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@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants the wives to see their submission to mimick that o...

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving like she serves Christ. It is meant to elevate her an...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving lik

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women be

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women because it applies to all. Of course not in the way that husbands and wives submit to each other (for the equal authority

1Co 7:4 debate

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale doesn’t mean he has authority over his wife. In fact...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale do

1Co 7:4 debate

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel I realize that’s the common story. But v22 cannot be saying something that contradicts mutual submission. It’s leveling up how wives are submitting—rather than out of duty like a slave, willingly like to Christ. V23-24 are...

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel I realize that’s the common story. But v22 cannot be saying something that contradicts mutual submission. It’s leveling up how wives are submitting—rather than out of duty

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel So the situation that wives found themselves in at that time has nothing to do with why Paul especially addressed wives? Given Paul’s inclusive statements for all to serve each other, that we are to mimic Christ and Jesus’ o...

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel So the situation that wives found themselves in at that time has nothing to do with why Paul especially addressed wives? Given Paul’s inclusive statements for all to serve ea

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel In other words, this was an elimination of hierarchy or rank. It elevated these lowly wives to serve their husbands in the same manner that they were to serve their wives.

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wiv

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wives nor is there a command that wives are not to lead. Co-leading is not a contradiction (unless you preclude it by your

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus we

@ronhenzel Paul’s subject doesn’t change from Eph 5:21 just because the focus went to specific concerns with the way husbands and wives were treating each other. I haven’t dodged anything. Isn’t clai

Eph 5:21 question

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel Excellent observation. Given wives were already being treated as property and slaves of their husbands, what do you think Paul’s intent was here? I think it was to elevate how they saw their service. Rather than a position o...

@ReformedCaio @ronhenzel Excellent observation. Given wives were already being treated as property and slaves of their husbands, what do you think Paul’s intent was here? I think it was to elevate ho

@ronhenzel T Wives submitting does not preclude husbands also submitting (Eph 5

@ronhenzel T Wives submitting does not preclude husbands also submitting (Eph 5:21, Phil 2).

Eph 5:21 debate

@ronhenzel Yes, true, wives submit. No disagreement there. And now tell me why

@ronhenzel Yes, true, wives submit. No disagreement there. And now tell me why husbands do not also submit? Did you read anywhere that commands husbands *not* to submit? Eph 5:21 and Phil 2.

Eph 5:21 debate

@howertonjosh [36:31] “She respects him with prose—this is words. … Whatever you say about your husband, his heart will begin to believe ‘she’s right.’ …Don’t focus on [his struggles], focus on the 1 area in his life where you see evidence of grace…”...

@howertonjosh [36:31] “She respects him with prose—this is words. … Whatever you say about your husband, his heart will begin to believe ‘she’s right.’ …Don’t focus on [his struggles], focus on the 1

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect hi

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect him by giving him the appropriate place in your life (one flesh priority). …in general, husbands are going to prioritize t

Eph 5:33 general

He then goes on to claim that “God has designed marriage for husbands to be the

He then goes on to claim that “God has designed marriage for husbands to be the loving heads (authority)…and wives to be respectful helpers” [9:44]. He then addressed how this makes the wives look “d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-03

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Egalitarians don’t object to wives s

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Egalitarians don’t object to wives submitting. Why is it subversion to say that both submit mutually? Both, not either or.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-01

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What God spoke, He spoke to the man and the woman.

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What God spoke, He spoke to the man and the woman. He didn't say that "all males that come after you will rule their wives." I don't rule my wife. Do you?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isolation forgetting the context of mutual submission a...

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isola

Eph 5:24 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY teach younger wives? The point about them working at...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY te

Tit 2:3-5 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@KillmanBuck Yes, wives are to submit to their husbands in the proper way, as th

@KillmanBuck Yes, wives are to submit to their husbands in the proper way, as they do to the Lord. Husbands are also to submit to their wives as the remainder of Eph 5 doesn’t nullify verse 21: all ar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@KillmanBuck Women don’t have an intermediary to God. Suggesting that wives don’

@KillmanBuck Women don’t have an intermediary to God. Suggesting that wives don’t directly submit to Christ is really bad theology.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan Husbands loving their wives in a pro

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan Husbands loving their wives in a proper manner is not saying that wives are also not to love their husbands in the same way. We are all to emulate Christ’s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn “Likewise their wives” was a translation choice. Note “their” and “must be” are not in the Greek. The NASB says, “Likewise, women…” If ‘their wives’ is correct, why are the wives of deacons highlighted but not of ...

@avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn “Likewise their wives” was a translation choice. Note “their” and “must be” are not in the Greek. The NASB says, “Likewise, women…” If ‘their wives’ is correct, wh

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith If we are trying to establish husbands being hierarchically in authority over their wives by suggesting that she emulates the submissive church and he the ruling saviour then it absolutely does matter wh...

@DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith If we are trying to establish husbands being hierarchically in authority over their wives by suggesting that she emulates the submissive church and he th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@dantheman278 Should husbands model this attitude towards their wives?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man Why don’t you tell me how 1Ti 3:11 only speaks about the wives of

@Grump_Old_Man Why don’t you tell me how 1Ti 3:11 only speaks about the wives of deacons and not the wives of elders given that “one wife husband” is stated for both?

1Ti 3:11 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man So the wives of elders have no restrictions? They can be filthy h

@Grump_Old_Man So the wives of elders have no restrictions? They can be filthy heathens?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

@barkbahlmerg @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Nowhere does the Bible give husbands

@barkbahlmerg @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Nowhere does the Bible give husbands the authority to rule over their wives. Gen 3:16 is spoken to the woman, not an imperative and is a prophecy related to

Gen 3:16 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk So only husbands lay down their lives? Wives don’t also lay down

@j_robert_kirk So only husbands lay down their lives? Wives don’t also lay down their lives? Please explain to me how you are laying down your life.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve You read scripture in snippets like there is zero context. Do you really think women are not to love sacrificially? REALLY?! Why do you suppose Paul gives what appears to be a one sided c...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve You read scripture in snippets like there is zero context. Do you really think women are not to love sacrificially? REALLY?! Why do you s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@The_Unforsaken What did God command? Eph 5:21 says: "and subject yourselves to

@The_Unforsaken What did God command? Eph 5:21 says: "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ" (Eph 5:21). If we are to subject each to one another, then the instruction for wive

Eph 5:21 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

Why does @Brian_Sauve connect wives not being full time homemakers with the denying the gospel? This is really bad theology! When Paul says "working at home" he means not being idle, he doesn't mean that she must only work inside the 4 walls of the...

Why does @Brian_Sauve connect wives not being full time homemakers with the denying the gospel? This is really bad theology! When Paul says "working at home" he means not being idle, he doesn't mean

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Yes wives are to submit to their husbands but a husband doing what he is commanded to do is submitting too—by laying down his life which means serving her needs in preference to his own. The woman being made for...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Yes wives are to submit to their husbands but a husband doing what he is commanded to do is submitting too—by laying down his life which means serving her needs i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Wives are not told to be obedient to their husbands as though their husbands are the master and they are the slave. Where are you getting that from? While hierarchy is the way the world works, it is not how the c...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Wives are not told to be obedient to their husbands as though their husbands are the master and they are the slave. Where are you getting that from? While hierarc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Except the rule you propose is imported in

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Except the rule you propose is imported into the text. Do husbands need to respect their wives or do they get an exception because it is not stated? Do wives nee

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-19

@RoiRogers2 @ZA_Legacy @smashbaals Wives are to submit to their husbands in a pr

@RoiRogers2 @ZA_Legacy @smashbaals Wives are to submit to their husbands in a proper way, like they do to Christ. And clearly, husbands are submitting to their wives. Anyone who is serving their wife

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

@OrthodoxBarbie Great article! “Men and women, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers should not be framed as competitors in ministry or the home. The 93% myth is used to accuse men of failing in their spiritual duties and to accuse women of usurpi...

@OrthodoxBarbie Great article! “Men and women, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers should not be framed as competitors in ministry or the home. The 93% myth is used to accuse men of failing in th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Ephesians 5 is calling both wives and husbands to the sam

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Ephesians 5 is calling both wives and husbands to the same standard of Christ. Take a look at this commentary on 1Co 11:3. https://t.co/CQoDw1dx1n

1Co 11:3 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Wives are to love their husbands as Christ loved his chur

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Wives are to love their husbands as Christ loved his church because all believers are to emulate Christ.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, you still have it wrong. Wives are to love their husbands too and the way that Christ loved is by serving to the uttermost. Wives are not called to be slaves of their husbands but to reciprocate the same service⎯though ev...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, you still have it wrong. Wives are to love their husbands too and the way that Christ loved is by serving to the uttermost. Wives are not called to be slaves of their husb

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible tell wives to "obey" their husband

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible tell wives to "obey" their husbands?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No one is saying that wives shouldn't submit to their husbands, just that husbands should also submit to their wives because it is mutual. No one is ignoring the Bible. It's called reading in context. A text without the con...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No one is saying that wives shouldn't submit to their husbands, just that husbands should also submit to their wives because it is mutual. No one is ignoring the Bible. It's

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-23

@vizini8 @baltinerdist @DoulosDean68 When Paul said husbands are to love their w

@vizini8 @baltinerdist @DoulosDean68 When Paul said husbands are to love their wives were wives not also to love their husbands?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-22

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel This is especially since Paul clearly instructed that

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel This is especially since Paul clearly instructed that: "For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted..." (1Co 14:31). All may learn, b

1Co 14:31 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@MikeWingerii What I find curious is what you think are the requirements for fem

@MikeWingerii What I find curious is what you think are the requirements for female deacons since as I understand you believe that the requirements listed in 1Ti 3:1-10,12-13 don’t apply to women and

1Ti 3:1-10 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@JonKismetCalvin @th3muse @MikeWingerii He uses a translation that says "Their wives" instead. I don't think he concludes that v11 is referring to the inclusion of women as deacons, but that this verse speaks about the wives of deacons. His justifica...

@JonKismetCalvin @th3muse @MikeWingerii He uses a translation that says "Their wives" instead. I don't think he concludes that v11 is referring to the inclusion of women as deacons, but that this vers

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t follow and He still tolerated): “And he shall not ac...

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t fo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@Joshbambino Husbands should also submit to unbelieving wives for the very same

@Joshbambino Husbands should also submit to unbelieving wives for the very same reasons.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@TSubasLawVX Wives should hypotasso (willingly subject themselves) to their husb

@TSubasLawVX Wives should hypotasso (willingly subject themselves) to their husbands who also hypotasso (willingly subject themselves) to their wives (Eph 5:21). Watch your language. Do you have self

Eph 5:21 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@jonedwardcroft It’s an argument that takes the text seriously. The idea that me

@jonedwardcroft It’s an argument that takes the text seriously. The idea that men’s hair must be shorter than their wives’ or only the women must cover their heads sounds like the cultural argument. N