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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by i

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However,…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, there are only two people explicitly called elders in...

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Did I say worship? Does Jesus need to explain it to you? “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Matt 20:28, Mark 10:45) “If I then, your Lord a...

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Did I say worship? Does Jesus need to explain it to you? “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:45 Matt 20:28 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@MarkGrote @Peacemaker811 @HbitsO @BethMooreLPM This assumes authentein means “usurp authority”—are men allowed to do that but women are not? Men are allowed hostile takeovers inspired by geneologies and false understanding of the law? Paul wasn’t ...

@MarkGrote @Peacemaker811 @HbitsO @BethMooreLPM This assumes authentein means “usurp authority”—are men allowed to do that but women are not? Men are allowed hostile takeovers inspired by geneologies

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus to stop false teaching not to stop females from t...

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-27

@MarkGrote Education plays a part as elders need to be able to teach and to correct those who contradict the Word, but none of the 12 disciples were educated. What was important was that they spent time with Jesus and were discipled. What changed i...

@MarkGrote Education plays a part as elders need to be able to teach and to correct those who contradict the Word, but none of the 12 disciples were educated. What was important was that they spent t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick Also, it’s unfortunate that some egalitarians think that Artemis is the reason for the problem. While Artemis was a huge thing for the Ephesians, when they accepted Christ, probably their #1 mark is abandoning Artemis: "Yo...

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick Also, it’s unfortunate that some egalitarians think that Artemis is the reason for the problem. While Artemis was a huge thing for the Ephesians, when they accepted Christ,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like it was the mark of what a Christian was - Paul ment...

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@lynette_f815 @MarkGrote The only point I’d contest was your broad statement that “women were uneducated.” I’m not sure how you arrived at this. Priscilla, although she wasn’t from Ephesus, is an example of a very educated woman. Since Paul uses t...

@lynette_f815 @MarkGrote The only point I’d contest was your broad statement that “women were uneducated.” I’m not sure how you arrived at this. Priscilla, although she wasn’t from Ephesus, is an ex

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@MarkGrote I’m egalitarian so I agree with you on that, but I think that the details in this passage don’t fit your description. Paul uses the singular in vs 11-12, “the woman” in v14 and “she will be saved…if they” in v15. All of these point to a ...

@MarkGrote I’m egalitarian so I agree with you on that, but I think that the details in this passage don’t fit your description. Paul uses the singular in vs 11-12, “the woman” in v14 and “she will b

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii My parents are not the pastors nor do they attend my church. It was part of the Reformed Church of America denomination but is in process of leaving because the denomination doesn’t a...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii My parents are not the pastors nor do they attend my church. It was part of the Reformed Church of America denomination but is in pro

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DothanDave @MarkGrote True enough. It does appear that the sometimes arbitrary

@DothanDave @MarkGrote True enough. It does appear that the sometimes arbitrary labeling of someone as a pastor because they are male rather than specifically acknowledging the Holy Spirit’s gifting

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband (likely an elder or respected person) was being si...

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Thanks, I appreciate this response. I pray first that while many of us disagree, we can appreciate those who are doing their best to try to follow scripture and obey Jesus’ instructions and not bre...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Thanks, I appreciate this response. I pray first that while many of us disagree, we can appreciate those who are doing their best to try to follow

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote That’s not how we read Gal 3:28. Even complementarians agree that this means equal in salvation and not the elimination of biological sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Egalitarians are just ...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote That’s not how we read Gal 3:28. Even complementarians agree that this means equal in salvation and not the elimination of biological sex, ethnicit

Gal 3:28 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treating women as equal in that those of godly character ...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treatin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@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

@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

RT @ryanschatz: @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Mike has a soft spot for

RT @ryanschatz: @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Mike has a soft spot for complementarian scholars because he agrees with them alread…

@JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Mike has a soft spot for complementarian scholars because he agrees with them already, but he’s on the warpath against egalitarians. Sometimes when you are thirsty for blood you show you are not really being ev...

@JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Mike has a soft spot for complementarian scholars because he agrees with them already, but he’s on the warpath against egalitarians. Sometimes when you are thir

@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’

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@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.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@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

1 Cor 11:5 1 Corinthians 14:31 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-19

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison Paul isn’t explicit on what the false

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison Paul isn’t explicit on what the false teaching is. Many have attempted to guess, but we cannot be certain. Glad that you recognize women are and can be prop

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-19

@RealizeYour @autocorrect2_0 @markallison This passage doesn’t teach that all wo

@RealizeYour @autocorrect2_0 @markallison This passage doesn’t teach that all women cannot teach but that a specific woman who was teaching false doctrine needed to quietly learn first. https://t.co/r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-19

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison I don’t listen to the pastor or speaker because they speak with authority; I listen when they speak words that are faithful to the biblical text. When you witness to someone, do they only listen if you speak...

@autocorrect2_0 @RealizeYour @markallison I don’t listen to the pastor or speaker because they speak with authority; I listen when they speak words that are faithful to the biblical text. When you wi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-31

@TonySmith7MD Before this event, the disciples had been granted authority by Jesus to perform various miracles as part of their ministry. In Mark 6:7-13, for example, Jesus sends them out two by two, giving them authority over impure spirits. The acc...

@TonySmith7MD Before this event, the disciples had been granted authority by Jesus to perform various miracles as part of their ministry. In Mark 6:7-13, for example, Jesus sends them out two by two,

Mark 6:7-13 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-27

@pauldirks @YourCalvinist All my markup is in Logos and Kindle 🤷‍♂️

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit It’s in the grammar of the passage. I went through it in detail in that thread I attached…which should take much less time than even half of one of Mike Winger’s videos!! Paul left Timothy to stop f...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit It’s in the grammar of the passage. I went through it in detail in that thread I attached…which should take much less time than even half of one of M

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit That passage in Timothy—vs 11-15⎯ is addressing a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine, and her husband who is not deceived but silent—just like their prototypes, Eve and Adam. I su...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit That passage in Timothy—vs 11-15⎯ is addressing a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine, and her husband who is not deceived but sile

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@LadyDemosthenes @mark_petereit I’ve gone through Mike Winger’s series, so I’m familiar with his arguments. I’m looking forward to his latest video on 1 Tim 2:11-15, though I’m concerned he’s going to get deep into the weeds on some poor egalitarian...

@LadyDemosthenes @mark_petereit I’ve gone through Mike Winger’s series, so I’m familiar with his arguments. I’m looking forward to his latest video on 1 Tim 2:11-15, though I’m concerned he’s going t

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@mark_petereit @LadyDemosthenes That sounds like an obvious solution, but the Bi

@mark_petereit @LadyDemosthenes That sounds like an obvious solution, but the Bible requires chewing the cud, not eating like swine. The surface level reading is not always what the author intended.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit You are right, but the command to subject themselves is an imperative. It would seem that if they don’t, some other actions may follow. But these verses are Paul quoting from the letter from the Cor...

@LadyDemosthenes @OPRisely @pgklee @mark_petereit You are right, but the command to subject themselves is an imperative. It would seem that if they don’t, some other actions may follow. But these ve

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provides time for the congregation to share in response t...

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provide

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@JollyStine Yes, that’s right! The context informs us what is going on that spurred this letter from Paul to Timothy. Further, Paul speaks of two kinds of false teachers: those who blaspheme against what they know and those who are ignorant. Only ...

@JollyStine Yes, that’s right! The context informs us what is going on that spurred this letter from Paul to Timothy. Further, Paul speaks of two kinds of false teachers: those who blaspheme against

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

@montananmark @JohnPiper When I have people over for my Bible study we always ha

@montananmark @JohnPiper When I have people over for my Bible study we always have tea, coffee and snacks. Hospitality.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@MarksSara72430 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, that’s exactly right. The danger is what lurks in the heart. A woman is not dangerous just because of her beauty. Further, attraction is also in the eye of the one observing, so not everyone responds equall...

@MarksSara72430 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, that’s exactly right. The danger is what lurks in the heart. A woman is not dangerous just because of her beauty. Further, attraction is also in the eye of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@PastorMark What? Church was in someone’s home and they traveled to get there.

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@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about), Paul’s grammar is very specific, and he is not n...

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about)

@bismarkumbili And what did Paul mean by that? I contend he is quoting from som

@bismarkumbili And what did Paul mean by that? I contend he is quoting from something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to Paul (ref 1 Cor 7:1). https://t.co/0UJxaSEb7U

1 Cor 7:1 question

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1), and since there were no quote marks in the e...

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@MarkGrote Those are good points. May I suggest something that may help put this all together? In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. Paul talks...

@MarkGrote Those are good points. May I suggest something that may help put this all together? In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to

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@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv Also

@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv Also… https://t.co/bX4IlcWvef

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv 1 Ti

@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv 1 Tim 2:11-15 deals with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. It is not restricting qualified women fr

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@ThinkyTexan @Guy_JustaGuy3 @IrisB42744268 @WastedAerospace @MilesMosley666 @KerridwinR @RealDoctorT @JustUnderReal @_truthswordsa @MurphyYuiko @Ivotian @NuckChorris16 @AnansiAkin59777 @BrianNazarenus @realdfk @Frenchg11623069 @TessFromWessex @Andrew...

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

1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Paul was quoting from their letter which was from Jud...

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Pau

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

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 2023-08-29

@ChristianJComis @BrotherBoaz @PastorMark This is a good point Chris. Most think that “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife” to mean that she told him to eat of the fruit. However, since that is not recorded in the text it may simply...

@ChristianJComis @BrotherBoaz @PastorMark This is a good point Chris. Most think that “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife” to mean that she told him to eat of the fruit. However, si