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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by anyone. Nowhere is 'authentein' being used positiv...

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by

1Ti 2:12-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-02

@Timothy_ElderJr @5Solas2 Without free will? Where did you get that from? Note h

@Timothy_ElderJr @5Solas2 Without free will? Where did you get that from? Note how Lucifer was said to be ‘perfect’ until unrighteousness was ‘found in him’—not ‘until God placed unrighteousness in hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk Paul’s letter to Timothy is explicitly to stop strange doctrines clouding the gospel of salvation which is by faith from spreading at the church in Ephesus. While it is certainly possible that more is going on here as you describe, I am n...

@darylsterk Paul’s letter to Timothy is explicitly to stop strange doctrines clouding the gospel of salvation which is by faith from spreading at the church in Ephesus. While it is certainly possible

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop A text taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. Paul is n

@Reneechop A text taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. Paul is not writing Timothy to stop anyone from teaching true doctrine to anyone. Stop ignoring the context!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Ryan_Adair_A Hi Ryan! From one Ryan to another, great name 😉 I see both as negative since Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy is to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop the spread of strange doctrines (ie. false teaching). ...

@Ryan_Adair_A Hi Ryan! From one Ryan to another, great name 😉 I see both as negative since Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy is to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@JoanBandy Any student sits quietly and listens. The context of this letter is that Timothy was asked to remain to stop false teaching. This particular false teacher was teaching things that put her outside the Christian faith. She needed to stop tea...

@JoanBandy Any student sits quietly and listens. The context of this letter is that Timothy was asked to remain to stop false teaching. This particular false teacher was teaching things that put her o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@cgore @smashbaals Well, since this was a personal letter to Timothy whom Paul spent years with at Ephesus, all that matters is that Timothy understood who Paul was referring to. Paul writes in ch 1 that some are deceived and are shown mercy (1:13,16...

@cgore @smashbaals Well, since this was a personal letter to Timothy whom Paul spent years with at Ephesus, all that matters is that Timothy understood who Paul was referring to. Paul writes in ch 1 t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@Gates_of_Derry @colinsmo This statement is only in a single verse in a personal letter to Timothy with the purpose of stopping false teaching not the purpose of stopping anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Notice Paul shifts from the plural in v9...

@Gates_of_Derry @colinsmo This statement is only in a single verse in a personal letter to Timothy with the purpose of stopping false teaching not the purpose of stopping anyone from teaching truth to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals You are taking 1Ti 2:11-12 out of context. Paul’s purpose in writing his personal letter to Timothy was for Timothy to deal with the false teaching not the stopping of anyone teaching the truth to anyone. That conclusion ...

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals You are taking 1Ti 2:11-12 out of context. Paul’s purpose in writing his personal letter to Timothy was for Timothy to deal with the false teaching not the stopping of any

1Ti 2:11-12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@GenZCrusaders @smashbaals A female preaching the truth or shepherding into the

@GenZCrusaders @smashbaals A female preaching the truth or shepherding into the truth is never stated to be a sin anywhere. Paul left Timothy to deal with *FALSE DOCTRINE* not to remove anyone teachin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth or arbitrarily all...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop

1Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes thi

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes this personal letter to Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not to stop anyone from teaching truth. Try ag

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@Zach_Allgood @Damayfield89 @StuartAmidon It's not about trumping a verse as 1Ti 2:12 is scripture. The problem is that it is often taken out of context as Paul's purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy was to exhort him to remain in Ephes...

@Zach_Allgood @Damayfield89 @StuartAmidon It's not about trumping a verse as 1Ti 2:12 is scripture. The problem is that it is often taken out of context as Paul's purpose in writing this personal lett

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us today. It is included because it was from the Apostle ...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us toda

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ That's not his teaching. The only place you find this is in 1Ti 2:12 and it is in a personal letter address to Timothy with the purpose of stopping strange doctrines (1Ti 1:3). Paul's purpose f...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ That's not his teaching. The only place you find this is in 1Ti 2:12 and it is in a personal letter address to Timothy with the purpose of stop

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent. A sticky situation for the young single Timothy,...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 And notice that 1Ti 3 speaks of children (plural) and infers that they are believing. Does that mean you are not qualified to be an elder until you have at least two children old enough to choose to believe for themselves? Paul also did...

@JoeAdrian256 And notice that 1Ti 3 speaks of children (plural) and infers that they are believing. Does that mean you are not qualified to be an elder until you have at least two children old enough

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely Timothy, not to mention Paul advocates for everyone...

@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely T

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@StandAndKnox Paul himself identifies as someone who was deceived and who God had mercy on. Paul spent considerable time in Ephesus but left some things undone, so he wanted Timothy to remain to stop the spread of strange doctrines. There was evident...

@StandAndKnox Paul himself identifies as someone who was deceived and who God had mercy on. Paul spent considerable time in Ephesus but left some things undone, so he wanted Timothy to remain to stop

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@StandAndKnox The purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop the s

@StandAndKnox The purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop the spread of strange doctrines. Paul recognizes that there are those who are deceived and those who are in willful rebellion

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Flyoverland22 Paul wrote a personal letter to Timothy (which he was aware the c

@Flyoverland22 Paul wrote a personal letter to Timothy (which he was aware the church would read and benefit from) which exhorts Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop the teaching of strange doctrines,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@AMalteseSailor Paul wrote 1Tim to exhort Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop t

@AMalteseSailor Paul wrote 1Tim to exhort Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop the teaching of “strange” doctrine not to stop someone from teaching the truth. https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@My_Lord_Grant @smashbaals Note how that passage is in a personal letter to Timo

@My_Lord_Grant @smashbaals Note how that passage is in a personal letter to Timothy where Paul is explicit that he wants Timothy to stop the teaching of strange doctrines. Why then would he also want

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-11

@oliviakrolczyk_ Paul was not writing a personal letter to Timothy to stop half

@oliviakrolczyk_ Paul was not writing a personal letter to Timothy to stop half of the church or anyone from teaching truth. He was writing to stop the teaching of heresy. You are properly reacting ag

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua I see. So are you ignoring what I presented and just moving on to the next point? In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy regarding his appeal to him to remain in Ephesus to stop the spread of strange teachings (1Ti 1:3)...

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua I see. So are you ignoring what I presented and just moving on to the next point? In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy regarding his appeal to him to remain in Ephesus

1Ti 1:3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a clear note that this makes one disqualified for leade...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Paul is not requiring one to be a husband or else he is himself disqualified! And the fact that he advocates for people to be single in 1Co 7 would have to have had a cle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with false teachers—not to stop truth-tellers: “remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach

1Ti 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@JamesGi27467089 Yes, the Spirit inspired Paul, and it was preserved for the Chu

@JamesGi27467089 Yes, the Spirit inspired Paul, and it was preserved for the Church. But 1 Timothy was written to Timothy—some instructions are clearly specific to him, though we still learn from what

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack

Paul isn’t abstracting gender roles—he’s connecting Eve’s deception to her lack of experience and mapping that to a specific deceived woman in Ephesus. He doesn’t name her, but uses Eden as a parallel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

He doesn’t say “God forbids” or “It is written” or “Let the church not allow…”

He doesn’t say “God forbids” or “It is written” or “Let the church not allow…” If Paul were laying down a universal creation-based principle, then why use such a personal and situational term? I thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in betwe

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in between a husband and wife (the wife is teaching heresy and the husband, likely an elder, is silent). To assist Timothy, he

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-27

@RenewedReformed @BronWen727104 @sola_chad Paul wrote Timothy to deal with specific people teaching strange doctrines. Paul’s instruction was never to stop someone from teaching truth to anyone. And certainly he isn’t making up a new sin of a woman t...

@RenewedReformed @BronWen727104 @sola_chad Paul wrote Timothy to deal with specific people teaching strange doctrines. Paul’s instruction was never to stop someone from teaching truth to anyone. And c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-24

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi It's an even bigger pity that you cannot seem to recognize that the translators are interpreting the singular as plural and literally changing the inspired grammar of scripture! These translations⎯like you (...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi It's an even bigger pity that you cannot seem to recognize that the translators are interpreting the singular as plural and literally changing the inspired g

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-24

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi You did no such thing. Paul explains

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi You did no such thing. Paul explains why Timothy is being left behind in Ephesus and this sets the purpose for his letter. Have you not seen my response to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-23

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi You failed to incorporate the context

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi You failed to incorporate the context where Paul leaves Timothy to instruct *certain* people to not teach *strange* doctrines—you flipped his purpose to stop

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Because you missed Paul’s purpose Im the letter which was for Timothy to “instruct *certain people* not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3). Here you have a certain person, ‘the woman’ (1Ti 2:14), whom Paul wants to s...

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Because you missed Paul’s purpose Im the letter which was for Timothy to “instruct *certain people* not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3). Here you have a certain pe

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Paul is not being stylistic—we simply need to go back to his clear statement in 1Ti 1:3 that he is instructing Timothy to stop “certain people” to stop teaching strange doctrines—and here you have a certain ...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Paul is not being stylistic—we simply need to go back to his clear statement in 1Ti 1:3 that he is instructing Timothy to stop “certain people” to stop teach

1Ti 1:3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Some assert this but I see no reason to reference Artemis since Paul doesn’t. Paul’s stated purpose is for Timothy to “instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines” (1Ti 1...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Some assert this but I see no reason to reference Artemis since Paul doesn’t. Paul’s stated purpose is for Timothy to “instruct certain

1Ti 1:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Interesting that your translation added the article in 1Ti 2:11. Interesting too that the article IS present in verse 14. Why isn’t it “women (pl)” like in 1Ti 2:9-10? If the purpose of writing Timothy is ...

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Interesting that your translation added the article in 1Ti 2:11. Interesting too that the article IS present in verse 14. Why isn’t it “women (pl)” like in

1Ti 2:11 1Ti 2:9-10 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have two or more children who believe” meaning that not ...

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals No I never said it is less than other scrip

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals No I never said it is less than other scripture! I said exactly what it says “to Timothy” (1Ti 1:2). We can learn from it. But why didn’t Paul say “to the church a

1Ti 1:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Keith83361 Sorry, are you saying that asking why Paul gives general instruction

@Keith83361 Sorry, are you saying that asking why Paul gives general instructions for the church in a personal letter to Timothy rather than in a letter to the church—that the question itself is HERES

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@Sububran_Cowboy @smashbaals Cool. I see you know how to quote a verse. Did that take you more than 5 seconds? Do you have any idea what the purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy is? How does stopping half the body from teaching truth to the o...

@Sububran_Cowboy @smashbaals Cool. I see you know how to quote a verse. Did that take you more than 5 seconds? Do you have any idea what the purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy is? How does s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@mithSIM @smashbaals Rather, people just repeat a text out of context and think they have some sort of slam dunk stopping half the body from teaching truth to the other half! What on earth convinced you that this was Paul's point of his personal lett...

@mithSIM @smashbaals Rather, people just repeat a text out of context and think they have some sort of slam dunk stopping half the body from teaching truth to the other half! What on earth convinced y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is unfit to lead her family? Haven’t you read 1 Timothy 5? https://t.co/o5lskFF6pv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Paul didn’t need to name her as Paul spent years in Ephesus and related a situation he left unaddressed for Timothy and in his personal letter he only needed to provide enough information for Timothy to clearly identify ...

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Paul didn’t need to name her as Paul spent years in Ephesus and related a situation he left unaddressed for Timothy and in his personal letter he only needed to provide e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Because Paul’s description of how there’s a wife teaching false doctrine and a knowledgeable husband who is sitting silent and not doing anything is a situation that parallels what happened in Eden. That was sufficient f...

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Because Paul’s description of how there’s a wife teaching false doctrine and a knowledgeable husband who is sitting silent and not doing anything is a situation that para

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man Everyone who is learning, sits in silence and listens. What’s the point? And one learns in order to use and disseminate what they’ve learned. Do you think Paul is forbidding women to teach truth to the other half of the body? His purp...

@Grump_Old_Man Everyone who is learning, sits in silence and listens. What’s the point? And one learns in order to use and disseminate what they’ve learned. Do you think Paul is forbidding women to t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome Well, I’ve most certainly considered the context and it seems Paul explicitly tells us that it was for Timothy to stop “certain ones from teaching strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3) not to stop half the body from teaching the ot...

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome Well, I’ve most certainly considered the context and it seems Paul explicitly tells us that it was for Timothy to stop “certain ones from teaching strange doctrines” (1Ti 1

1Ti 1:3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@BornAgainMissy Why anyone thinks that Paul’s purpose was to stop the teaching of truth from one half of the body to the other half is beyond me. Paul’s instruction in his personal letter to Timothy was to remain in Ephesus to stop certain ones from...

@BornAgainMissy Why anyone thinks that Paul’s purpose was to stop the teaching of truth from one half of the body to the other half is beyond me. Paul’s instruction in his personal letter to Timothy

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