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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Looking at all the details, not only just the original language and grammar, but the details in the context as well is essential to understanding what the author intended by his words. And yes, it should make sense with the res...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Looking at all the details, not only just the original language and grammar, but the details in the context as well is essential to understanding what the author intended by his

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@endofanepoch @0x49fa98 No, you are the one who is misreading this text. Can you

@endofanepoch @0x49fa98 No, you are the one who is misreading this text. Can you explain Paul's summation in 1Ti 2:15 with his specific grammar? If not, how can you be sure about v12? https://t.co/nFc

1Ti 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Seems to me you must have some bias such that you wou

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Seems to me you must have some bias such that you would suggest Paul is not intentional with his grammar.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@JohnPaulLeeDe @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I love it when people give me the mental gymnastics trope. It’s not an argument but an attempt to discredit me. Come on—is that all you got? How do you make sense of Paul’s grammar? The “man” in v12 is in t...

@JohnPaulLeeDe @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I love it when people give me the mental gymnastics trope. It’s not an argument but an attempt to discredit me. Come on—is that all you got? How do you make

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning I see. Since you seem to know what you are talking about, please explain what 1 Tim 2:15 means. Your explanation should make sense of the specific grammar Paul uses. Shouldn’t be ha...

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning I see. Since you seem to know what you are talking about, please explain what 1 Tim 2:15 means. Your explanation should make sense

1 Tim 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@ronhenzel @TWFtrish @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz It has been clearly demonstrated given Priscilla teaching Apollos. And a reading that makes sense of the grammar, the specific purpose of this personal letter to Timothy and the contextual details like s...

@ronhenzel @TWFtrish @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz It has been clearly demonstrated given Priscilla teaching Apollos. And a reading that makes sense of the grammar, the specific purpose of this personal l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you can’t explain it yourself? Got questions has no idea either. They don’t even get the grammar right. This article concludes: “The most likely interpretation that takes into ...

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you can’t explain it yourself? Got questions has no idea either. They don’t even get the grammar right. This article concludes:

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@Keith_J_Gaddy @ronhenzel What's out of context? Did I say that Timothy was all 3 or how he is to select elders and deacons applies to him? BTW, the text in 1 Tim 3:14 literally uses the singular "you." So if you have another explanation that fits t...

@Keith_J_Gaddy @ronhenzel What's out of context? Did I say that Timothy was all 3 or how he is to select elders and deacons applies to him? BTW, the text in 1 Tim 3:14 literally uses the singular "yo

1 Tim 3:14 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@VincereMalum @ronhenzel Pretty sure I'm mostly doing exegesis, but you are enti

@VincereMalum @ronhenzel Pretty sure I'm mostly doing exegesis, but you are entitled to your opinion. I'm also doing my best to bring in all the details in the context and an exegesis that makes the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel But don't despair...we've got these minority texts too! Careful reading and reflection of these texts by taking all the details in their context including the grammar and they become clear that it's not about restricting godly wo...

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel But don't despair...we've got these minority texts too! Careful reading and reflection of these texts by taking all the details in their context including the grammar and they bec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@paulsfam4 You didn’t read the thread, did you? Just giving me the usual comp arguments, right? Paul’s grammar in 1 Tim 2:11-12 changes from all people, all men, all women, to a woman and a man. Then he uses “the woman” in v14 to clarify that “a w...

@paulsfam4 You didn’t read the thread, did you? Just giving me the usual comp arguments, right? Paul’s grammar in 1 Tim 2:11-12 changes from all people, all men, all women, to a woman and a man. Th

1 Tim 2:11-12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote This is so strange. I literally stick to the text showing from Paul’s letter to Timothy what Paul says his intentions are, I take the grammar and syntax and references seriously. I don’t ignore anything. I don’t know who ...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote This is so strange. I literally stick to the text showing from Paul’s letter to Timothy what Paul says his intentions are, I take the grammar and syntax and references seri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@bagby_abe @Protestia How do you know if I’m sincere or not as it is my internal

@bagby_abe @Protestia How do you know if I’m sincere or not as it is my internal state? Can you read my heart. I’ll tell you: I’m sincere. What is my hermeneutic? Taking the Bible with all its det

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

Here's a more recent response specific to 1 Tim 2:12 that summarizes the meaning

Here's a more recent response specific to 1 Tim 2:12 that summarizes the meaning that Paul was intending, drawing on the context and specific grammar he uses. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies it in his own life. When Paul is clear in Galatia...

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Explaining what Paul himself wrote using the context, grammar, audience—no detail left unmapped—and you call that twisting?? Why? Because I love truth! Look, if you think as a male you have primacy, then ac...

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Explaining what Paul himself wrote using the context, grammar, audience—no detail left unmapped—and you call that twisting?? Why? Because I love truth! Look

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@The_Wry_Griot @BibleBashed You are accusing me of using grammar to make the who

@The_Wry_Griot @BibleBashed You are accusing me of using grammar to make the whole Bible male? Bizarre observation…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage is complicated in this personal instruction to Tim...

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Scripture matters 100%! Every word, all the context, the

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Scripture matters 100%! Every word, all the context, the grammar, the author and audience⎯all of it. What parts of scripture are you ignoring?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and the rest of the grammar, we can understand what P...

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and

1 Tim 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make t

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make the grammar simple and say "women will be saved through childbearing if they continue..."?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi However, in this case we have two anarthrous, "a woman" and "Eve" and one arthrous "the woman"⎯we have to determine who fits. They are both close and there is no hard and fast rule how close. Paul's context and grammar wil...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi However, in this case we have two anarthrous, "a woman" and "Eve" and one arthrous "the woman"⎯we have to determine who fits. They are both close and there is no hard and fa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi We have "a woman" who, if she exists in the church at Ephesus, can be the anarthrous which the article is being pointed to by the article. She also fits the grammar of v15: "She (the deceived wife teaching false doctrine) w...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi We have "a woman" who, if she exists in the church at Ephesus, can be the anarthrous which the article is being pointed to by the article. She also fits the grammar of v15:

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ronhenzel The only meaning I'm twisting is the one you seemed to shoehorn into the text. Eve will be saved...if they continue in faith...? Who is the they? I think we have to take how Paul was using his words and not try to twist them to mean som...

@ronhenzel The only meaning I'm twisting is the one you seemed to shoehorn into the text. Eve will be saved...if they continue in faith...? Who is the they? I think we have to take how Paul was usi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@WWUTTcom Did you not look at my chart carefully? Paul uses particular grammar and if he wanted to say all women or plural women, he certainly knew how to do that. We also forget that the same word for woman is the same as wife and man the same as ...

@WWUTTcom Did you not look at my chart carefully? Paul uses particular grammar and if he wanted to say all women or plural women, he certainly knew how to do that. We also forget that the same word

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-30

@Duke456521 First, James White is most definitely not an egalitarian. But his grammar is right and people respect him (I am a nobody). The video is really short and only addresses this one point on the anaphoric use of the article. Second, how is ...

@Duke456521 First, James White is most definitely not an egalitarian. But his grammar is right and people respect him (I am a nobody). The video is really short and only addresses this one point on

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam I am working on an exposition of 1 Cor 11:1-16. Paul is not commanding anything in verse 5. In verse 7, the words cut (κειράσθω) and cover (κατακαλυπτέσθω) are imperatives of toleration, ie. "let her cut" or "let her cover." The follow...

@ymmotrojam I am working on an exposition of 1 Cor 11:1-16. Paul is not commanding anything in verse 5. In verse 7, the words cut (κειράσθω) and cover (κατακαλυπτέσθω) are imperatives of toleration,

1 Cor 11:1-16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Now isn’t that interesting. So now it is disrespectful to use someone’s teaching on grammar if it supports my interpretation of another passage? 🤔 Listen, I know he doesn’t agree wi...

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Now isn’t that interesting. So now it is disrespectful to use someone’s teaching on grammar if it supports my interpretation of anot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom. I'm not making this up. I'm just describing the grammar. A particular deceived woman is simply noting that Paul moves from plural "all women" to "a woman/wife" and in v14 says...

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom. I'm not making this up. I'm just describing the grammar. A particular deceived woman is simply noting that Paul moves from pl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-28

@ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Because of the grammar…. If she is Eve, then “Eve will be saved (future) if they [do something].” Eve’s salvation cannot be conditioned on something other people do at the time Paul was writing ...

@ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Because of the grammar…. If she is Eve, then “Eve will be saved (future) if they [do something].” Eve’s salvation cannot be conditioned on somet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ronhenzel @Allbald2 @ZacharyGarris Ephesians 5:21 (NASB) and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. “To one another” is a reciprocal pronoun. See the Greek grammar below: The "reciprocal pronoun" is as follows: The New Testament, partic...

@ronhenzel @Allbald2 @ZacharyGarris Ephesians 5:21 (NASB) and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. “To one another” is a reciprocal pronoun. See the Greek grammar below: The "reciprocal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC What we see is: >> all people (vv1-7) >> all males (v8) >> all females (vv9-10) >> a woman (v11) >> a woman (wife), a man (husband) (v12) >> Ada...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC What we see is: >> all people (vv1-7) >> all males (v8) >> all females (vv9-10) >> a woman (v11) >> a woman (wife

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@ich1ban123456 @TemAleSaEliTa @Kdubtru That passage—read in context and taking Paul’s grammar seriously—is referring to a deceived woman at the church of Ephesus who was teaching false doctrine. Paul only names blasphemers who know the truth but don...

@ich1ban123456 @TemAleSaEliTa @Kdubtru That passage—read in context and taking Paul’s grammar seriously—is referring to a deceived woman at the church of Ephesus who was teaching false doctrine. Paul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-22

@AlistenDoris It’s great you are obeying what you read in the Bible. This passage is not Paul telling godly, qualified and gifted women that they should not teach true doctrine to groups which include men. The grammar, context and references do not...

@AlistenDoris It’s great you are obeying what you read in the Bible. This passage is not Paul telling godly, qualified and gifted women that they should not teach true doctrine to groups which includ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@deluxe_pastor @DennisMSwanson1 @ZacharyGarris No, I don’t think he believes he

@deluxe_pastor @DennisMSwanson1 @ZacharyGarris No, I don’t think he believes he is more “mature” than Paul. But you might want to revisit the details of this text in its context with the specific gra

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@AJRigney @LandOnYourHome @ZacharyGarris Regarding context, you have a wholehear

@AJRigney @LandOnYourHome @ZacharyGarris Regarding context, you have a wholehearted agree from me! We also cannot ignore the specific grammar Paul used. And carefully examine his back references in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@JakeRainwater 1 Tim 2:12 is one of the most misused passages in the New Testament these days. Without addressing the specific context of Paul’s letter, the grammar and his references in their context, how can one claim to understand what Paul is me...

@JakeRainwater 1 Tim 2:12 is one of the most misused passages in the New Testament these days. Without addressing the specific context of Paul’s letter, the grammar and his references in their contex

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@ZacharyGarris @wintrwizrd That verse is not speaking generically of all women.

@ZacharyGarris @wintrwizrd That verse is not speaking generically of all women. The grammar has to make sense and Paul using the singular. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@ZacharyGarris Now, I haven’t reviewed what this lady is teaching, but godly women should not be prevented from teaching correct doctrine whether it’s to women or men. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is typically used to restrict women. However, in context and with ...

@ZacharyGarris Now, I haven’t reviewed what this lady is teaching, but godly women should not be prevented from teaching correct doctrine whether it’s to women or men. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is typically used

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

Here’s a short summary of how I think an egalitarian interpretation makes the mo

Here’s a short summary of how I think an egalitarian interpretation makes the most sense of the context, grammar and back reference to Adam and Eve. At least it’s not about restricting all women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@ZoneChaos @WhyRWeHere99 No need to disagree with Paul. Just need to understand

@ZoneChaos @WhyRWeHere99 No need to disagree with Paul. Just need to understand what he meant by carefully considering the context, grammar and his back reference to Adam and Eve. https://t.co/rBGS8F

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-05

@Protestia Wow, this is not exegetical, nor does it take into consideration the stated purpose of this letter from Paul, his grammar and the context and references he uses. She appears to be a deceived woman whom is similar to the one Paul spoke abo...

@Protestia Wow, this is not exegetical, nor does it take into consideration the stated purpose of this letter from Paul, his grammar and the context and references he uses. She appears to be a deceiv

1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@BibleBashed You cannot apply this verse until you can make sense of the grammar

@BibleBashed You cannot apply this verse until you can make sense of the grammar. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit It’s in the grammar of the passage. I went through it in detail in that thread I attached…which should take much less time than even half of one of Mike Winger’s videos!! Paul left Timothy to stop f...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit It’s in the grammar of the passage. I went through it in detail in that thread I attached…which should take much less time than even half of one of M

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, I can back up my interpretation with scripture. My aim is to take all the details as important in the interpretation⎯the context (both within the letter as well as the audience and culture), the g...

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, I can back up my interpretation with scripture. My aim is to take all the details as important in the interpretation⎯the context (both within the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and gram

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and grammar without having to be charged with doing theological gymnastics?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking ev

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking every word, its grammar, the context, the purpose of the letter, the surrounding commands—everything into consideration.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@NicolasGold1 Yep! Paul’s grammar is very specific and given this was a personal letter to Timothy (which we can learn from), there are some things that Timothy and Paul would easily understand that is harder for us. I did a thread on this passage ...

@NicolasGold1 Yep! Paul’s grammar is very specific and given this was a personal letter to Timothy (which we can learn from), there are some things that Timothy and Paul would easily understand that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about), Paul’s grammar is very specific, and he is not n...

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@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