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@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was as he is—single (1 Cor 7:7)! Paul is most definit...

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was

1 Cor 7:7 question

@CalebDixonSmith The truth is that scripture doesn't restrict godly, gifted and

@CalebDixonSmith The truth is that scripture doesn't restrict godly, gifted and qualified women from preaching true doctrine. For those on either side of this issue, let's work together and not let t

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means what you think it means. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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@TheMuppetPastor FYI⎯people are misconstruing 1 Tim 2:11-15. Take another look.

@TheMuppetPastor FYI⎯people are misconstruing 1 Tim 2:11-15. Take another look. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@RonRuys3 @abcnews Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 C

@RonRuys3 @abcnews Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their restriction of women. v36: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto y

1 Cor 7:1 see 14:31 question

@PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. Paul says that those who do not recognize that the things which he writes are the Lord's commandment should be ...

@PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. Paul says that those who do not recognize that the things whi

@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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@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these mat...

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way

@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

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Here’s the details from Belleville on a

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Here’s the details from Belleville on authentein. https://t.co/bm2qJCK0P8

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded people to band together with so we can help the church ...

@trishhoosier I empathize with you. I’ve tried to provide a Biblically faithful exposition of the difficult passages concerning women in the New Testament. Always looking for other like minded peopl

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII For sure there are more passages to discuss and you have raised many of the usual ones that are used to suggest women are subordinate to men. Let’s see if I can address the ones you have listed here briefly. First...

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII For sure there are more passages to discuss and you have raised many of the usual ones that are used to suggest women are subordinate to men. Let’s see if I can add

1 Cor 14:34-36 general

@DickSaban1 @AlamoRememberer @RGIII There’s a few that have the same take but not many that put it all together this way. So I could quote commentaries for specific points but not one that gets it all…at least not one I know of yet. I quote Bellevi...

@DickSaban1 @AlamoRememberer @RGIII There’s a few that have the same take but not many that put it all together this way. So I could quote commentaries for specific points but not one that gets it al

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting for teaching and she is sound in the faith and qual...

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting f

@Mrsmaverick1972 Paul is quoting from something the Corinthians wrote in their l

@Mrsmaverick1972 Paul is quoting from something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (see 1 Cor 7:1) and then refuting it in verse 36: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came

@bismarkumbili And what did Paul mean by that? I contend he is quoting from som

@bismarkumbili And what did Paul mean by that? I contend he is quoting from something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to Paul (ref 1 Cor 7:1). https://t.co/0UJxaSEb7U

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1), and since there were no quote marks in the e...

@godlywomanhood When it comes to 1 Cor 14:34-36, I think people easily miss the context. Paul already pointed out that he was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him (1 Cor

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Cor 7:1 1 Tim 2:11-15 question

@lutheranjenkins @redeemed_zoomer I replied earlier concerning 1 Tim 2:11-15. In 1 Cor 14:34-36, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their comment about silencing women. “What? Came the word of God out ...

@lutheranjenkins @redeemed_zoomer I replied earlier concerning 1 Tim 2:11-15. In 1 Cor 14:34-36, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their comment about

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont Elders are required to be able to teach,

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont Elders are required to be able to teach, not deacons. Deacons are appointed for works of service.

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess In vv34-35, women are referred to in third person plural; in v36, the 'you' is second person plural. The question is to the men who are silencing the women. Paul is saying "If they won't listen to my instructions about ...

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess In vv34-35, women are referred to in third person plural; in v36, the 'you' is second person plural. The question is to the men who are silencing the women. Paul is sayi

@DST_QA Frequently masculine is used for a mixed audience, so you have to determine these things by context. In this case, it would be certain men who are restricting half of the body from speaking in the assembly, so Paul would be addressing those ...

@DST_QA Frequently masculine is used for a mixed audience, so you have to determine these things by context. In this case, it would be certain men who are restricting half of the body from speaking i

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@granato50 @TaylorRMarshall Wow, now quoting scripture is heresy! Where's that

@granato50 @TaylorRMarshall Wow, now quoting scripture is heresy! Where's that stake and fire again...

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That’s not true. > In 1 Cor 14:34-35 Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting the idea that women must be silent and not actively participate. > In 1 Tim 2:11...

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That’s not true. > In 1 Cor 14:34-35 Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting the idea that women must be silen

@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face...

@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries,

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess No, that's not what is going on here. Equal treatment is not the same as modern feminism. I am upholding God's word, not the doctrines of men which hold back half of the body of Christ from participating...

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess No, that's not what is going on here. Equal treatment is not the same as modern feminism. I am upholding God's word, not the doctrines of men which hold

@DST_QA I'm glad you found this helpful. Paul uses the third person plural to refer to the women in vv34-35, but the second person plural in the "you" of v36. It would be rather odd if Paul were commanding about women and then rebuking them and cha...

@DST_QA I'm glad you found this helpful. Paul uses the third person plural to refer to the women in vv34-35, but the second person plural in the "you" of v36. It would be rather odd if Paul were com

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all pr

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all prophesy" would have to have "you males can all prophesy" to make it clear. Because "God is not a God of confusion, but o

1 Cor 14:33 debate

@DST_QA You can certainly spend time together with God. I think maybe a better

@DST_QA You can certainly spend time together with God. I think maybe a better phrasing is that you cannot fully devote yourself to the ministry as you have a wife and a family to take care of. This

@DST_QA It is not about authority or assuming authority. You appear to be connecting this to 1 Tim 2:12, but that is dealt with in another thread. What makes perfect sense is that the Jewish men who need to pray and do their readings with a pure st...

@DST_QA It is not about authority or assuming authority. You appear to be connecting this to 1 Tim 2:12, but that is dealt with in another thread. What makes perfect sense is that the Jewish men who

1 Tim 2:12 debate

@DST_QA "...the women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says." (v34) This is saying that the Law "also" says the same thing as summarized previously. Where d...

@DST_QA "...the women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says." (v34) This is saying that the Law "also" says

@DST_QA But that's my point, the context and the details of vv34-35 clearly show

@DST_QA But that's my point, the context and the details of vv34-35 clearly shows us that Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote.

@DST_QA MacArther doesn't think this passage excludes women from literally speaking because that seems way over the top and he certainly reads other scriptures which clearly have women praying and prophesying...so he has to find some other way to int...

@DST_QA MacArther doesn't think this passage excludes women from literally speaking because that seems way over the top and he certainly reads other scriptures which clearly have women praying and pro

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@steelmann777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment No, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?...

@steelmann777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment No, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. "What? came the word of God o

@confilmbuff No, I don't think you can conclude from the textual evidence that these verses are spurious. They make the most sense where they are as Paul is quoting from the letter written by the Corinthians to him and refuting them. See v36... "W...

@confilmbuff No, I don't think you can conclude from the textual evidence that these verses are spurious. They make the most sense where they are as Paul is quoting from the letter written by the Cor

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1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general

@J_Coriolanus You need to reconsider 1 Cor 14:34-35⎯Paul is refuting things the

@J_Coriolanus You need to reconsider 1 Cor 14:34-35⎯Paul is refuting things the Corinthians wrote in their letter to Paul (ref 1 Cor 7:1). https://t.co/4iAqpAlfC7

@BaxterWilliams_ @jon_bickle I understand this thinking, except that it is in all the earliest manuscripts, so the idea that it was added is very unlikely. There's another take: Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him (ref 1 Cor 7...

@BaxterWilliams_ @jon_bickle I understand this thinking, except that it is in all the earliest manuscripts, so the idea that it was added is very unlikely. There's another take: Paul was quoting from

@conserve1689 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment I hear what you are saying. But it really depends on how it is handled. My current church is egalitarian and they are leaving a denomination that is liberal on LGBTQ, so they are proof that ...

@conserve1689 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment I hear what you are saying. But it really depends on how it is handled. My current church is egalitarian and they are leaving a denomination

@CrankyKat @DeniedTitan @RevJacquiLewis There’s a soft side to this complementarian view that is certainly appealing, but it still misses some things about these passages and inserts authority and hierarchy and gender based roles that are not what th...

@CrankyKat @DeniedTitan @RevJacquiLewis There’s a soft side to this complementarian view that is certainly appealing, but it still misses some things about these passages and inserts authority and hie

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Im not a paedo Baptist, though my pastor will baptise infants if requested. I will never request that nor recommend anyone to do that but I still go to this church. Do I think it has impac...

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Im not a paedo Baptist, though my pastor will baptise infants if requested. I will never request that nor recommend anyone to do that but I

@skank88 @Serenity3000 Maybe you need to revisit this passage. Paul is dealing

@skank88 @Serenity3000 Maybe you need to revisit this passage. Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine and not restricting qualified women from teaching truth. h

@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv 1 Ti

@Jeremiahsentme @FrancisDePaul1 @Busybee32433175 @SpesMagnaMark @father_rmv 1 Tim 2:11-15 deals with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine. It is not restricting qualified women fr

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@Wll24986 @HastiGomes That’s just sad. False teaching and error is not relegate

@Wll24986 @HastiGomes That’s just sad. False teaching and error is not relegated to only one sex though. And Paul wasn’t forbidding qualified women from preaching the truth. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

@1boreen_ye @Jessicakayanja @RobertKayanja Paul is refuting what the Corinthians

@1boreen_ye @Jessicakayanja @RobertKayanja Paul is refuting what the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter (see 1 Cor 7:1). Otherwise it contradicts Paul’s clear and inclusive instructions in chap

@JAYJAY___43 No, Paul is refuting what the Corinthians were saying in their lett

@JAYJAY___43 No, Paul is refuting what the Corinthians were saying in their letter to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

@JoshuaAdankala This is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1

@JoshuaAdankala This is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their statement about women being silent. Otherwise it contradicts Paul’s inclusive language in

@jefe_tweets This passage is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their statement that women must be silent. Otherwise it contradicts with the inclusive language Paul has for the rest of the chapter and else...

@jefe_tweets This passage is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their statement that women must be silent. Otherwise it contradicts with the inclusive lang

1 Cor 14:31 1 Cor 7:1 general

@Jobiz042 @yabaleftonline This passage is Paul quoting from the letter he received from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting what they said about women being silent. Paul’s instruction in 1 Cor 14:31 is that all can prophesy and that all can...

@Jobiz042 @yabaleftonline This passage is Paul quoting from the letter he received from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting what they said about women being silent. Paul’s instruction in 1 C

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@DeniedTitan @CrankyKat @RevJacquiLewis In 1 Tim 2:11-15, Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine in Ephesus. He is not restricting women from teaching true doctrine. In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the...

@DeniedTitan @CrankyKat @RevJacquiLewis In 1 Tim 2:11-15, Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine in Ephesus. He is not restricting women from teaching true doct

1 Co 14:31 1 Cor 7:1 general

@RealDavidReece @William_E_Wolfe Paul is actually refuting something he's quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) ⎯ 1 Co 14:31 (and the rest of the chapter) are clearly inclusive of all being able to prophesy and all being able t...

@RealDavidReece @William_E_Wolfe Paul is actually refuting something he's quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) ⎯ 1 Co 14:31 (and the rest of the chapter) are clearly inclusive