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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly

@cjohnsonn0311 @slow_down_Jess @_AndrewHale Not it isn’t. S3xual sin is clearly indicated as sin. Godly women teaching men the truth is nowhere stated to be sin.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church leadership. This is certainly not an issue where one...

@Flyoverland22 1Co 14:34-35, 1Co 11:1-16, 1Ti 2:11-15,3:1-13, etc all have reasonable explanations showing how these are not forbidding women or enforcing gender hierarchy or gender roles in church le

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 It would seem that in holding to what they believe the scriptures to teach they are invoking a male domination and blessing it with “its scriptural”—and worse, if you don’t agree you are in rebellion to God and need to repent. This de...

@Flyoverland22 It would seem that in holding to what they believe the scriptures to teach they are invoking a male domination and blessing it with “its scriptural”—and worse, if you don’t agree you ar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Most women would rather a man treat them as equals and

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Most women would rather a man treat them as equals and serve them rather than as masters to be served. If you serve your wife and don’t overrule her when you disagree then we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The husband ought to serve his family in the gifting he has, which includes his strength. It is pretty rare that you need to defend your family nowadays, preventing women from protecting their families if their husband is not...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley The husband ought to serve his family in the gifting he has, which includes his strength. It is pretty rare that you need to defend your family nowadays, preventing women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley I have to revoke my statement. I assumed it means authority in this context but after reviewing all the lexicons I have in my library (and I have a lot), kephale is not used in the sense of authority. I am becoming more convi...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley I have to revoke my statement. I assumed it means authority in this context but after reviewing all the lexicons I have in my library (and I have a lot), kephale is not used i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@jin_484 @Oneantifem Those differences are essential to leadership. To discount the way that women lead and refuse to work together with them as leaders means they don’t benefit from men and men don’t benefit from women. You also must not be married...

@jin_484 @Oneantifem Those differences are essential to leadership. To discount the way that women lead and refuse to work together with them as leaders means they don’t benefit from men and men don’t

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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.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@Eric_Conn But the oldest position is that of Jesus and the apostles—mutual subm

@Eric_Conn But the oldest position is that of Jesus and the apostles—mutual submission and equal opportunity for both men and women to serve in any leadership roles or as teachers and preachers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@FlyingMonkey24 @jhrjamharrea @smashbaals I don’t think J R looked at the Greek.

@FlyingMonkey24 @jhrjamharrea @smashbaals I don’t think J R looked at the Greek. He’s just in a tiffy because I think I might be right and that the other translations might be wrong. You think he’d j

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@KillmanBuck That’s a strange question. Normally I would ask whether the complem

@KillmanBuck That’s a strange question. Normally I would ask whether the complementarian thinks he is like God and his wife is like the human in the relationship, subservient to do all that the husban

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarchal and we shouldn’t force them to be otherwise. Bu...

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarcha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Context defines meaning. In this context, it seems clear that Christ’s supreme authority over all creation is in view. Eph 1:22 indicates that this authority is exercised for the benefit of the church. This underscores the ch...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Context defines meaning. In this context, it seems clear that Christ’s supreme authority over all creation is in view. Eph 1:22 indicates that this authority is exercised for

Eph 1:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals Yes, it is different than the rest. The exact opposite in fact. Why do you all think that they translated as nature teaches us there is a difference when we can all do the experiment proving that a boy and a girl without cu...

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals Yes, it is different than the rest. The exact opposite in fact. Why do you all think that they translated as nature teaches us there is a difference when we can all do the e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@FreeAme19691836 @Eric_Conn While it has certainly not been the popular view and

@FreeAme19691836 @Eric_Conn While it has certainly not been the popular view and the vast majority have refused women leadership roles in the church, here's a couple slides from a presentation Craig K

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Some say that Paul commands women to be silent in the church. But how can he do

Some say that Paul commands women to be silent in the church. But how can he do this right after saying: "For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *all* be encouraged" (1Co

1Co 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Some claim that egalitarians are messing with the gospel because the wife is to

Some claim that egalitarians are messing with the gospel because the wife is to represent the church and the husband Christ and when you allow women to lead, you impact a gospel image. But is that wha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

Wolfe claims that churches are “proudly disobeying God’s clear commands for who

Wolfe claims that churches are “proudly disobeying God’s clear commands for who can be a pastor,” but last I checked, ‘pastor’ isn’t even mentioned in 1Ti 2:12 and 1Ti 3:1-13 has to do with elders who

1Ti 2:11-15 1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:1-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we are to model one way submission, yet the Trinity i...

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@Whitehorse1255 Then why does Paul say he fears the Corinthian church may be dec

@Whitehorse1255 Then why does Paul say he fears the Corinthian church may be deceived like Eve? Can men be deceived too? "But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context and making sense of all the details including the ...

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord is something the Holy...

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt ack

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, sin was not misunderstood for 2000 years. And it is ...

@DaddyRoach The early church in scripture had female preachers, yes. How long that lasted or who rightly interpreted scripture on this but wasn’t included in written history we don’t know. And no, si

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem You aren’t wrong. The problem with these patriarchalists and complementarians is that they read head and headship and immediately translate to authority and hierarchy. They can’t see ...

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem You aren’t wrong. The problem with these patriarchalists and complementarians is that they read head and headship and immediately tra

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@BalamZuzu @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Exegeting Paul’s inte

@BalamZuzu @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Exegeting Paul’s intention by looking at the details of the letter, the context and audience and the grammar is lies?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan There are no gender roles in the chu

@BeardedAcctant @SDungersheim @RuthAmyAllan There are no gender roles in the church. Where do you see role anywhere in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@MarshallAarron @ronhenzel No. You can keep your church with male only leaders b

@MarshallAarron @ronhenzel No. You can keep your church with male only leaders but why are you treating other churches as outside of the faith because they are convinced godly women can pastor and tea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@sethhezekiah @squidgy201 Who is Paul speaking to here? Women only? 2Co 11:3 -

@sethhezekiah @squidgy201 Who is Paul speaking to here? Women only? 2Co 11:3 - "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your

2Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@DaddyRoach Except Paul isn’t telling all women to be silent. I’m 1Co 14:34-35 h

@DaddyRoach Except Paul isn’t telling all women to be silent. I’m 1Co 14:34-35 he is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and rebuking them for silencing half the body. In 1Ti 2:11-12,

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@sandye000 @Eric_Conn Paul is being misinterpreted. It is his readers who are wr

@sandye000 @Eric_Conn Paul is being misinterpreted. It is his readers who are wrong. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@avyargo @Rick07200430 @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Again, it appears that 1Ti 2:11-12 and 1Co 14:34-35 were mistaken passages from quite early on. Just because the majority got these wrong doesn't mean they were inspired in their interpretation and ap...

@avyargo @Rick07200430 @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Again, it appears that 1Ti 2:11-12 and 1Co 14:34-35 were mistaken passages from quite early on. Just because the majority got these wrong doesn't mean

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Paul is explicitly clear: "What? came the word of G

@rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Paul is explicitly clear: "What? came the word of God out from you (men)? or came it unto you (men) only?" (1Co 14:36, KJV)

1Co 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have departed from t...

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them ar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals Your first statement is true if we assume that a wom

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals Your first statement is true if we assume that a woman teaching scripture to a man is a sin. I challenge you to find anywhere in scripture where it is called a sin or it in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@LukeJac91044232 I'm not sure I understand. The Bible doesn't contradict itself.

@LukeJac91044232 I'm not sure I understand. The Bible doesn't contradict itself. The church is presented as the bride of Christ which consists of men and women, so it's not about being female or femin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@Twinjeremiah @BenZeisloft The Greek is μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα or literally "one wife husband." This phrase is stated twice, once in v2 for elders and once in v12 for deacons. The NIV translates as "faithful to his wife" but I'm asserting that this is a...

@Twinjeremiah @BenZeisloft The Greek is μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα or literally "one wife husband." This phrase is stated twice, once in v2 for elders and once in v12 for deacons. The NIV translates as "fait

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@southfresno @smashbaals That's usually the argument I use on complementarians.

@southfresno @smashbaals That's usually the argument I use on complementarians. Let's test you. Here's my exegesis; tell me how I'm not reading it well. https://t.co/XIjnmMyTX5

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@MarnerJoshua Ok, well all the best to you and your church. Just don't treat your brothers and sisters who disagree on this issue as in rebellion to God. It's nowhere listed as a sin in any list of sins and we have women in positions of authority by ...

@MarnerJoshua Ok, well all the best to you and your church. Just don't treat your brothers and sisters who disagree on this issue as in rebellion to God. It's nowhere listed as a sin in any list of si

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids godly women from serving as pastors or elders are still here.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@akorb034 @avyargo @jdexistmusic @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn It is sad that the m

@akorb034 @avyargo @jdexistmusic @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn It is sad that the most basic thing is to look at the Greek since we all have the ability to do so these days⎯and then someone disagrees wit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from servin

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from serving as pastors or from teaching truth to anyone? How do you understand Matt 28:18-20 since women are called to make discip

Matt 28:18-20 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what was going on in the context of what is being describ...

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DriverXag I do believe in the absolute authority of scripture! How is it that y

@DriverXag I do believe in the absolute authority of scripture! How is it that you are the authority on what I believe? I'm not submitted to women in judgment, that's not what Is 3:12 is saying. http

Is 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the specific situation that Paul left Timothy behind to de...

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the spec

1Ti 2:12 commentary
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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany There are many flavours of compleme

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany There are many flavours of complementarians. What is your specific flavour? How do you understand the symbolism?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Yes, indeed, it does say what it says. And it means what it

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Yes, indeed, it does say what it says. And it means what it means…in context. You cannot ignore the context when interpreting anything, let alone scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn The qualifications are listed in 1Ti 3:1-13. There are specific things highlighted for women in v11, but otherwise, the same character qualifications apply to all. there are no male pronouns, a neuter one in v1 “tis” and th...

@LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn The qualifications are listed in 1Ti 3:1-13. There are specific things highlighted for women in v11, but otherwise, the same character qualifications apply to all. there are

1Ti 3:1-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twistin

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twisting the word. I’m exegeting Paul’s intention in the specific words he used to instruct his protege Timothy to deal with fa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are *all sons* of God th

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are *all sons* of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ... There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither m

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