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@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Ok, but the elders were not called to get him

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Ok, but the elders were not called to get him to comply. Seems like Dee just waited until he finally did it (this specific time).

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl I got this idea from the article "Methodological Collision between Source Criticism and Discourse Analysis: The Problem of 'Unmarked Temporal Overlay' and the Pluperfect/Nonsequential wayyiqtol" by Randall Buth from...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl I got this idea from the article "Methodological Collision between Source Criticism and Discourse Analysis: The Problem of 'Unmarked Temporal Overlay' and the Pluper

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ himself. Overseers who have a lot of experience sho...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ hi

@ProvokedArtist @DrFrankTurek @MikeWinger But you first have to know what Paul m

@ProvokedArtist @DrFrankTurek @MikeWinger But you first have to know what Paul meant before applying it.

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible m

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible meaning of source (supported by how the word is being used i…

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible meaning of source (supported by how the word is being used in its context) is absolutely important to the egalitarian view of these supposed gender hierarchy passages. Everything goes ba...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible meaning of source (supported by how the word is being used in its context) is absolutely important to the egalitarian view of these suppo

@MarkGrote 1 Cor 7:1 merely identifies that there is a letter written from the C

@MarkGrote 1 Cor 7:1 merely identifies that there is a letter written from the Corinthians to Paul which we do not have, not necessarily that Paul write another letter prior to this.

1 Cor 7:1 general

@MarkGrote Often when it can be either a man or a woman the male construction is the default. Paul doesn’t say “must not be a woman,” he uses a gender neutral pronoun “tis” and also he clearly doesn’t mean married as Paul advocated for singleness an...

@MarkGrote Often when it can be either a man or a woman the male construction is the default. Paul doesn’t say “must not be a woman,” he uses a gender neutral pronoun “tis” and also he clearly doesn’

@bagby_abe @BibleBashed You're referring to Mr. Bashed, right? Just look at the

@bagby_abe @BibleBashed You're referring to Mr. Bashed, right? Just look at the context...it's obvious that Paul is including everyone. You can't seriously think courage is only for males...I mean r

1 Corinthians 16:13 debate

@BibleBashed Wait...women are unable to be courageous??? 😮 You might be thinking of “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” (1 Corinthians 16:13, NASB 2020) However, this is in the plural and Paul is writing to the chur...

@BibleBashed Wait...women are unable to be courageous??? 😮 You might be thinking of “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” (1 Corinthians 16:13, NASB 2020) However, thi

@JonKismetCalvin @ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Hi John, I'm not sure that Artemis is something Paul is bringing into the context of 1 Timothy. Paul references: 1. v4: fables and genealogies (which cause disputes rather than ...

@JonKismetCalvin @ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Hi John, I'm not sure that Artemis is something Paul is bringing into the context of 1 Timothy. Paul references: 1. v4: fables

@incanebula @pauldirks @Eric_Conn What do you mean? They applied and were accepted into their degree programs...one in biological sciences, the other in political science. I graduated from university around a lot of promiscuity and drunkenness. We...

@incanebula @pauldirks @Eric_Conn What do you mean? They applied and were accepted into their degree programs...one in biological sciences, the other in political science. I graduated from universit

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl When Paul says that wives are to submit to th

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl When Paul says that wives are to submit to their husbands he does not mean by this that husbands do not also submit to their wives or else Eph 5:21 would be violated

Eph 5:21 debate

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution including husbands being the lord over their wives. ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution in

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This is a misinterpretation of what is meant

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This is a misinterpretation of what is meant by head. We are looking at this from different basic understandings of the underpinning argument about what kephale mea

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife submits to the husband. The husband

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife submits to the husband. The husband submits to the wife. Neither is the authority over the other (except when it comes to their bodies related to sex).

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Sarah's calling Abraham lord is similar to how we use the term "sir" or "mister" today. The husband and the wife are the leaders of the home and work together as a team. The Biblical statement of the husband as th...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Sarah's calling Abraham lord is similar to how we use the term "sir" or "mister" today. The husband and the wife are the leaders of the home and work together as a

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife isn't his employee, it is a one-flesh union! Maybe in a secular way he could income split with her because her house work has value and so he would split his income to reduce his taxes and show the value o...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The wife isn't his employee, it is a one-flesh union! Maybe in a secular way he could income split with her because her house work has value and so he would split h

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the apostle Paul means by "head" and his complete missing the mark on mutual subjection and servant leadership.

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT BECAUSE he feels the Bible commands him to be

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT BECAUSE he feels the Bible commands him to be the federal head over his home!!!

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If the problem was his, why doesn't he think

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If the problem was his, why doesn't he think that picking up the broom and leading by example, and inviting the kids to participate isn't the solution?

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@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works. But this is not how Jesus wants our relationship...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl For sure, just wanted to clarify that none of

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl For sure, just wanted to clarify that none of this is personal.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Do we do things because they work or because

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Do we do things because they work or because they are Biblical? Yes, slaves obeying their masters has worked out well for masters over the years, but should a wife

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Just because someone disagrees with your view

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Just because someone disagrees with your views does not mean they are attacking you. This is not personal.

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Ok, it seems you are suggesting that we are not understanding the context of his book. So now that I've spent the $9 to get access to the context... From my reading, he is treating her like a child and disciplini...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Ok, it seems you are suggesting that we are not understanding the context of his book. So now that I've spent the $9 to get access to the context... From my readi

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Yes, everyone who is able bodied should do something to contribute, though clearly there are obvious cases where this doesn't apply. But are you saying that if there is something she isn't keeping up with, your opt...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Yes, everyone who is able bodied should do something to contribute, though clearly there are obvious cases where this doesn't apply. But are you saying that if ther

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @rockyredpanda That’s sounds like a very different way of characterizing this than a sin issue. By the way, my mom used to make my sandwiches when I was younger but when I grew up I started making my own. What’s the deal with ma...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @rockyredpanda That’s sounds like a very different way of characterizing this than a sin issue. By the way, my mom used to make my sandwiches when I was younger but when I grew up

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, for kings and all who ...

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be ma

@pauldirks @rockyredpanda @KaeleyT When my wife is too overloaded to deal with t

@pauldirks @rockyredpanda @KaeleyT When my wife is too overloaded to deal with the dishes or making dinner, I take up the slack. If you are referring to depression or some other reason, then working

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in Eph 5:21 in the fear of Christ—that includes husba...

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in

Eph 5:21 debate

@MarkGrote @revpmorrison This has to do with the oral law that the Judiazers wer

@MarkGrote @revpmorrison This has to do with the oral law that the Judiazers were referencing in their comment Paul was quoting. https://t.co/5sr3cyayoZ

1 Cor 11:5 1 Corinthians 14:31 debate

@MarkGrote What type of speech? Women are assumed to be praying and prophesying in 1 Cor 11:5. Paul’s concern was not about silencing one gender but about the orderly use of the gifts for the benefit all: 1 Corinthians 14:31 (NASB 2020): “For you ...

@MarkGrote What type of speech? Women are assumed to be praying and prophesying in 1 Cor 11:5. Paul’s concern was not about silencing one gender but about the orderly use of the gifts for the benefi

@pauldirks Wow, that was powerful interrogation.

@Forms_Respecter While I’m egalitarian, I didn’t get there because of all the things egalitarian scholars say. Sometimes they are guessing because they see women being used in the Bible in significant capacities and so they know that Paul can’t mean...

@Forms_Respecter While I’m egalitarian, I didn’t get there because of all the things egalitarian scholars say. Sometimes they are guessing because they see women being used in the Bible in significan

RT @ryanschatz: @dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, P

RT @ryanschatz: @dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **character** qualifications for leadership (1…

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

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **ch

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **character** qualifications for leadership (1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9) ⎯ Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or w

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage is complicated in this personal instruction to Tim...

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and the rest of the grammar, we can understand what P...

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and

1 Tim 2:15 commentary

@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using outward adornments to show which one was holy and sh...

@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using ou

@WybrowRobb @FGHart @DardoSergio @autocorrect2_0 I assume you’d agree that Paul

@WybrowRobb @FGHart @DardoSergio @autocorrect2_0 I assume you’d agree that Paul doesn’t permit you to take his words out of context? https://t.co/Y0IdPyu8TO

@oddlyadding @BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT I think he meant property, as in for women who were their property. He disagrees — I think he is saying that men fight to defend the woman they love perhaps proving that it’s not about treating them as prop...

@oddlyadding @BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT I think he meant property, as in for women who were their property. He disagrees — I think he is saying that men fight to defend the woman they love perhaps

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning intended is understood by the context. In this, t...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reason Paul refers to the creation order is not becaus...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reas

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@TeregianKunta @pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow, I just saw this! Thanks for the feedback. Hope you stick around and view some of my other posts on this subject. I hope to cover all the relevant passages…just finishing up 1 Cor 11:1-16, but got interrupted...

@TeregianKunta @pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow, I just saw this! Thanks for the feedback. Hope you stick around and view some of my other posts on this subject. I hope to cover all the relevant passages…ju

@ThandaM2 @SarahHOC @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve By reading in context and not ju

@ThandaM2 @SarahHOC @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve By reading in context and not just blindly taking the English word in your own context, you will see that Paul is referring to source and origin, not au

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make t

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make the grammar simple and say "women will be saved through childbearing if they continue..."?

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@ronhenzel I did see this before, but after re-reading it, I see that these study notes do catch that salvation from deception due to the false teaching is mentioned. This is good. He does point out the reference back to Gen 3:15, the seed of the w...

@ronhenzel I did see this before, but after re-reading it, I see that these study notes do catch that salvation from deception due to the false teaching is mentioned. This is good. He does point out

Gen 3:15 debate

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi If Paul has in mind a template which he uses to interject in a discussion of a particular woman, he most certainly can use the article in this way. I have contacted Wallace in the past...would you like me to reach out to hi...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi If Paul has in mind a template which he uses to interject in a discussion of a particular woman, he most certainly can use the article in this way. I have contacted Wallace

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi However, in this case we have two anarthrous, "a woman" and "Eve" and one arthrous "the woman"⎯we have to determine who fits. They are both close and there is no hard and fast rule how close. Paul's context and grammar wil...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi However, in this case we have two anarthrous, "a woman" and "Eve" and one arthrous "the woman"⎯we have to determine who fits. They are both close and there is no hard and fa