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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is divided into two complementary halves. That’s all....

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about authority between a husband and his wife, the authority ...

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about author

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

And God is said to be the kephale of Christ (1Co 11:3). Jesus’ body was prepared by the Father (Heb 10:5; Ps 40:7). Jesus “…came forth from the Father…” (Jn 16:28) Also, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him ...

And God is said to be the kephale of Christ (1Co 11:3). Jesus’ body was prepared by the Father (Heb 10:5; Ps 40:7). Jesus “…came forth from the Father…” (Jn 16:28) Also, “For I have come down from h

1Co 11:3 Heb 10:5 Jn 16:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished, held together. The life of the church flows from Christ as its source of spiritual life, grace, unity, and purpose. W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@BodybyCocaCola Well, it’s the interpretive framework we are talking about. And

@BodybyCocaCola Well, it’s the interpretive framework we are talking about. And I agree the Bible will survive. You should read the Bible without these other guys clouding your mind.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done by the body, not by the leaders. About the conti...

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ…” (Eph 4:11–12) If all are equippe...

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the

Eph 4:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA After addressing the central goal of a healthily functioning body, Paul deals with how the men were responding to the false teaching with anger. Rather, Paul wants the men to lift up holy hands in prayer and not anger. Similarly, the...

@VirgilWalkerOMA After addressing the central goal of a healthily functioning body, Paul deals with how the men were responding to the false teaching with anger. Rather, Paul wants the men to lift up

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@PoweredByMemes @MilenaZ238972 Well, that is odd because in the church there's n

@PoweredByMemes @MilenaZ238972 Well, that is odd because in the church there's no longer a temple. The temple now is the body of each believer making each believer a priest of their own temple. As fo

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all th

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of H

Eph 1:22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body to silence married women in every church from asking questions? I would ask questions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel My point is that the elders are not supposed to be the one’s constraining the body. They are treating themselves as the priority, and it is not supposed to be that way. Their purpose is to grow, teach, correct…not determine what...

@StothersRyan @Svigel My point is that the elders are not supposed to be the one’s constraining the body. They are treating themselves as the priority, and it is not supposed to be that way. Their pur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others who are not elders can teach, so that’s not it. Elde...

@Svigel Priests require a temple but there is no temple. Actually, there’s temple is now the body of each believer. So then they are their own priest. What unique authority do elders have? Others wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly one. In the body of Christ there is no "primary lea...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@MoonfireArt @rightresponsem He’s writing to the church at Corinth not to the pr

@MoonfireArt @rightresponsem He’s writing to the church at Corinth not to the priests at Corinth unless you see that as meaning everyone is a priest (since the temple is now the body of each individua

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

Some say that a husband is the head of his wife means that he has the final deci

Some say that a husband is the head of his wife means that he has the final decision making authority since the brain is the control centre of the body.🧐 Wait…isn’t the brain separated into two hemis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop You wrote, “I used to be more deceived because of my empathy,” but I don’t think you should be blaming empathy. Empathizing with others who suffer is part of what it means to be of the same body as believers. That doesn’t mean you just bel...

@Reneechop You wrote, “I used to be more deceived because of my empathy,” but I don’t think you should be blaming empathy. Empathizing with others who suffer is part of what it means to be of the same

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Imagine if the body was only female and the leadership was only male.

@ncksmith Imagine if the body was only female and the leadership was only male. That’s really where the thinking leads. Is that really the kind of thing that Paul has in mind here?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Christ as kephalē is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nouris

@ncksmith Christ as kephalē is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished, held together. The life of the church flows from Christ as its source of spiritual life, grace, unity, and purpose.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick It is not even just husbands to wives and wives to husbands but each person in the body of Christ to each other person. To hypotasso means to work for the best of another which means not always doing what you wa...

@LionofJudah444 @FNANVG @oliverburdick It is not even just husbands to wives and wives to husbands but each person in the body of Christ to each other person. To hypotasso means to work for the best o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals What matters is not what specific body that God gifts and enables to serve Him, but that this person is of godly character and has the ability to teach and teaches the truth. That one is male or female is itself not the p...

@truth_john_14_6 @smashbaals What matters is not what specific body that God gifts and enables to serve Him, but that this person is of godly character and has the ability to teach and teaches the tru

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinless. What precisely is there to rule over? Does thi...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority. It is mean to convey that He is the source of the life of His body just like Adam was the source material that Eve was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii If one believes this means that Christ is the boss of

@carol66944 @MikeWingerii If one believes this means that Christ is the boss of His own body then the simile is that the husband is the boss. Maybe it doesn’t mean the boss of?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the Greek construction supports reading ‘made alive by ...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the G

1 Pe 3:18 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks for clarifying. Wouldn’t you agree that in

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks for clarifying. Wouldn’t you agree that in practice, the Watchtower organization (through its Governing Body) provides the only accepted interpretation of Scriptu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 The teaching of Calvinism damages the body of Christ, but I don’t believe RC is a false teacher. What he believes about what God does behind the scenes is not a primary matter of the faith even if he is wrong. Thankfully,...

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 The teaching of Calvinism damages the body of Christ, but I don’t believe RC is a false teacher. What he believes about what God does behind the scenes is not a primary ma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@StevenG57428175 Well, the idea that only baptized males can be deacons or priests or bishops has a few problems. 1. Believers are called a kingdom of priests (1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6;5:10;20:6). There is no longer a building that is a temple but each bel...

@StevenG57428175 Well, the idea that only baptized males can be deacons or priests or bishops has a few problems. 1. Believers are called a kingdom of priests (1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6;5:10;20:6). There is

1Pe 2:5 Re 1:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source relationships. God > origin of Jesus’ body, Jesus &...

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source rela

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals The early church didn’t segregate participation to smal

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals The early church didn’t segregate participation to smaller groups. Allowing the body to minister to the body even in larger settings is the ideal Paul describes in 1Cor 14.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time profe

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time professional pastors. If we followed 1Cor 14 more closely, we would see the so often unused gifts the Holy Spirit has given f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as the priesthood is related to temples and there is no...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have fi...

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from

Col 1:18 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@HippieReligious The apostles never had the mass where they said specific rituals at an altar and the wafer was transformed into the body. The one I last saw the priest drank all the wine and left none for home else. That’s literally what some did i...

@HippieReligious The apostles never had the mass where they said specific rituals at an altar and the wafer was transformed into the body. The one I last saw the priest drank all the wine and left no

1Co 11:17-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-22

@dalepartridge I agree with you. And so women who are leaders and teachers and p

@dalepartridge I agree with you. And so women who are leaders and teachers and pastors shouldn’t be relegated to just children or women but be able to minister to the entire body! You made a great arg

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@Just_A_Man67 @JRowley11 Not true. And how do you know my intentions? Can you re

@Just_A_Man67 @JRowley11 Not true. And how do you know my intentions? Can you read my mind? I’m arguing because I’ve read the scripture and am convinced it is not forbidding someone because they are

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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

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head (ie. source) of Christ’s body. Nothing to do with...

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Yes, they can certainly be used differently. But it would be confusing if the topmost part of the body is meant to be about hierarchical authority and then not to think that the chest is in authority over the waist which is ...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Yes, they can certainly be used differently. But it would be confusing if the topmost part of the body is meant to be about hierarchical authority and then not to think that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 The context is what determines meaning. I’m curious why you think the clear terms meaning authority were not used but a body part was? When Paul says that the eye cannot say to the ear ‘I don’t need you’ is part of the head ...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 The context is what determines meaning. I’m curious why you think the clear terms meaning authority were not used but a body part was? When Paul says that the eye cannot say

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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 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody Head is not being used in the sense of “the righteous boss over someone.” You are importing your modern notions of this term and how we use it into the text. Jesus is God but there is no notion of the husband being the “r...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody Head is not being used in the sense of “the righteous boss over someone.” You are importing your modern notions of this term and how we use it into the text. Jesus is God

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I have the love of the truth and I know the God of the scriptures. But my concern is are you saying that unless someone pronounces Jesus’ name YHWH using the correct Hebrew pronunciation that they are lost? So everyone from ...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I have the love of the truth and I know the God of the scriptures. But my concern is are you saying that unless someone pronounces Jesus’ name YHWH using the correct Hebrew p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody No, it’s not meant to convey both senses at the same time. Does Jesus as God have all authority? Absolutely! But scripture doesn’t ever describe the man Jesus as ever taking authority over His bride. He does remove “lamp...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody No, it’s not meant to convey both senses at the same time. Does Jesus as God have all authority? Absolutely! But scripture doesn’t ever describe the man Jesus as ever taki

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage reflects Adam and Eve in Eden and Adam’s flesh an...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Who is being referred to in Genesis 1 in the Hebrew Sc

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Who is being referred to in Genesis 1 in the Hebrew Scriptures? Isn’t it Elohim? Is this the same God in your view as the creation account in Genesis 2?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Hm. That’s the big issue you have? You have to pronounce God’s name correctly in the Hebrew? But was the vocalization of YHWH even retained? How do you even know you are pronouncing it correctly? I mean I am genuinely curiou...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Hm. That’s the big issue you have? You have to pronounce God’s name correctly in the Hebrew? But was the vocalization of YHWH even retained? How do you even know you are pron

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Where is any evidence of the gospels in Hebrew? Even t

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Where is any evidence of the gospels in Hebrew? Even the letter to the Hebrews was in Greek!

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