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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I believe that in the context Paul was reaching for an o

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I believe that in the context Paul was reaching for an older Attic meaning to connect the fall in Eden with this deceived wife who is teaching heresy and needs salvation (ie “s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@smashbaals Smash needs to re-read 1Tim 2:12 in context. Paul wasn’t stopping anyone from teaching the truth. 1Ti 2:12 isn’t a universal ban on women teaching. Paul addresses a specific wife who was deceived and teaching error, and her husband who r...

@smashbaals Smash needs to re-read 1Tim 2:12 in context. Paul wasn’t stopping anyone from teaching the truth. 1Ti 2:12 isn’t a universal ban on women teaching. Paul addresses a specific wife who was

1Ti 2:12 1Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@OrinRomine No, the context is that Paul wrote to Timothy to remind him to “remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines…” (1Ti 1:3). Paul reiterates, “I am writing these things to you, hoping to come ...

@OrinRomine No, the context is that Paul wrote to Timothy to remind him to “remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines…” (1Ti 1:3). Paul reiterates,

1Ti 1:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@FlyingHowitzer You are referring to 1Ti 1:12. It’s not referring to pastors, the context of the letter is stopping false teaching, the grammar is explicitly singular and the ‘the woman’ gives us evidence that there’s a specific woman who is deceived...

@FlyingHowitzer You are referring to 1Ti 1:12. It’s not referring to pastors, the context of the letter is stopping false teaching, the grammar is explicitly singular and the ‘the woman’ gives us evid

1Ti 1:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 The fruit you have seen is of someone who exposits scripture in a way

@Paula_333 The fruit you have seen is of someone who exposits scripture in a way that makes sense of the context, the audience, the grammar and all details So because I disagree with your husband, th

Mt 7:16-21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 @Saved5872 @MikeWingerii Yes, and that meaning is discovered by the context! These are not merely idioms, but sometimes Jesus says things like “you must eat my flesh and drink my blood” which isn’t an idiom but you can’t take the “plain me...

@Paula_333 @Saved5872 @MikeWingerii Yes, and that meaning is discovered by the context! These are not merely idioms, but sometimes Jesus says things like “you must eat my flesh and drink my blood” whi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 Take the arguments I have provided in their context and prove them wr

@Paula_333 Take the arguments I have provided in their context and prove them wrong. Please. Just do it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 You don’t know my motives and you are not God, so I suggest to stick

@Paula_333 You don’t know my motives and you are not God, so I suggest to stick with facts that you can easily discern. Let’s talk about ‘plain meaning’, shall we? Because whatever that means it cann

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 You have trained your so-called common sense to

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 You have trained your so-called common sense to fit your pre-existing worldview. You need to retrain it with scripture by reading it in context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be used when intending either men or women. And Is 3:...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be us

Is 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@jdogmac117830 @subq Yes. Which is absolutely not what Calvinism teaches. I argu

@jdogmac117830 @subq Yes. Which is absolutely not what Calvinism teaches. I argue Calvinists misread Rom 3:10-12 taking it out of its original context from Paul’s quote from Ps 14 and 53.

Rom 3:10-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from t

@Truth_matters20 The apostle Paul is quoting from Ps 14 where it is clear from the context that “no one” is “not one of those fools who says in his heart, ‘there is no God.’” Paul is not taking Ps 14

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely r

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely rare in all antiquity. Yet since context guides meaning, I think we can still get pretty close to the meaning by carefull

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, you cannot interpret them any way you want. The context *always* determines meaning. But one must recognize that establishing a doctrine on a hapax logomena is not a good idea. In this case, the English tran...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, you cannot interpret them any way you want. The context *always* determines meaning. But one must recognize that establishing a doctrine on a hapax logomena

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Please, I’m all ears—what’s the c

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Please, I’m all ears—what’s the context? Please interpret Paul’s meaning for all of us.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-29

Many people think egalitarians are rejecting the “plain meaning” of 1Ti 2:12 and 1Ti 3:2. At the same time they have no problem recognizing that what the text first sounds like elsewhere is frequently different after checking the context. I give lot...

Many people think egalitarians are rejecting the “plain meaning” of 1Ti 2:12 and 1Ti 3:2. At the same time they have no problem recognizing that what the text first sounds like elsewhere is frequently

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:2 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-29

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking ‘authoritatively’…but what I found is that in each...

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

@sammydude234 @gwgerrity @PtrCHSturgeon @Khyraen @WesleyLHuff Oh my… anyone ever

@sammydude234 @gwgerrity @PtrCHSturgeon @Khyraen @WesleyLHuff Oh my… anyone ever teach you about context my son?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@GeorgeSchulte @BibleInContext1 Wouldn’t providing the link save everyone time?

@GeorgeSchulte @BibleInContext1 Wouldn’t providing the link save everyone time? Why assume I’m too lazy?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@BibleInContext1 Are you able to provide a link to the original documents so I c

@BibleInContext1 Are you able to provide a link to the original documents so I can look this up?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-21

@AChristianLens @BibleInContext1 So basically, your authority is the bishops and

@AChristianLens @BibleInContext1 So basically, your authority is the bishops and the pope, not the Bible since if there is a disagreement between the two you will always choose the view of the pope an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-19

@Ryan_Adair_A My comments were very much focused on 1Ti 2:12 and it’s context. Is there anywhere where someone is not permitted to teach truth to someone? Also, I don’t think there is a rule that “teach” has to always be one way for the whole letter....

@Ryan_Adair_A My comments were very much focused on 1Ti 2:12 and it’s context. Is there anywhere where someone is not permitted to teach truth to someone? Also, I don’t think there is a rule that “tea

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop First you told me that women are more easily deceived than men, and then after I carefully explained my position verse by verse and showed how it makes sense of everything in the context and the grammar, you then tell me I am deceived and ...

@Reneechop First you told me that women are more easily deceived than men, and then after I carefully explained my position verse by verse and showed how it makes sense of everything in the context an

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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

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer Whether God’s Word clearly teaches something first depends on whether you have rightly divided what it says in the first place. A text out of its context is a pretext for a proof text. Why do you suppose that even Peter ack...

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer Whether God’s Word clearly teaches something first depends on whether you have rightly divided what it says in the first place. A text out of its context is a pretext for a p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer No. I’m simply taking the text as fully inspired in eve

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer No. I’m simply taking the text as fully inspired in everything—the audience, the context, the grammar—and then challenging a popular teaching in church circles. Where have I m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@HeagneyBrian @StothersRyan I quote Jesus lots…just not in the context of church

@HeagneyBrian @StothersRyan I quote Jesus lots…just not in the context of church history I guess. What were you thinking of?

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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 2025-06-18

@CoreyJMahler Give me just one instance where a leader, apostle, prophet, elder,

@CoreyJMahler Give me just one instance where a leader, apostle, prophet, elder, bishop, pastor, deacon or anyone other than Jesus is called a kephale in the context of the church. Just one verse. It

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@CoreyJMahler A husband is the kephale (head) of his wife. Jesus is the kephale

@CoreyJMahler A husband is the kephale (head) of his wife. Jesus is the kephale (head) of the church. No one is in any context ever said to be a kephale in the context of the church. These are the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@MutamboHangford @Pastor_Gabe On the other hand, a text taken out of context can be a pretext for a proof text. Paul is clearly responding to a prior letter from the Corinthians (see 1Cor 7:1). He is quoting from it in other areas, so you need to co...

@MutamboHangford @Pastor_Gabe On the other hand, a text taken out of context can be a pretext for a proof text. Paul is clearly responding to a prior letter from the Corinthians (see 1Cor 7:1). He is

1Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people who see kephale as meaning leader over or boss of o...

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@bolajiayo @instablog9ja What do you think head means in this context? The autho

@bolajiayo @instablog9ja What do you think head means in this context? The authority? The boss? https://t.co/L6ZiusB2LY

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@StothersRyan @faboIus Thanks for highlighting these. However, even in these contexts, head can be understood to mean first or prominent—not necessarily authority or rule—which is why words for rule or governance often have to be added when authorit...

@StothersRyan @faboIus Thanks for highlighting these. However, even in these contexts, head can be understood to mean first or prominent—not necessarily authority or rule—which is why words for rule

Jdg 11:11 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@faboIus As far as I can tell, the word ‘head’ didn’t start getting used for a l

@faboIus As far as I can tell, the word ‘head’ didn’t start getting used for a leader in church contexts until around 1000 AD when it was applied to the pope.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@JohnMar98888097 @smashbaals But you take it too far to say God commands the pastor be male. There is no command here, and in Koine Greek, the male form can be used in a generic way of both male and female depending on the context. To clarify, Paul w...

@JohnMar98888097 @smashbaals But you take it too far to say God commands the pastor be male. There is no command here, and in Koine Greek, the male form can be used in a generic way of both male and f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepresenting the details you can turn any text into a p...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referring to doesn’t mean the authority over or boss of. I...

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referrin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@cgore @smashbaals A verse taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. First, the grammar is indicating that this is not about all women (as in the prior verse) but 'a woman'... and from v14, 'the woman' is an anaphoric reference showing it ...

@cgore @smashbaals A verse taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. First, the grammar is indicating that this is not about all women (as in the prior verse) but 'a woman'... and from v14,

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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

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the smallest parts of grammar or the context. The only ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the sm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@Nmydefenseiwas2 @BibleInContext1 Yes

@Nmydefenseiwas2 @BibleInContext1 Yes

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@Nmydefenseiwas2 @BibleInContext1 What did he say that was incorrect? Can you co

@Nmydefenseiwas2 @BibleInContext1 What did he say that was incorrect? Can you correct him?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Notice that in this context it says “head over ev

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Notice that in this context it says “head over everything *FOR* the church…”—His supremacy and power is to give life to His church…it is *for the benefit of* the church

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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 2025-06-05

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Your interpretation neglects the context, the purpose

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Your interpretation neglects the context, the purpose of Paul’s letter, his audience, his very specific grammar and words used and so you cannot in any way say that your int

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was primary for the faith it would be in the creeds. We do...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was prim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @The_Sig_ @TinaFoughty Perhaps there is some application in the context of a church in that you do not support your adult children who are living in unrepentant sin. A person who refuses to judge their children simply b/c they are thei...

@JamesPelton18 @The_Sig_ @TinaFoughty Perhaps there is some application in the context of a church in that you do not support your adult children who are living in unrepentant sin. A person who refuse

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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

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authori

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authority in the context of the relationship between the husband and wife, it says that each does NOT have authority. https://t

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