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@pauldirks @take_me_jesus @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The husband and wife are meant

@pauldirks @take_me_jesus @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The husband and wife are meant to synergistically work together not apart or in priority one over the other. They are equal partners with unique thin

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in child-rearing. I don’t think they can ever replac...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in

@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to tell you what it means. Everything and everyone is...

@j_bryan_price @GrandmaD62 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals Language has limitations and can be misinterpreted, but this does not mean that the meaning of its author is lost and requires someone else to t

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translati

@Dranu86 @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals These are just the English words translating the Greek (NASB 2020). It means that the scriptures contain all I need to be thoroughly equipped, to be made perfect

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@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals "Real Christians revere relics" 😬 Since "all scrip

@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals "Real Christians revere relics" 😬 Since "all scripture is inspired by God...so that the man of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work" (2 Tim 3:16-17) ⎯ w

2 Tim 3:16-17 question

1 Cor 14:31 1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general

@CovenantReform2 @SHoddeMiller @BethMooreLPM 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the

@CovenantReform2 @SHoddeMiller @BethMooreLPM 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1)—and Paul is refuting it. Paul advocates for all to be able to prophesy and

@RevdBrettMurphy @WATCHChair @leicestercofe @churchofengland It’s not unscriptur

@RevdBrettMurphy @WATCHChair @leicestercofe @churchofengland It’s not unscriptural for a woman to preach true doctrine. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@Elle68401613 @piper4missouri @tjs271 The only thing prohibited is the teaching

@Elle68401613 @piper4missouri @tjs271 The only thing prohibited is the teaching of false doctrine. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women from teaching, just those teaching false doctrine… https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@AveryCael @godlywomanhood @pearlythingz If someone has wrong doctrine, they sho

@AveryCael @godlywomanhood @pearlythingz If someone has wrong doctrine, they should be quiet and learn. That’s all Paul was saying in that passage. One learns for the benefit of themselves and other

@DST_QA The 1924 Montgomery Translation did. Translators are affected by bias and have blind spots too. Further, we have Paul explicitly responding to their letter (see 1 Cor 7:1). And if it was not a quote here, it would contradict other parts of ...

@DST_QA The 1924 Montgomery Translation did. Translators are affected by bias and have blind spots too. Further, we have Paul explicitly responding to their letter (see 1 Cor 7:1). And if it was not

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to

@godlyHomeGirl 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jewish Oral Traditions in th

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo Eph 5:23 means that the husband (always

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo Eph 5:23 means that the husband (always referring back to the original man/wife relationship in Genesis) is the SOURCE of the wife (she came from his bone and f

Eph 5:23 commentary

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the lette

@TeregianKunta @AnyineKu @Milly_nassolo 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jew

@Onewhitefrijole @BabuDark1 @NCRonline 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter

@Onewhitefrijole @BabuDark1 @NCRonline 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the Jewi

@RichardDawkins To quote Twain about being dead for billions of years before you

@RichardDawkins To quote Twain about being dead for billions of years before you existed is not helping your case because Christians don’t think we existed before our birth. Are you thinking about Mo

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@cwierzbicki9 Thanks for quoting the passage. The context is the entire letter,

@cwierzbicki9 Thanks for quoting the passage. The context is the entire letter, the author and recipient, the references being made by Paul, the specific terms and grammar Paul uses, etc. If you pic

1 Tim 2:15 commentary

@wendelltalks For those of you wondering how to respond to Richard’s nasty strin

@wendelltalks For those of you wondering how to respond to Richard’s nasty string of allegations about the God if the Bible… https://t.co/hqM5T1J8iH

@ngbswsf5b7 @ministrymisfit @RevKimWChafee FYI, 1 Tim 2:12 is not restricting on

@ngbswsf5b7 @ministrymisfit @RevKimWChafee FYI, 1 Tim 2:12 is not restricting one gender from teaching. In case you are interested. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

1 Tim 2:12 general

@B_Clemethy @VivekGRamaswamy That’s not what that passage means though I complet

@B_Clemethy @VivekGRamaswamy That’s not what that passage means though I completely agree teachers should be qualified and teach true doctrine not false. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

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@William_42318 @LPMisesCaucus @RevJacquiLewis Well, sort of. Except no one shou

@William_42318 @LPMisesCaucus @RevJacquiLewis Well, sort of. Except no one should teach unbiblical things. False doctrine is not gender specific. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-1

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-15 thoroughly here. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@BamaTorch1992 @shawnwood @farmingandJesus @rcberli01 That passage is not restri

@BamaTorch1992 @shawnwood @farmingandJesus @rcberli01 That passage is not restricting women from teaching true doctrine. No one should be teaching false doctrine…that’s not gender specific. https://t

@ReclaimingRest I go into the details on the back reference to Adam and Eve that

@ReclaimingRest I go into the details on the back reference to Adam and Eve that Paul makes in 1 Timothy. You may find it helpful evidence confirming your view. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@MegaChurchMouse That verse is not about stopping women from teaching true doctr

@MegaChurchMouse That verse is not about stopping women from teaching true doctrine. Take another look. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

@JoshuaSethSchu1 @TheOtherPaul2 @RevKimWChafee @DissidentSouth @_matthewpearson @KinoCineaste My take is close to Marg’s. I think the creation order and deception are related because Adam saw God creating so could not be deceived that the fruit from...

@JoshuaSethSchu1 @TheOtherPaul2 @RevKimWChafee @DissidentSouth @_matthewpearson @KinoCineaste My take is close to Marg’s. I think the creation order and deception are related because Adam saw God cre

@Eric_Conn In that passage, Paul is relating something going on in the church at

@Eric_Conn In that passage, Paul is relating something going on in the church at Ephesus with a specific couple to the prototype in Eden. Deception had to do with lack of experience, not some idea th

@Ken_FiveSolas Not commenting on the choice to make a sermon centred around the

@Ken_FiveSolas Not commenting on the choice to make a sermon centred around the Barbie movie, but that text does not prohibit women from teaching true doctrine. Take another look…I go through it in t

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose Peter might have been thinking of in Paul’s writi...

@randyadkins1689 @DST_QA @YourCalvinist The NT is in Greek and sometimes the English hides the specificity of the original text and smooths it out according to one interpretation. What do you suppose

2 Peter 3:16 general

There should be no “head” leadership or those who command to obey them. All (no

There should be no “head” leadership or those who command to obey them. All (not just leaders) are given the authority to call others to obey Christ. https://t.co/rFutuQOkTI

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “authority over men.” The word used in 1 Tim 2 is aut...

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “aut

@MaThomas0702 @TaffiDollar This is not to promote anyone teaching false doctrine

@MaThomas0702 @TaffiDollar This is not to promote anyone teaching false doctrine, but that there is not a gender restriction on preachers. Check it out. https://t.co/4iAqpAlfC7

@CatOnTheFridge @BrianMonzon Take a look at this interpretation. Paul is quotin

@CatOnTheFridge @BrianMonzon Take a look at this interpretation. Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1) and refuting them. The law is from the Jewish Oral Traditions in the

@TimothyGroves2 @RongpiSr @NoHolyScripture 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the le

@TimothyGroves2 @RongpiSr @NoHolyScripture 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter from the Corinthians to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is refuting this quote from their letter. The "law" refers to the

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@ThinkyTexan @Guy_JustaGuy3 @IrisB42744268 @WastedAerospace @MilesMosley666 @KerridwinR @RealDoctorT @JustUnderReal @_truthswordsa @MurphyYuiko @Ivotian @NuckChorris16 @AnansiAkin59777 @BrianNazarenus

@DST_QA @YourCalvinist I go through in detail what 1 Tim 2:11-15 is referring to. In short, there is a specific woman in Ephesus that is deceived (like Eve was) whose husband is not but is silent (like Adam). Paul doesn't name her because Timothy h...

@DST_QA @YourCalvinist I go through in detail what 1 Tim 2:11-15 is referring to. In short, there is a specific woman in Ephesus that is deceived (like Eve was) whose husband is not but is silent (li

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@LLLloyd1 Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 C

@LLLloyd1 Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). He quotes from them to refute them. 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from that letter which refers to Jewish Oral Tr

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Paul was quoting from their letter which was from Jud...

@MargMowczko Since Paul was responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and since we don't have quotation marks and have to infer them by the context, wouldn't it make sense that Pau

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@godlywomanhood Those qualifications in 1 Tim 3 do not only apply to males…unles

@godlywomanhood Those qualifications in 1 Tim 3 do not only apply to males…unless you believe that it’s only married males with children? https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

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@JordanAcademia1 @GlitterRos71136 @TheMuslimSaiyan It’s in every early manuscrip

@JordanAcademia1 @GlitterRos71136 @TheMuslimSaiyan It’s in every early manuscript. As Paul said in 1 Cor 7:1, he is responding to things the Corinthians wrote him. This is another one of those quote

@RenOfMen @Rach4Patriarchy @KnowlandKnows Scripture is not explicit about pastors being male only. Paul is dealing with a specific situation in Ephesus that he and Timothy whom he wrote his letter to would know about. It was not someone to name yet...

@RenOfMen @Rach4Patriarchy @KnowlandKnows Scripture is not explicit about pastors being male only. Paul is dealing with a specific situation in Ephesus that he and Timothy whom he wrote his letter to

@pauldirks @profjmb @BlanchardPhD @ZUCKERKJ Nevermind...my app was set to low qu

@pauldirks @profjmb @BlanchardPhD @ZUCKERKJ Nevermind...my app was set to low quality on LTE.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one another as equals who are differently gifted and those ...

@Rach4Patriarchy We get married to covenant together to be faithful in sexual intimacy which, though it is not a guarantee, is for the purpose of raising godly children. My wife and I treat one anoth

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Got questions states three possible views: First view⎯Adam was there with her 1⃣"Traditional Jewish interpretation takes this phrase to mean that Adam was with Eve the whole time she was being tempted and th...

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Got questions states three possible views: First view⎯Adam was there with her 1⃣"Traditional Jewish interpretation takes this phrase to mean that Adam was wi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Not only does the text say that Adam w

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Not only does the text say that Adam was with her, but the serpent uses plural pronouns, verbs and participles when speaking to the woman. So the serpent was

@PastorMark Except the Bible says in 1 Tim 2 that Adam was not deceived though we know from Gen 3 that he was right beside her. Adam knew that the serpent’s words were a lie but did nothing about it. To whom much is given (ie. Adam saw God create a...

@PastorMark Except the Bible says in 1 Tim 2 that Adam was not deceived though we know from Gen 3 that he was right beside her. Adam knew that the serpent’s words were a lie but did nothing about it.

@DST_QA The NASB has "submit" in italics because this is how the translators have decided to indicate that a word is not present in the Greek. κεφαλὴ (kephalē) can mean the head part of the body, the source of a stream like the headwaters, the corne...

@DST_QA The NASB has "submit" in italics because this is how the translators have decided to indicate that a word is not present in the Greek. κεφαλὴ (kephalē) can mean the head part of the body, the

@DST_QA Yes, when we submit to others, we are looking out for their interests above our own. We set aside what we want and we do what someone else wants. Husbands have a calling to do that too. "I believe that when a man submits to his wife, he is...

@DST_QA Yes, when we submit to others, we are looking out for their interests above our own. We set aside what we want and we do what someone else wants. Husbands have a calling to do that too. "I

@SonicReformati1 @capsfan082892 @MaxLuder @TSXpress @James_farmer4 @Buddy_joe198

@SonicReformati1 @capsfan082892 @MaxLuder @TSXpress @James_farmer4 @Buddy_joe1988 @jdpritchett @The_Idol_Killer It comes from how God has revealed himself in scripture https://t.co/7XWWqPrZvo