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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@BraunHB0 @BrotherRasheed I’m not sure why you brought this passage up in respon

@BraunHB0 @BrotherRasheed I’m not sure why you brought this passage up in response to something from the Koran, but Paul is actually quoting from a letter from the Corinthians and refuting the men who

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-27

@Nr1Account15078 @BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I hear you. It’s a rea

@Nr1Account15078 @BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I hear you. It’s a real problem.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-27

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, discouraging marriage is a far bigger concern. Rather...

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, disc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to from Paul has been quoted out of context and misapplied. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Huh? Paul is quoting from the letter from the

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Huh? Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:7) and refuting those who were silencing women: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? o

1 Cor 14:36 1 Cor 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@Holistic_Voyeur @Bellisima_2004 @RoxyWright0 You are taking this verse out of context. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter. Paul is actually refuting those silencing women. See v36: “What? came the word of God...

@Holistic_Voyeur @Bellisima_2004 @RoxyWright0 You are taking this verse out of context. Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter. Paul is actually refuting those sile

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@TimHami97610674 Paul was single and advocated for others to be single like hims

@TimHami97610674 Paul was single and advocated for others to be single like himself (1 Cor 7:7). Paul was an overseer. How then does Paul meet his own requirements if it means must be married?

1 Cor 7:7 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that s

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that saving faith is not what Paul was referring to in Eph 2:8.

Eph 2:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take a

@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take another look. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-25

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (whi

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (which Peter acknowledges can be difficult at times) then maybe we won’t see him as someone who got things so wrong on women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to ascertain what Paul meant by what he said to Timo...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Th...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogu

Acts 17:10-11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that there was a group who judged themselves unworthy of li...

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that ther

Acts 13:48 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I agree Paul is saying that a woman, a specific deceived woman, is not to “authentein” over a man, her husband. Paul uses Adam and Eve as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. The husband ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I agree Paul is saying that a woman, a specific deceived woman, is not to “authentein” over a man, her husband. Paul uses Adam and Eve as p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to receive instruction quietly with submissiveness. She is to be corrected and to submit to correction. P...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to receive instruction quietly with submissiveness. She

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoti

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoting from the Corinthian letter to Paul in this passage. What Paul is doing in refuting them from silencing women is the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problems, traveled from church to church preaching and te...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problem

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscripts so you have to infer quotes from the context. ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscri

1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize. He left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not deceived by is silent. Paul uses Adam an Eve as p...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or origin of Eve thus giving the grounding for marria...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem with “I prefer a white male over a black male preacher” or “I prefer a wealthy person over a poor perso...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem with “I prefer a white male over a black male preache

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Here’s a short summary of what

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Here’s a short summary of what Paul is getting at in that passage. I have a link in the bottom to a thread which has the full details. https://t.co/rB

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor If this means a deacon must be

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor If this means a deacon must be married, then how do we understand Paul not being married? https://t.co/bX4IlcWvef

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a servant. All Christians are servants also. So th...

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages su

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn I don’t know what you think you are trying to

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn I don’t know what you think you are trying to prove. Or what my anecdotal data will prove to you no matter how many questions you ask. Yes, there are people who go

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Correct.

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Correct.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Do I know everything they are doing at uni? No. They would 100% tell me…? Yes. They wouldn’t hide it from me? No. Because I’m understanding? Well, I am forgiving. Because I’d have no problem with it? No, I’d ...

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Do I know everything they are doing at uni? No. They would 100% tell me…? Yes. They wouldn’t hide it from me? No. Because I’m understanding? Well, I am forgivin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Yes. 100% sure.

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Yes. 100% sure.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Well, I guess he said many and not all. My da

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Well, I guess he said many and not all. My daughters are not part of his statistics.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daug

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daughters are both in university and they are not getting drunk and becoming well used mattresses. Sounds like another one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is addressing it. This is not general instructions f...

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s refutes those silencing women (v36). Paul’s instruct...

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s re

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference to the anaphoric “a woman” is not any woman becaus...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference

1 Tim 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@pauldirks How ironic that they are likely also pro-abortion and think that they

@pauldirks How ironic that they are likely also pro-abortion and think that they sufficiently own them to terminate their lives.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@SolusChristus73 Some of my thoughts as I pondered why Paul used the term “one w

@SolusChristus73 Some of my thoughts as I pondered why Paul used the term “one wife husband” instead of monogamous when he himself wasn’t married. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including

@PapalSupremacy While Paul wasn’t married himself, the other apostles (including Peter) were (see 1 Cor 9:5). However, why did Paul choose to use the term “one wife husband” instead of monogamous in

1 Cor 9:5 1 Tim 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@Urban__Tree I’ve thought a bit about why Paul uses this term “one wife husband” instead of the term “monogamous.” He certainly advocated for leadership reflecting the ideal of one man and one woman “until death do they part” yet Paul himself wasn’t...

@Urban__Tree I’ve thought a bit about why Paul uses this term “one wife husband” instead of the term “monogamous.” He certainly advocated for leadership reflecting the ideal of one man and one woman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@holytensionhub I have been thinking about why Paul uses the term “one wife husb

@holytensionhub I have been thinking about why Paul uses the term “one wife husband” instead of “monogamous.” Here’s what I came up with. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” o

Some thoughts on why Paul may have chosen to use the phrase “one wife husband” over “monogamous.” https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6, I see this as generic of monogomy but I think t...

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:

Titus 1:6 1 Tim 3:2 1 Tim 5:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Dionysu06200560 @DBrimzim @smashbaals Paul is responding to a number of things that the Corinthians wrote in their prior letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). His rhetoric is refuting their attempt to silence half the body of Christ. He is very clear in the ...

@Dionysu06200560 @DBrimzim @smashbaals Paul is responding to a number of things that the Corinthians wrote in their prior letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). His rhetoric is refuting their attempt to silence

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@DickSaban1 @aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr You are not reading Isaiah 3:12 in context (see below). What Paul says is consistent with his other letters. Yes, only male Levites were the only ones allowed to be priests as that is what was in t...

@DickSaban1 @aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr You are not reading Isaiah 3:12 in context (see below). What Paul says is consistent with his other letters. Yes, only male Levites were the only o

Isaiah 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@pauldirks @KevinaFaga @IngreySherri @KaeleyT https://t.co/rUzndYQFjG

@pauldirks @KevinaFaga @IngreySherri @KaeleyT https://t.co/rUzndYQFjG

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@pauldirks @FionaKabuki @KevinaFaga @KaeleyT You seem to be trying to show that there are differences between males and females and that those differences may get them ahead in different societal roles and that they need to be careful to wield their ...

@pauldirks @FionaKabuki @KevinaFaga @KaeleyT You seem to be trying to show that there are differences between males and females and that those differences may get them ahead in different societal role

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@jsmklaw @pauldirks And there are more like them who had to work today.

@jsmklaw @pauldirks And there are more like them who had to work today.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul is disqualified given he is single and he wishes e...

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul

1 Cor 7:7 commentary