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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Goodness. That’s ridiculous. You think a man is in authority because he was made first then why isn’t an older woman in authority simply because she is older? You need to read your Bible more carefully I’m afraid. Thi...

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge Goodness. That’s ridiculous. You think a man is in authority because he was made first then why isn’t an older woman in authority simply because she is older? You need

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge No it doesn’t. You might want to read the Bible

@DanielleMc24097 @dalepartridge No it doesn’t. You might want to read the Bible more carefully. The only restrictions on who can be leaders is based on character, not immutable characteristics. Why w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@LDSMormon A Christian cult is not based on whether the leaders pay themselves o

@LDSMormon A Christian cult is not based on whether the leaders pay themselves or not or whether they are growing or not or how long they’ve lasted. It is defined by their teaching about the nature of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@ThePolemikOne That’s the appeal to authority fallacy. Rather, one should consid

@ThePolemikOne That’s the appeal to authority fallacy. Rather, one should consider what Ignatius said and see if his reasons justify his view. He is not right simply because he is Ignatius.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee I’m glad you acknowledge that authority in the most intimate aspects of marriage is fully mutual. However, I believe that this passage is not just a side note on what is otherwise a husband’s domain. The verb exousiazō (“to ...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee I’m glad you acknowledge that authority in the most intimate aspects of marriage is fully mutual. However, I believe that this passage is not just a side note on what is other

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Authority is referred to in 1Cor 7:3-4. Please tell me

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Authority is referred to in 1Cor 7:3-4. Please tell me how it is hierarchical.

1Cor 7:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Your first point was that you are arguing from authority and submission, and I responded to that. You said: “And submitting to one another is elaborated in three relationships, only one of which (marriage) people try to say ...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Your first point was that you are arguing from authority and submission, and I responded to that. You said: “And submitting to one another is elaborated in three relationship

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hierarchy in marriage. Having authority over one’s bod...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hier

1Co 7:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee If head means authority, why isn’t it used of any church

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee If head means authority, why isn’t it used of any church leader, apostle or prophet? Why is it only used of husbands to their wives? In fact, it’s not even used of fathers to t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means source. Adam flesh and bone what Eve was created f...

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Yes, but all subject themselves to each other (Eph 5:21). Verse 24 can’t contradict mutual subjection by then saying it’s only one way for wives to husbands. Head means source not authority in NT usage. Christ is also God, a...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Yes, but all subject themselves to each other (Eph 5:21). Verse 24 can’t contradict mutual subjection by then saying it’s only one way for wives to husbands. Head means sourc

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Head does not mean final authority. Notice how no pasto

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Head does not mean final authority. Notice how no pastor, apostle, elder, or prophet is called head of anything—only husbands. Why assume it means final authority?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Toneskeee @Sewakiryang Why do you think head means hierarchy? No leader, pastor

@Toneskeee @Sewakiryang Why do you think head means hierarchy? No leader, pastor, elder, apostle is ever called head—only husbands.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals I don’t know if you usually read the KJV, but the English wording here is misleading. The phrase “obedient to their own husbands” in Titus 2:5 (KJV) translates the Greek ὑποτασσομένας τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν (hypotassomenas ...

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals I don’t know if you usually read the KJV, but the English wording here is misleading. The phrase “obedient to their own husbands” in Titus 2:5 (KJV) translates the Greek ὑ

Titus 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Read 1Cor 7. There’s no one way submission in marria

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Read 1Cor 7. There’s no one way submission in marriage. Head doesn’t mean the boss or the authority over the wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals There is only one head, not two. Hea

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals There is only one head, not two. Head doesn’t mean leader else a pastor, apostle, elder or deacon would be called head but that isn’t the case. Only husband

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@annelikok @smashbaals As for marriage, there is teaching from Paul on authority

@annelikok @smashbaals As for marriage, there is teaching from Paul on authority in marriage and it is completely mutual. See 1Cor 7. Why would Paul’s words not convey hierarchy if it is required?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@ServusDeiVivi @BishopJaxi Regional councils were influential, but not universally binding. Their authority extended only to their regions, not to the entire Church. The councils of Hippo and Carthage reflected the North African tradition, while the ...

@ServusDeiVivi @BishopJaxi Regional councils were influential, but not universally binding. Their authority extended only to their regions, not to the entire Church. The councils of Hippo and Carthage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@imaginaryheat @smashbaals Well if you want specific discussion on authority of

@imaginaryheat @smashbaals Well if you want specific discussion on authority of one spouse over the other, Paul’s discussion in 1Cor 7 is mutually equal in every way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in ma

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in marriage. Look, if you go to the only chapter that speaks about authority over each souse in marriage it is completely mut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the head of anyone. It is only the husband to his wife. M...

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-15

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife m

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife means that he is supposed to rule over her or lead her? Where in scripture is that idea coming from? Shouldn’t we all lov

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-12

@AttorneyBrand I’m not playing both sides. God initiating is not by regenerating

@AttorneyBrand I’m not playing both sides. God initiating is not by regenerating. It is by teaching and convicting and leading. “Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.” (Jn 6

Jn 6:45 Ps 25:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee A woman teaching the truth to anyone is not an imposter. T

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee A woman teaching the truth to anyone is not an imposter. The truth is what matters, not the vessel through which it comes. Else Balaam should have ignored his donkey because he w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@ronhenzel @sola_chad To claim that Calvinism is the only faithful way to read Scripture is disingenuous. One can arrive at a different conclusion without denying the authority of Scripture. The plain reading doesn’t require that God selectively rege...

@ronhenzel @sola_chad To claim that Calvinism is the only faithful way to read Scripture is disingenuous. One can arrive at a different conclusion without denying the authority of Scripture. The plain

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman in Ephesus was teaching heresy. Why on earth people think Paul literally meant that women shouldn’t lead when we have cl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

That women can’t teach truth to men or lead. https://t.co/IhwasgSeT4

That women can’t teach truth to men or lead. https://t.co/IhwasgSeT4

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Well, that’s what we are debating. It doesn’t say specifically that women cannot lead. I agree that all scripture is God breathed. But submitting to an incorrect reading—like the idea that circoncision is required—can be...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Well, that’s what we are debating. It doesn’t say specifically that women cannot lead. I agree that all scripture is God breathed. But submitting to an incorrect reading—

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something there to be explored. Paul says that Adam wasn’t dece...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Leading is demonstrating by example as Jesus said that no Christian is to ‘Lord it over’ another. So it’s not about a position of authority over others. Can you explain why women can be led by either but men seem to have ...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Leading is demonstrating by example as Jesus said that no Christian is to ‘Lord it over’ another. So it’s not about a position of authority over others. Can you explain wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@TheLaurenChen @hellsitehero I'm not sure you have a proper view of what leaders

@TheLaurenChen @hellsitehero I'm not sure you have a proper view of what leadership means Biblically. It is not about taking authority over people...let's start there.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. Stop focusing on being persecuted. Jesus said that ...

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. S

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-25

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an evildoer to mete out sentencing. And neither are you I presume.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-17

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God has delegated authority to humans and then will judge them later based on how they did. He decreed man to have authority

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-07

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her o

1Co 7:10 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-26

@JoshuaBarzon Jesus has all authority, but the term ‘head’ is not used in script

@JoshuaBarzon Jesus has all authority, but the term ‘head’ is not used in scripture to refer to the CEO. It is not about authority but about origins or source relationships.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, what in the context of Eph 5 leads you to believe tha...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, wha

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 That verse literally says “He is

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 That verse literally says “He is the ἀρχή” —which is source or beginning/origin. There we see the concept of preeminence or prominence. I still don’t s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Eve because she was made from him. Christ is the hea...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' or anything of that sort, simply that those who kno...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the usual authority. Just like we might pick up an ar...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. The term ...

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to sto

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I probably should have stated where I agree with you. You are right that even if someone remains a complementarian, the scripture is clear in both what is said and the example of Jesus and His apostl...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I probably should have stated where I agree with you. You are right that even if someone remains a complementarian, the scripture is clear in both wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t get why it’s so hard to see this. I think that once you realize head doesn’t mean authority but is speaking about source or origin or prominence you can’t unsee that and everything changes. ...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t get why it’s so hard to see this. I think that once you realize head doesn’t mean authority but is speaking about source or origin or promine

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage always maps back to the first marriage in Genesis wher...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage alwa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Differences

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Differences in strength meaning some tasks are better suited for the stronger one has nothing to do with one being in authority over

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see command hierarchies everywhere. But the top off should be that no leader is called head—just husbands, and Jesus since

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 We are so close in our views I don’t want to quibble much, but I

@BronWen727104 We are so close in our views I don’t want to quibble much, but I think that a lot of the problem originates in the idea that leaders are supposed to have authority over others. I don’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek Yes that’s right! This shows that 11:3 can’t be taki

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek Yes that’s right! This shows that 11:3 can’t be taking about authority since the rest is all about interdependence and source/origin relationships.

that 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority *over her own* head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul gives is “because of the angels.” Now where do we...

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority *over her own* head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul

1Co 11:10 debate
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