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@Unashamed_Chuck I believe that Paul’s use of the Greek word kephale is not about authority or leadership but has to do with the source relationship between the husband and the wife coming from Eden where Eve was made from and for Adam. Both were com...

@Unashamed_Chuck I believe that Paul’s use of the Greek word kephale is not about authority or leadership but has to do with the source relationship between the husband and the wife coming from Eden w

Ge 1:28 debate

It’s because I believe the Bible has no contradictions that I am an egalitarian

It’s because I believe the Bible has no contradictions that I am an egalitarian and believe that women are not restricted from teaching, oversight or pastoral work simply because they are women. https

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1). He refutes these men who are trying to silence half the body to bring order; Paul’s solution is ...

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1). He refutes these men who are trying to silence

1Co 7:1 question

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Male and female are different. Not one is arguing that they are the same. But this difference has nothing to do with salvation (it never did) nor with the ab...

@Tibbetburritoo @harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor Male and female are different. Not one is arguing that they are the same. But this difference has nothing t

@TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @RevKimWChafee @harduppp @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao

@TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @RevKimWChafee @harduppp @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor I’ll let Paul correct you: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?

1Co 14:36 question

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There was no such practice of covering in the churches b...

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There

@JoanBandy @mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Wasn’t the elaborate hair adornment a way to convey status and perhaps how some of the women were trying to get others to listen to them instead of the false teachers? Why do you assume it’s abo...

@JoanBandy @mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Wasn’t the elaborate hair adornment a way to convey status and perhaps how some of the women were trying to get others to listen to them instead

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman” in v14 referring to? “She will be saved…if they” ...

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman”

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are forbidden from teaching or pastoral work is not God’s view. That’s clearly your view.

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Not only were women not

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Not only were women not to be priests but only one tribe out of 12. This passage in Timothy qualifies overseers based on character. https://t.c

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching not stopping all women from teaching. Women are commanded to teach by the great commission so Paul clearly wasn’t meanin

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

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals And effeminate is the man taking care o

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals And effeminate is the man taking care of the household tasks while the wife works? Allowing her to co-lead the family? Sharing leadership with women in church?

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching trut

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching truth to anyone. The context is stopping false teaching. #ReadPaulInContext

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as m

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as men and women complement each other. But they add—as a requirement—that a husband is to rule his wife and by extension he

@smashbaals “To control” is an inference; it is not the meaning of the Hebrew wo

@smashbaals “To control” is an inference; it is not the meaning of the Hebrew word.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe th

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe these passages are forbidding godly women from teaching truth to men or from pastoral work. I’ll take a look at the Crossw

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heresy, not teaching the truth of the Bible. And Paul n...

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heres

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-23

@wgrapperhaus @MikeWingerii A godly woman preaching, teaching or pastoring even

@wgrapperhaus @MikeWingerii A godly woman preaching, teaching or pastoring even over men is not against God’s law.

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—letters written to a person into a context with spe...

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—l

@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

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft But still there isn’t anything on the record to say what the women were specifically teaching and why the men were using their prayers to argue. And Paul doesn’t tell the women who are claiming godliness to have s3x ...

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft But still there isn’t anything on the record to say what the women were specifically teaching and why the men were using their prayers to argue. And Paul doesn’t tell

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching in Ephesus was important or Paul would have mentio...

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft 1Co 7 definitely speaks of mutual authority over each other’s body and not abstaining for too long. But I honestly don’t see knowing what the specific false teaching

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-21

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft According to 2Ti 2:16-18, Hymenaeus was teachi

@JollyStine @AVER735 @BenZeisloft According to 2Ti 2:16-18, Hymenaeus was teaching the resurrection had already occurred.

2Ti 2:16-18 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-21

Brian thinks the elders should be called if his wife “rebels against her husband

Brian thinks the elders should be called if his wife “rebels against her husband.” So is this like if she doesn’t make the dinner he demands or doesn’t clean the house when he commands? So then a bunc

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Your local church shouldn’t

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Your local church shouldn’t have their own “private” or subjective interpretation either

Now let me reply to you as Paul did to the Corinthians who said such a thing: “

Now let me reply to you as Paul did to the Corinthians who said such a thing: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (1Co 14:36, KJV) https://t.co/9JnfZg3M57

1Co 14:36 question

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft "for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God,

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft "for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. ... There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for yo

Gal 3:26 general

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii "for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God,

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii "for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. ... There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you

Gal 3:26 general

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in co

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in context which is that it does not forbid anyone because of their ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic status.

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii No, I’m explaining what I believe the Bible ob

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii No, I’m explaining what I believe the Bible objectively means for everyone. My presupposition was the complementarian view until I read the text more carefully.

1Co 14:36 1Co 7:1 question

@WrigsFL2 @BenZeisloft Well, actually, after Paul quotes that from the letter th

@WrigsFL2 @BenZeisloft Well, actually, after Paul quotes that from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), Paul writes this: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it

@smashli1228 @BenZeisloft Technically, he doesn't believe women are allowed to b

@smashli1228 @BenZeisloft Technically, he doesn't believe women are allowed to be pastors or elders. I'm not sure that makes him a raging misogynist.

Ge 1:28 Mat 28:18-20 debate

@smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Both Adam and Eve were commanded using an imperative to rule in Ge 1:28. Both women and men are commanded to make disciples by Jesus' own authority in Mat 28:18-20. To refuse to allow them simply because they are women is...

@smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Both Adam and Eve were commanded using an imperative to rule in Ge 1:28. Both women and men are commanded to make disciples by Jesus' own authority in Mat 28:18-20. To ref

@smashbaals Are you concerned that women will learn Hebrew and Greek and theolog

@smashbaals Are you concerned that women will learn Hebrew and Greek and theology because you are concerned they will never get to use it in your system?

@AVER735 @MikeWingerii I didn’t say I was complementarian, I said conservative.

@AVER735 @MikeWingerii I didn’t say I was complementarian, I said conservative. I don’t believe the text teaches male authority over women and I want to conserve the meaning and intent of the text and

@peace_got @MikeWingerii Regardless of what you’ve seen or not, I do talk about other things. Most of the other things don’t get boosted by X so unless you are specifically looking, you are unlikely to see. One of the reasons I came on Twitter/X was...

@peace_got @MikeWingerii Regardless of what you’ve seen or not, I do talk about other things. Most of the other things don’t get boosted by X so unless you are specifically looking, you are unlikely t

@MondoBarner It’s the meaning of the Greek. https://t.co/ClwUJG2eiz

Gen 4:7 Solomon 7:10 debate

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the ground is cursed, not Adam or Eve? God never comman...

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the gr

RT @kenschenck: I affirm women in all roles of ministry leadership on the follow

RT @kenschenck: I affirm women in all roles of ministry leadership on the following basis: 1. Women arguably play every such role in Scrip…

@LuckyDuck2121 @Crystalisives Yes, the Hebrew. I got this from Randall Buth (I a

@LuckyDuck2121 @Crystalisives Yes, the Hebrew. I got this from Randall Buth (I attach clips from his article in the following post). https://t.co/iWB1ySMcbN

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s own flesh and bone shows that she is his equivale...

@OpenlyReasoned @Robert_S_Morley @DST_QA Females are not inferior in scripture, but men mistreated them because they are physically stronger and can overpower them. That the woman comes from the man’s

@Robert_S_Morley @OpenlyReasoned @DST_QA Paul was correcting a wayward female trait local to Ephesus?? So it’s unique to Ephesian married women to ask questions in church (the text doesn’t say they were doing this, it’s a guess)? Why don’t you see P...

@Robert_S_Morley @OpenlyReasoned @DST_QA Paul was correcting a wayward female trait local to Ephesus?? So it’s unique to Ephesian married women to ask questions in church (the text doesn’t say they we

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The desire for her husband followed the statement of her toil in childbearing and increased conception rate. So despite the painful toil, she wouldn’t separate from Adam but would desire him. The same word is used in Song of ...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The desire for her husband followed the statement of her toil in childbearing and increased conception rate. So despite the painful toil, she wouldn’t separate from Adam but w

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I already explained how

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale I already explained how the Bible does not forbid godly women from teaching or pastoring people including men.

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to m

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to my family can be applied to the church. I don’t know anyone who says women can be egalitarian in the family but only comp

@Crystalisives @Qesther216821 Of course they claim to serve while being submitte

@Crystalisives @Qesther216821 Of course they claim to serve while being submitted to. Definitely it can be word games for some as they honestly behave like mutualists while using the words of compleme

Titus 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'s in the entirety of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 ar...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'

@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