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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-15

@TonyG_in_LV It seems that in this way it adopted unbiblical concepts which are

@TonyG_in_LV It seems that in this way it adopted unbiblical concepts which are explicitly opposed in scripture and completely missed the ones that were there. But this issue related to kephale/head s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-15

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves and which is the source of seeds or new life of t...

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves

@GrownInFaith @churchtalkative Not does it say he shouldn’t…yet there is Eph 5:2

@GrownInFaith @churchtalkative Not does it say he shouldn’t…yet there is Eph 5:21 which applies to all to each other. What does the head mean? Curious how it doesn’t apply to leaders. https://t.co/L6

Eph 5:21 question

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people who see kephale as meaning leader over or boss of o...

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people w

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus On 1 Cor 11:3 (Homily 26 on 1 Corinthians): “And the

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus On 1 Cor 11:3 (Homily 26 on 1 Corinthians): “And the head of Christ is God. That is, the headship refers to the source and the order, not to inequality of nature.”

1 Cor 11:3 commentary

@WillYoungIII None of the lower umbrellas are needed. Seems like man trying to m

@WillYoungIII None of the lower umbrellas are needed. Seems like man trying to make sense of God’s design but missing the mark. Did you read my post I shared? What does kephale (head) mean?

@oliverburdick Consider what the Bible means by the term kephale (head). https:/

@oliverburdick Consider what the Bible means by the term kephale (head). https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

@etdpl Great passage though you should start with verse 21 which speaks of mutua

@etdpl Great passage though you should start with verse 21 which speaks of mutual subjection in the fear of Christ. Do you know what Paul means by calling the husband the head of his wife? What does

@uglygramb @instablog9ja What do you think Paul means by head? Does he mean boss

@uglygramb @instablog9ja What do you think Paul means by head? Does he mean boss or authority? https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

@bolajiayo @instablog9ja What do you think head means in this context? The autho

@bolajiayo @instablog9ja What do you think head means in this context? The authority? The boss? https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

@PatrickHen1776 @Jiwan_Ko_Pani @oliverburdick But head isn’t about being the bos

@PatrickHen1776 @Jiwan_Ko_Pani @oliverburdick But head isn’t about being the boss or the authority. If that’s what the word means, we’d see it all over with regards to leadership. https://t.co/L6ZiusB

@gtheking03 @Rich_Cooper But head isn’t about authority or being the boss. Let’s

@gtheking03 @Rich_Cooper But head isn’t about authority or being the boss. Let’s consider a few questions. https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Let’s look at kephale, shall we? http

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Let’s look at kephale, shall we? https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

@StothersRyan @faboIus Thanks for highlighting these. However, even in these contexts, head can be understood to mean first or prominent—not necessarily authority or rule—which is why words for rule or governance often have to be added when authorit...

@StothersRyan @faboIus Thanks for highlighting these. However, even in these contexts, head can be understood to mean first or prominent—not necessarily authority or rule—which is why words for rule

Jdg 11:11 debate

@faboIus As far as I can tell, the word ‘head’ didn’t start getting used for a l

@faboIus As far as I can tell, the word ‘head’ didn’t start getting used for a leader in church contexts until around 1000 AD when it was applied to the pope.

No pastor, elder, overseer, apostle, deacon, prophet, or father is ever called head (kephalē) in the NT. If head simply means authority or boss, why is kephalē never used for any leader in the church? Why is a father never called the kephalē of hi...

No pastor, elder, overseer, apostle, deacon, prophet, or father is ever called head (kephalē) in the NT. If head simply means authority or boss, why is kephalē never used for any leader in the church

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one i

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one instance in scripture where a pastor or elder is called kephale of his church. Didn’t find one? Now please explain why n

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and bone and Jesus provide life to His church. But he...

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals If the levite males led simply because they slaughtered the idolators, then what about Jael who drove a tent peg through Sisera’s head? I’ll read your article and respond separately but you still haven’t shown me where in...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals If the levite males led simply because they slaughtered the idolators, then what about Jael who drove a tent peg through Sisera’s head? I’ll read your article and respond

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referring to doesn’t mean the authority over or boss of. I...

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referrin

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Notice that in this context it says “head over ev

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Notice that in this context it says “head over everything *FOR* the church…”—His supremacy and power is to give life to His church…it is *for the benefit of* the church

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority. It is mean to convey that He is the source of the life of His body just like Adam was the source material that Eve was

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge The same things Jesus says to his Jewish-only, male-only apostles is to be taught to everyone. We are all to emulate Christ, not just males! There is no prescriptive text giving authority to husbands in the home. Kep...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge The same things Jesus says to his Jewish-only, male-only apostles is to be taught to everyone. We are all to emulate Christ, not just males! There is no prescriptive te

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the ver

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii That the husband is the kephale of the wife is the very basis of what marriage comes from. It points back to the first marriage where marriage is identified as one flesh unio

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@carol66944 @MikeWingerii Yes…but it still says he is the kephale. My point is

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii Yes…but it still says he is the kephale. My point is that this isn’t referring to his role as the boss. Paul even says “not all are an eye” which is part of the head, isn’t

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii I agree that scripture is not teaching male authority.

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii I agree that scripture is not teaching male authority. But kephale is there and it does say that the husband is the kephale of his wife. That has nothing to do with social th

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii The thing is the Bible literally says the husband is t

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii The thing is the Bible literally says the husband is the head of his wife. It just doesn’t mean authority over or boss of.

@MikeWingerii I appreciate your pushback on Partridges rigid rules. And Biblica

@MikeWingerii I appreciate your pushback on Partridges rigid rules. And Biblical headship has nothing to do with authority or being the boss of someone.

@HeGTiSunesis Again, I think you are certainly onto something. The idea that Pau

@HeGTiSunesis Again, I think you are certainly onto something. The idea that Paul was advocating for women to cover their heads to show their husband’s authority over them is almost certainly not what

Something to note is that in Judaism, you will observe that all men have to cove

Something to note is that in Judaism, you will observe that all men have to cover their heads when praying or reading Torah. Why does Paul say that doing this—covering one’s head while doing these thi

If a wife covers her head to honor her husband, her head—why must a man uncover

If a wife covers her head to honor her husband, her head—why must a man uncover his head to avoid dishonoring Christ, his head? Why does a covering honor the husband but dishonor Christ? 🤔

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii I see. So one head of the church is not in the ‘same

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii I see. So one head of the church is not in the ‘same galaxy’ of your ecclesiology? Interesting. I appreciate the conversation also.

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Yes, elders and pastors and overseers all require the

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Yes, elders and pastors and overseers all require the same things and are basically the same function. It is not about headship. Where is an elder referred to as the head of

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was primary for the faith it would be in the creeds. We do...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was prim

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii No, you are just reading worldly ideas into the t

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii No, you are just reading worldly ideas into the text. Head doesn’t mean “the boss of.”

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@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Why assume head means “boss” like

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Why assume head means “boss” like the world thinks? https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-04

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about power or authority over a person (more like how the wo...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about powe

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came firs

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar—insistent that he had to be the authority but the...

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not redefining kephale to mean something else. I'm asking of each text what sense the author intended by using this word. What makes you think that Jesus' intention is to be the 'boss of' His bride? Jesus is the cr...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not redefining kephale to mean something else. I'm asking of each text what sense the author intended by using this word. What makes you think that Jesus' intention

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not trying to read the text in light of the 21st century. On that note, you have to be careful in thinking that the term 'head' means 'the boss of' as we use it today. That may in fact not at all be how the author o...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not trying to read the text in light of the 21st century. On that note, you have to be careful in thinking that the term 'head' means 'the boss of' as we use it toda

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@HollandGreig 'A symbol of' is not in the Greek text. This is inserted to make i

@HollandGreig 'A symbol of' is not in the Greek text. This is inserted to make it seem like the woman has authority over her. But the text reads simply that She has authority over her own head (to dec

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 None of these passages refer to 'head of the home'... 1. 1Ti 2:11–15 – Refers to Genesis showing that Eve's deception had to do with her time sequence order of creation after Adam who was created first. There is no mention...

@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 None of these passages refer to 'head of the home'... 1. 1Ti 2:11–15 – Refers to Genesis showing that Eve's deception had to do with her time sequence order of creation aft

1Ti 2:11 Col 3:17 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source relationships. God > origin of Jesus’ body, Jesus &...

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source rela

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Hey, do you also make sure the women in your chur

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Hey, do you also make sure the women in your church cover their heads?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-01

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote auth

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon If Paul isn’t using head (Kephale) to denote authority or leadership than the popular argument you (and many others) espouse falls apart. But whatever you want I guess…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon The thread was about Kephale and your question wa

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon The thread was about Kephale and your question wasn’t specific. Truth is not determined by what people thought or did outside of scripture. History is not an infallible

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And we only have Peter and John who self identify as ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And