap @BaptizeFeminism @William_E_Wolfe There is a time when will reign and that is at the second coming when He will reign from Jerusalem. He did say to Peter in Matt 16:18 “…I will build My ch

Matt 16:18 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@roarofthefour @William_E_Wolfe Yes, Peter is writing that to the elders…which c

@roarofthefour @William_E_Wolfe Yes, Peter is writing that to the elders…which can be women. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@will_servant @William_E_Wolfe Yes, Jesus calls Peter to shepherd! Bravo! So here's the summary: 1⃣Poimen (shepherd/pastor): Peter, (Jesus) - Indirectly, all elders are to pastor 2⃣Presbyter (elder): Peter, John (self acclaimed) 3⃣Episkope (overseer...

@will_servant @William_E_Wolfe Yes, Jesus calls Peter to shepherd! Bravo! So here's the summary: 1⃣Poimen (shepherd/pastor): Peter, (Jesus) - Indirectly, all elders are to pastor 2⃣Presbyter (elder):

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe Will Servant @will_servant corrected me by notin

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe Will Servant @will_servant corrected me by noting that in John 21:16, Jesus tells Peter to shepherd the church. So we do have an explicit identification.

John 21:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter identifies elders (presbyters) as shepherds. 2. Peter ...

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter iden

1 Pet 5:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “hard to understand” as Paul’s contemporary, then you ...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “har

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@AlexisDeT @TheMuppetPastor God: “But you are a chosen people, **a royal priesthood,** a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9) And also G...

@AlexisDeT @TheMuppetPastor God: “But you are a chosen people, **a royal priesthood,** a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness i

1 Peter 2:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@VirgisViews @FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor But then there’s Priscillia who also was in Ephesus for a time and was definitely educated. The apostles weren’t educated either, BTW. **Being with Jesus is what matters.** “Now when they saw the boldn...

@VirgisViews @FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor But then there’s Priscillia who also was in Ephesus for a time and was definitely educated. The apostles weren’t educated either, BTW. **Being with Jesu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

1 Pet 3:1-6 is often used to suggest wives should obey their husbands. In the fo

1 Pet 3:1-6 is often used to suggest wives should obey their husbands. In the following, I explain the context of what Peter is getting at in this passage. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

1 Pet 3:1-6 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@pauldirks It depends what you mean by “Lord”—if you are thinking of it as “master,” then no. Neither was Abraham Sarah’s master. After Peter says Sarah called Abraham lord, verse 7 says “you husbands **in the same way**.” Therefore as Sarah gave ...

@pauldirks It depends what you mean by “Lord”—if you are thinking of it as “master,” then no. Neither was Abraham Sarah’s master. After Peter says Sarah called Abraham lord, verse 7 says “you husban

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, there are only two people explicitly called elders in...

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-03

@reformedbapty @smashbaals Paul was both an elder and an apostle (Peter identifi

@reformedbapty @smashbaals Paul was both an elder and an apostle (Peter identified himself as an elder, see 1 Pet 5:1). If Paul was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7) and didn’t have child

1 Pet 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and give their lives like Jesus not husbands not to su...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and

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