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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder No one except Jesus is explicitly stated to be a pastor. Only John

@dougponder No one except Jesus is explicitly stated to be a pastor. Only John and Peter self-identify as elders. No one is explicitly identified as a bishop. How can you then argue that no women f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam We don't interpret scripture by history, but by the text. - No-one is specifically identified as a pastor in the New Testament except Jesus. - Only two identify as elders (Peter and John), and they self identify. - No one i...

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam We don't interpret scripture by history, but by the text. - No-one is specifically identified as a pastor in the New Testament except Jesus. - Only two identify as elders (P

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-25

@Duke456521 @Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii @hashim_warren Here's the thing. In the New Testament: - No one is explicitly identified as an overseer - Aside from Jesus, there's only two who are explicitly identified as elders (Peter and John) - No one...

@Duke456521 @Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii @hashim_warren Here's the thing. In the New Testament: - No one is explicitly identified as an overseer - Aside from Jesus, there's only two who are explici

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment but in verse 22 it was the whole church which inclu...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@RichAH67 @Lily_Warrior @YoungVi42770165 @pastherandie @carlaskaufel Paul, Peter

@RichAH67 @Lily_Warrior @YoungVi42770165 @pastherandie @carlaskaufel Paul, Peter, John and other writers of scripture were inpired by God in what they wrote such that the ultimate author is God who ca

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@michael_112358 @FringeViews What Paul wrote is scripture as even the Apostle Peter says: "and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his l...

@michael_112358 @FringeViews What Paul wrote is scripture as even the Apostle Peter says: "and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-06

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals 1 Peter 5:1 (NASB 2020): “Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder…” If Peter was both an apostle and elder, then we have a documented case of one being both. Paul was very obviously an overseer o...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals 1 Peter 5:1 (NASB 2020): “Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder…” If Peter was both an apostle and elder, then we have a documented case of one

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@JustinPetersMin @WWUTTcom @AdamPage85 If you are going to quote from 1 Tim 2:11

@JustinPetersMin @WWUTTcom @AdamPage85 If you are going to quote from 1 Tim 2:11-15 then you should know what the best egalitarian explanations are for this passage. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (whi

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (which Peter acknowledges can be difficult at times) then maybe we won’t see him as someone who got things so wrong on women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1) so someone can be both an Apos...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including Peter) were (see 1 Cor 9:5). However, why did Paul choose to use the term “one wife husband” instead of monogamous in

1 Cor 9:5 1 Tim 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@pauldirks @PerinDana I am glad that you agree there is mutual submission as that is there in the text. As for the asymmetry, I certainly see it also. I think the reason for the asymmetry is because of the cultural asymmetry that’s already there wh...

@pauldirks @PerinDana I am glad that you agree there is mutual submission as that is there in the text. As for the asymmetry, I certainly see it also. I think the reason for the asymmetry is because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@PerinDana @pauldirks I’m glad you asked again about this verse, Paul. Many are hung up on this phrase as we consider this a term of subjugation. In their cultural context, this was simply an idiomatic expression denoting respect. And so Sarah’s ac...

@PerinDana @pauldirks I’m glad you asked again about this verse, Paul. Many are hung up on this phrase as we consider this a term of subjugation. In their cultural context, this was simply an idioma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

Peter seems to be reinforcing Patriarchal aspects seen in the Old Testament into his New Testament guidance. However, this is not what’s going on in 1 Peter 3. In the following, I respond to this issue showing from the context of Peter’s letter wha...

Peter seems to be reinforcing Patriarchal aspects seen in the Old Testament into his New Testament guidance. However, this is not what’s going on in 1 Peter 3. In the following, I respond to this is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter is the embodiment of faith in daily life, a faith...

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@BrotherBoaz @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Thanks for interacting and challenging me on this. The only person actually called a shepherd is Jesus and only two people self identify as elders: Peter and John. No one else is s...

@BrotherBoaz @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Thanks for interacting and challenging me on this. The only person actually called a shepherd is Jesus and only two people self ide

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@DeeGoingsGirl There’s only two who are listed as elders in the New Testament: P

@DeeGoingsGirl There’s only two who are listed as elders in the New Testament: Peter identifies as a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1-5) and John (2 John, 3 John). If this is the case, then we are not given

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr I am conservative because I hold the Bible to be completely inspired in every way and authoritative. I believe the Bible teaches we are a kingdom of priests, and that includes females. 1 Peter 2:5, 9: Peter wri...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr I am conservative because I hold the Bible to be completely inspired in every way and authoritative. I believe the Bible teaches we are a kingdom of priests, and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@JustinPetersMin I object because the SBC disfellowshipped them on the basis of something that should have never been listed in any statement of faith. This is Jesus’ body, not the SBC’s private kingdom!! They don’t have to agree with egalitarians,...

@JustinPetersMin I object because the SBC disfellowshipped them on the basis of something that should have never been listed in any statement of faith. This is Jesus’ body, not the SBC’s private king

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Really?! Only two people call themselves el

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Really?! Only two people call themselves elders…Peter and John. No one else is called an elder in the NT. And the only one called a shepherd? Jesus.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:38) But this does not mean you can baptize an infa...

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:3

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm not sure what you meant by "qualified men...who would not have been Paul or Peter"? The qualifications for elders and deacons are the same aside from elders need to be able to teach. They are character qua...

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm not sure what you meant by "qualified men...who would not have been Paul or Peter"? The qualifications for elders and deacons are the same aside from elders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr That’s a reasonable question to ask. However, we have scant evidence for any specifically named elders. Peter calls himself a “fellow elder” in 1 Pet 5:1 and John refers to himself as “the elder” in 2 John and...

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr That’s a reasonable question to ask. However, we have scant evidence for any specifically named elders. Peter calls himself a “fellow elder” in 1 Pet 5:1 and J

1 Pet 5:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Acts 1:12? Huh? You’ve lost me…we were talking about 1 Tim 2:11-15. Is Acts 1:12 a difficult saying? Or are you saying there are no difficult sayings in scripture?? 2 Peter 3:16 (NIV): “He writes the same...

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Acts 1:12? Huh? You’ve lost me…we were talking about 1 Tim 2:11-15. Is Acts 1:12 a difficult saying? Or are you saying there are no difficult sayings in sc

Acts 1:12 1 Tim 2:11-15 2 Peter 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Peter admits that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand. I’m not saying “I don’t feel like Paul means” women are subjugated under men, I’m saying I read the fine details and think I now know what he me...

@Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Peter admits that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand. I’m not saying “I don’t feel like Paul means” women are subjugated under men, I’m saying I rea

2 Peter 3:16 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ortrails @goteamcarr Some of these passages are very difficult. Remember what Peter said about Paul? “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, wh...

@ortrails @goteamcarr Some of these passages are very difficult. Remember what Peter said about Paul? “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@TaylorRMarshall Paul, Jude, Peter all talk about false teachers and false teach

@TaylorRMarshall Paul, Jude, Peter all talk about false teachers and false teaching. We need to test them against the Bible, not against the Roman Catholic magesterium.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose Peter might have been thinking of in Paul’s writi...

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that such a person is deceived and the truth is not in ...

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in there and Peter admits that Paul writes about things...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Sc...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Like Peter acknowledges, “He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort…” (...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Like Peter acknowledges, “He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understa

2 Pet 3:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck What teachings of Paul, Peter, Moses and J

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck What teachings of Paul, Peter, Moses and Jesus do I reject? I claim to reject none. I hold Sarah and Ruth in contempt? On what basis? A HUSBAND who divorces h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@masonmennenga @peterben_mn @blanchardJRB Yeah, I'm not a Calvinist and I am pat

@masonmennenga @peterben_mn @blanchardJRB Yeah, I'm not a Calvinist and I am patiently working with pastors (and others) who treat me this way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@masonmennenga @peterben_mn @blanchardJRB No, that is up to the person deciding

@masonmennenga @peterben_mn @blanchardJRB No, that is up to the person deciding this. Learning to accept that there are those who disagree with you and teaching tolerance towards different views and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-15

@L_T_Pearson @Buffalo2Storm @JustinPetersMin "...then Paul meet Peter, who would have taught more to Paul." I don't see any evidence that Peter taught anything to Paul as Paul said "they added nothing to my message." Consider the evidence. Paul sp...

@L_T_Pearson @Buffalo2Storm @JustinPetersMin "...then Paul meet Peter, who would have taught more to Paul." I don't see any evidence that Peter taught anything to Paul as Paul said "they added nothin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-14

@rofbethany @MikeWingerii This is not a passage concerning salvation (like what

@rofbethany @MikeWingerii This is not a passage concerning salvation (like what Peter was referring to there), but nonetheless, it is a hard passage. I don’t think I know anyone—especially scholars,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-26

@JustinPetersMin This is not good from Rick Warren. If God speaks, you won’t be able to help but hear. This idea of two way conversation in prayer is unbiblical but it does not mean God cannot speak audibly. Everything is to be tested according to...

@JustinPetersMin This is not good from Rick Warren. If God speaks, you won’t be able to help but hear. This idea of two way conversation in prayer is unbiblical but it does not mean God cannot speak

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-26

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin “…and refrain from prohibitions that scripture does not give.” If you mean we shouldn’t prohibit women from the office of elder/pastor or deacon because the Bible doesn’t pr...

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin “…and refrain from prohibitions that scripture does not give.” If you mean we shouldn’t prohibit women from the office of e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-26

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin If a

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin If a woman can speak to men, teach men, correct false teaching then she doesn’t need the title

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-26

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin V12 also says deacons must be “one wife husband” so why do you think women can be deacons but not elders? My reading is the requirements for deacons and elders is the same e...

@SBC_JumpingWorm @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @alexojeda78 @JustinPetersMin V12 also says deacons must be “one wife husband” so why do you think women can be deacons but not elders? My reading is the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-24

@alexojeda78 @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @JustinPetersMin However, you cannot i

@alexojeda78 @PastorSJCamp @Ken_FiveSolas @JustinPetersMin However, you cannot ignore scripture that some believe excludes women.

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