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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What that means in context is the question. And every ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem He is distorting the Greek? The Greek is simple. It s

@path1_one @rightresponsem He is distorting the Greek? The Greek is simple. It simply means "head." It's a pretty simple word. But what "head" refers to depends on the context. Disagreeing on non-ess

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What that means in context is the question. And every ...

@path1_one @rightresponsem He is distorting the Greek? The Greek is simple. It s

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says keph

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@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...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Anger refers to male headship? How does anger hav

@path1_one @rightresponsem Head literally means head😊. Whether it is being used

@path1_one @rightresponsem Paul is not using head to mean the authority of or th

@Dankrightanon First, there is no ‘command’ that only men be pastors (poimen).

@HeGTiSunesis Part of the difficulty with Paul’s comments is that he doesn’t explicitly state woman as also the glory of God and with Christ also as her head—one is left to deduce this as Paul seems to be noting something that a wife uniquely has as ...

@HeGTiSunesis I knew about the Hebrew refers to the heads of each of the tribes but didn’t connect it with the census in the way you have. Very interesting. Ex 30:12: "When you take the sum (רֹאשׁ, rosh) of the people of Israel..." The LXX translat...

@jdenehar @ostrachan How does nature teach you that there is a difference betwee

@ChristOverChaos @dalepartridge Where is the meaning of head defined in scriptur

@Brandon27614871 @haymes_joshua @dalepartridge I will refute him on head coverin

@autocorrect2_0 Where does the Bible say that women shouldn’t pastor a church? N

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Not twisting anything. Actually, I’m just untwisting what others have pretzeled in their heads. Paul never forbade anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Scripture is authoritative, not the 2x2 box in the middle o...

@ronhenzel @CovenantReform2 The word is literally "head" full stop. The BDAG is

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and its meaning is defined by the context in how Paul...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@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...

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is the source of his wife. Our marriage simply maps ...

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem The head of state is a different context and se

@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 ...

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m certainly not. But I don’t believe head means authori...

@StothersRyan @M_Jensen23 Where do they say “authority of husbands over wives”?

@StothersRyan Hi Ryan! I am looking for cohesive, in context answers that do no

@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 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...

@pauldirks @Particular_Drew Can you define federal head? I’ve only heard Adam sp

@dTipping62 @megbasham No one is called the head of the church except Christ. An

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is no

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to *wear* coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does *not* have any such practice nor...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how *nature* teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows stop growing (until you get old!). But let the ha...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers You are interpreting it this way, but what evidence

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, it is for the very reasons Paul outlines that he is giving women a choice. If covering one’s head shames Christ, then surely this applies to women also. Thus married women have a dilemma as they have essentially...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this life is less than and therefore granted by her aut...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prophesying. It explains it quite clearly and complet...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not a

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to decide whether to cover or uncover their heads. Th...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or r

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Ok, let's get back to something more relevant to male/female... the husband has a six pack and the musculature of an ape. But he should forgive and love his wife and "not beat down his celly" but pray for her. Great! What does this h...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT So what does headship mean with respect to the husband and wife?

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT BTW, headship doesn’t automatically mean oppression as the claim is that the husband is to emulate Jesus (which is strange because all believers are being conformed to Christ). Anyways, when did Jesus ever force His will on anyone? W...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT The slightly less modern take is that headship means rule and au

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Well, fear can certainly be an issue, but I have no fear. I’m si

@HarrowingDell @Eric_Conn Head in the Bible in these contexts means source not a

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Eve was created from his flesh and bone. The husband...

@Conscientious43 @_jonbowlin However, that there is a great multitude of believers who come out of the tribulation does not mean that God doesn’t rapture the church prior to the tribulation. Both are true. Yet many come to belief in the tribulation a...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Loving "as Christ loved the church" flips typical patriarchal authority on its head⎯Christ led by serving and dying for the church (Mk 10:42-45). You also point to the "totality of Scripture," yet mutual submission cle...

@Pogre @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning It’s only clear if you assume head means

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@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head of his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to wear coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does not have any such practice nor...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how nature teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows stop growing (until you get old!). But let the ha...