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@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to tell you what it means. Everything and everyone is...

@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to t

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Paul, I think that this is a mischaracterizat

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Paul, I think that this is a mischaracterization of what Kaeley is saying. We believe there are differences and that both mother and father are needed but you want

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translati

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translating the Greek (NASB 2020). It means that the scriptures contain all I need to be thoroughly equipped, to be made perfect

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@KnightsRepose @j_bryan_price @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals That’s a good passage

@KnightsRepose @j_bryan_price @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals That’s a good passage to come back with. What traditions do you think Paul was referring to here? Do you think he meant any tradition that

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@Jose287631 @igarglewithfire I appreciate your tone. “This is the brass tacks,

@Jose287631 @igarglewithfire I appreciate your tone. “This is the brass tacks, bottom of the line, bare truth that's imho God inspired.” What, that women cannot preach? That’s what I’m contesting a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-05

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible that rolls off the tongue from Richard Dawkins. Nat...

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@cwierzbicki9 Thanks for quoting the passage. The context is the entire letter,

@cwierzbicki9 Thanks for quoting the passage. The context is the entire letter, the author and recipient, the references being made by Paul, the specific terms and grammar Paul uses, etc. If you pic

1 Tim 2:15 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-1

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-15 thoroughly here. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

There should be no “head” leadership or those who command to obey them. All (no

There should be no “head” leadership or those who command to obey them. All (not just leaders) are given the authority to call others to obey Christ. https://t.co/rFutuQOkTI

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “authority over men.” The word used in 1 Tim 2 is aut...

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “aut

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@ThinkyTexan @Guy_JustaGuy3 @IrisB42744268 @WastedAerospace @MilesMosley666 @KerridwinR @RealDoctorT @JustUnderReal @_truthswordsa @MurphyYuiko @Ivotian @NuckChorris16 @AnansiAkin59777 @BrianNazarenus

1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@DST_QA @YourCalvinist I go through in detail what 1 Tim 2:11-15 is referring to. In short, there is a specific woman in Ephesus that is deceived (like Eve was) whose husband is not but is silent (like Adam). Paul doesn't name her because Timothy h...

@DST_QA @YourCalvinist I go through in detail what 1 Tim 2:11-15 is referring to. In short, there is a specific woman in Ephesus that is deceived (like Eve was) whose husband is not but is silent (li

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not saying Jesus is not God. So technically the one inside Mary was God. But to frame Mary as “The Mother of God” has lead to all sorts of bad teachings…that Mary had to be immaculate or a perpetual virgin…and see ...

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not saying Jesus is not God. So technically the one inside Mary was God. But to frame Mary as “The Mother of God” has lead to all sorts of bad teachings…that Mary h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@Rach4Patriarchy “Theotokos, the Holy Mother of God” - Mary is the mother of the body of Jesus. Yes Jesus is God but to say that Mary is the Mother of God who has no beginning is misleading. And the Bible never refers to her this way. “is the embo...

@Rach4Patriarchy “Theotokos, the Holy Mother of God” - Mary is the mother of the body of Jesus. Yes Jesus is God but to say that Mary is the Mother of God who has no beginning is misleading. And the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@ChristianJComis @PastorMark Curiously I never read any of these books but of co

@ChristianJComis @PastorMark Curiously I never read any of these books but of course others explained this as Eve telling or leading Adam and you don’t see it until you read the text more carefully.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-28

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a l

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a lot like the term "semi-Pelagian." Just another way of calling people names instead of dealing with real issues.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-27

To help condense an important extended rebuttal to @HwsEleutheroi James White's claim that God ordains evil, I've summarized Cheryl's points in the following: 1. White claims God decrees evil but is not the author of sin. Her rebuttal cites Jeremia...

To help condense an important extended rebuttal to @HwsEleutheroi James White's claim that God ordains evil, I've summarized Cheryl's points in the following: 1. White claims God decrees evil but is

Jeremiah 19:5 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Those verses in 1 Cor 14:34-35 are not referring to source or origin. However, whenever you see the Greek “kephale” it can mean source or origin depending on the context. Is it proper for anyone to have auth...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Those verses in 1 Cor 14:34-35 are not referring to source or origin. However, whenever you see the Greek “kephale” it can mean source or origin depending on

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Man is not the authority over or the ruler over the wife, but the “source” or “origin” of the wife. Christ is also the source of His church which is a bride but made up of both males and females. Jesus is sa...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Man is not the authority over or the ruler over the wife, but the “source” or “origin” of the wife. Christ is also the source of His church which is a bride b

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Your argument about authority being rel

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Your argument about authority being related to order of creation doesn’t make sense. https://t.co/0TRungnpXU

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica What does that mean “have authority over men”? You mean any man in the church, or even the pastor, can just tell you what to do? If it is due to order of creation, then the animals should rule over people as...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica What does that mean “have authority over men”? You mean any man in the church, or even the pastor, can just tell you what to do? If it is due to order of cre

@DST_QA First, here’s a thread on 1 Tim 2:11-15. Paul is not stopping qualified

@DST_QA First, here’s a thread on 1 Tim 2:11-15. Paul is not stopping qualified and gifted women from leading, overseeing, preaching or teaching true doctrine. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@lesbian_gran @storyofndblake @5Solas2 Paul’s not restricting qualified and gift

@lesbian_gran @storyofndblake @5Solas2 Paul’s not restricting qualified and gifted women from serving as leaders or preaching truth. Take another look. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

@pauldirks @KaeleyT As you can see in my post, I said “no one is said to ‘authentein’ anyone”—that word is only used once and not used positively in scripture. The details I provided from Belleville are very convincing about the meaning of Authentei...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT As you can see in my post, I said “no one is said to ‘authentein’ anyone”—that word is only used once and not used positively in scripture. The details I provided from Belleville

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-22

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this same lecture you also assert that women are relational and men are protective and this results in a division of labor. However, that the man helps protect does not give him primacy in leadership. That the woman is relati...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this same lecture you also assert that women are relational and men are protective and this results in a division of labor. However, that the man helps protect does not give hi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-22

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this lecture you also refer to the following verse: 1 Corinthians 11:10 (NASB 2020): “Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” However, “a symbol of” is not in the Greek. The...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this lecture you also refer to the following verse: 1 Corinthians 11:10 (NASB 2020): “Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

1 Cor 6:2-3 1 Corinthians 11:10 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-22

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think that we were showing that leadership is best with both women and men together and that leadership qualities are not male only attributes. Aggression is not a leadership attribute. Logical thinking does not belong only to...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think that we were showing that leadership is best with both women and men together and that leadership qualities are not male only attributes. Aggression is not a leadership at

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarch

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has a specific understanding in the context of somethi...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain under the judgment of the elders when doing so and ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain u

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she was to be in a place of permanent subordination. Wh...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she w

Gen 3:16 debate

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but mer

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but merely that the Bible does not teach that qualified women who lead and those who preach and teach true doctrine are not goi

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in a parent over a child.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the body submitting one to another, leaders to congregants included. Submitting is not about authority structures but an at

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching,

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender more prominently displays these specific characterist...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender mor

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What specifically in a woman’s constitution makes her incapa

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What specifically in a woman’s constitution makes her incapable of (or inappropriately desiring of) leading in a church or co-leading her family with her husband or leading in some

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual consent), if it doesn’t mean you peer into the eye...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the wife is not the type of Christ in marriage itself but that’s as far as the type goes. This type neither implies nor req

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about God’s ways? It only contravenes patriarchy. I’m...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Also, 1 Cor 7:3-4 says the wife has authority over the husband’s body. How does that work when you have two wives? One has to sleep alone for half of their married lives? How does she feel hearing her husba...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Also, 1 Cor 7:3-4 says the wife has authority over the husband’s body. How does that work when you have two wives? One has to sleep alone for half of their m

1 Cor 7:3-4 debate

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband doesn’t have authority over his body? There is an exception, something he doesn’t explicitly have authority over. You

@WillEhrendreich @JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 Think about this for a second…If the man doesn’t have authority over his own body…then what makes you think he has authority over his wife? I’m simply finding an example where the husband is said he...

@WillEhrendreich @JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 Think about this for a second…If the man doesn’t have authority over his own body…then what makes you think he has authority over his wife? I’m simp

@JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 @WillEhrendreich Nowhere in Genesis 1-3 do we see any of the persons present acting as if they are aware of an authority hierarchy. God didn't tell Adam he had authority over Eve. Eve didn't behave like she underst...

@JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 @WillEhrendreich Nowhere in Genesis 1-3 do we see any of the persons present acting as if they are aware of an authority hierarchy. God didn't tell Adam he had autho

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elders. Leadership leads to Christ and His Word; it i...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elde

1 Tim 3:1-13 Titus 1:5-9 general

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn'

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or women https://t.co/SMUaKrLevt

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divid

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divide and work in unison with those we disagree with on secondary matters. 🧵

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek You are the one saying I am infallible, n

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek You are the one saying I am infallible, not me. Fallacy: appeal to authority https://t.co/Er42JjzD1M

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Fallacy #1: appeal to authority https://t

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Fallacy #1: appeal to authority https://t.co/Er42JjzD1M Fallacy #2: argumentum ad populum https://t.co/U4th8NmokL Fallacy #3: ad hominem https://t.co/mlOGSE5Q6

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek We don’t disagree on the authority of scr

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek We don’t disagree on the authority of scripture.