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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Why do you think I don't believe it? Paul explains that it was the time sequence of creation that was the reason why Adam was not deceived but Eve was. But Adam sinned by rebelling against what he did know and it was Adam ...

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Why do you think I don't believe it? Paul explains that it was the time sequence of creation that was the reason why Adam was not deceived but Eve was. But Adam sinned by r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@TheVaxScene @ManiCompreshun2 @MikeWingerii It wasn't "after" and the scripture actually says that Adam "was" like God knowing good and evil. He doesn't say "they" but "the Adam." Eve didn't know evil before the fall, but Adam did. Adam not only did...

@TheVaxScene @ManiCompreshun2 @MikeWingerii It wasn't "after" and the scripture actually says that Adam "was" like God knowing good and evil. He doesn't say "they" but "the Adam." Eve didn't know evi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-17

RT @CherylSchatz: Adam was not asleep after God closed up his flesh. Instead, he

RT @CherylSchatz: Adam was not asleep after God closed up his flesh. Instead, he had the privilege of witnessing his own wife being formed…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creating things and so God prepared him to not be decei...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assum

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assuming that being created first makes one responsible but Paul only said that the time order sequence of creation had to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Quoting the Greek isn’t refuti

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Quoting the Greek isn’t refuting me—I already explained it to you. Adam was created first and he was not deceived tying the time sequence order of cre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived because he was created first. For why, you need to ...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve Thanks for quoting from Paul which I agree with. Paul is explaining that deception had to do with the time sequence of creation—Adam wasn’t deceived b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours later from his own flesh and bones (and not from the ...

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours lat

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply mean prominent, first, source or origin. Regarding m...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief" (1Ti 1:13). This is not the case with...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It's not a hierarchy. It was Adam's transgression that was problematic and Paul tells us why: he wasn't deceived. Paul said: "Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly

1Ti 1:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos I agree with everything you stated in the post you wrote prior to this

@SKokenos I agree with everything you stated in the post you wrote prior to this one except this: "Eve convinced Adam to eat. He bowed to his wife's desire." Where did Eve speak to Adam to convince

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Paul’s reference in 1Ti 2:13 emphasizes this chronological creation order—Adam first, then Eve—not in a genealogical sense, but in the context of explaining the reason behind his teaching. He’s pointing back to the order in w...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Paul’s reference in 1Ti 2:13 emphasizes this chronological creation order—Adam first, then Eve—not in a genealogical sense, but in the context of explaining the reason behind

1Ti 2:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos As for why Adam would need to protect Eve, Genesis 2:15 states that God placed Adam in the garden to "cultivate and keep" it. The Hebrew word for "keep" (שָׁמַר, *shamar*) also means "guard," implying that Adam had a protective role. While ...

@SKokenos As for why Adam would need to protect Eve, Genesis 2:15 states that God placed Adam in the garden to "cultivate and keep" it. The Hebrew word for "keep" (שָׁמַר, *shamar*) also means "guard,

Genesis 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband *with her*, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presence during the encounter. Regarding Adam's awarenes...

@SKokenos We know Adam was right there with Eve because Ge 3:6 says, "She took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband *with her*, and he ate." This clearly indicates Adam's presen

Ge 3:6 Ge 3:17 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Also, you said "forget the speculation"⎯that Paul ties

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Also, you said "forget the speculation"⎯that Paul ties whether Adam was deceived or not to the time sequence order of creation is not speculation. It is clear. The next quest

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 In verse 13, Paul clearly shows that it is because Adam

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 In verse 13, Paul clearly shows that it is because Adam was created first that he wasn't deceived. Paul is stating the obvious (Adam's first creation) to inform us about him n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asserting he is being a good husband when he just let h...

@MissindaCouv Adam wasn’t taken by surprise and, watching her die by eating the fruit, decided to die with her (or something like that). He was right there the whole time! How is it that you are asser

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the thinking of complementarians. I don't think Adam was promoted either, but comps think God gave him authority to rule Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1Co 11:9 is merely describing why Eve was created, ...

@Manny_Clay1 1Ti 2:13-14 only states that the time order of creation is why Adam wasn't deceived and Eve was. 1Co 11:3 is not about authority but about source relationships as confirmed by v11-12. 1

1Co 11:10 1Co 11:3 1Co 11:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall of man came as a blessing in disguise... Had Adam...

@TracyWelborn6 Well, I just find it curious that what you believe is very similar to Mormon teaching… "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). "The fall

2 Nephi 2:25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Ad

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Adam authority over Eve prior to the fall when all we have is God giving both of them authority to rule creation (not each

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Manny_Clay1 Good question. But the issue is that he wasn’t ever given authority

@Manny_Clay1 Good question. But the issue is that he wasn’t ever given authority over Eve in the first place. So the first mention of ruling Eve is after the fall. And it’s stated to Eve and like a pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Bradcrossman I was tracking with you, but it sounds like you think Adam had authority over Eve before the fall. Where was Adam given authority over Eve before the fall? That’s why I framed it as a promotion since the first time we see God mentioning...

@Bradcrossman I was tracking with you, but it sounds like you think Adam had authority over Eve before the fall. Where was Adam given authority over Eve before the fall? That’s why I framed it as a pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek f

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek from a complementarian perspective. Adam was never given the responsibility to rule over Eve. Egalitarian doesn’t encour

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@MelindaSeed Great question! Adam was given the responsibility to guard the garden. In Genesis 2:15, Adam is commanded to “cultivate and keep” the garden. The Hebrew word for “keep” (שָׁמַר, shamar) can mean “guard” or “protect.” This implies a respo...

@MelindaSeed Great question! Adam was given the responsibility to guard the garden. In Genesis 2:15, Adam is commanded to “cultivate and keep” the garden. The Hebrew word for “keep” (שָׁמַר, shamar) c

Genesis 2:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Isis233305 @Alex7Shiro Well, you certainly point out a valid and important point because there are clear passages that not only use “adam” to refer to mankind but “aner” or “andros” (the Greek for male or husband) to refer generally to people. For ...

@Isis233305 @Alex7Shiro Well, you certainly point out a valid and important point because there are clear passages that not only use “adam” to refer to mankind but “aner” or “andros” (the Greek for ma

Acts 17:34 Jas 1:20 Jas 1:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@BrandonGra53760 @RedefineApolog1 For your first question, the Hebrew phrase used here is "טוֹב וָרָע" (tov va-ra), which directly translates to "good and evil." The word "וָ" (va) is a conjunction in Hebrew meaning "and," not "from." Only Adam knew ...

@BrandonGra53760 @RedefineApolog1 For your first question, the Hebrew phrase used here is "טוֹב וָרָע" (tov va-ra), which directly translates to "good and evil." The word "וָ" (va) is a conjunction in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@ampersandohms Yes, that’s a good observation. God doesn’t speak to Adam (so how is He giving Him authority over Eve), doesn’t use the imperative and seems to speak prophetically of what their future relationship will be like. He already blamed her a...

@ampersandohms Yes, that’s a good observation. God doesn’t speak to Adam (so how is He giving Him authority over Eve), doesn’t use the imperative and seems to speak prophetically of what their future

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Trentofthenorth Where was Adam given authority over Eve? All we have is God giv

@Trentofthenorth Where was Adam given authority over Eve? All we have is God giving them both authority to rule. https://t.co/p67eoX1s2f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Skyblitz741776 Authority cannot be assumed, but has to be given by God. God gav

@Skyblitz741776 Authority cannot be assumed, but has to be given by God. God gave both of the. Authority to rule but nowhere did he give Adam the authority over Eve. https://t.co/2VsL60BkUd

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the Baptist). God gave both Adam and Eve authority to rule by command (see imperatives in Ge 1:28). Where then did God give

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@IiiPaulus Both were given vice regency. Never was Adam given authority over Eve

@IiiPaulus Both were given vice regency. Never was Adam given authority over Eve. She was created from him, not from the ground. https://t.co/xMgDDggyJD

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@lawson_speaks According to John the Baptist, authority must be given by God. W

@lawson_speaks According to John the Baptist, authority must be given by God. Where does God give Adam authority over Eve? https://t.co/KUObR40juq

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do c

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do complementarians explain that? Read Ge 3:22-24.

Ge 3:22-24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that t

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that this was a prophecy about how the fall would impact their relationship. God never commanded Adam to rule over Eve, but co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@CherylSchatz Just Eve. Adam blamed her and he is the authority so she was kicke

@CherylSchatz Just Eve. Adam blamed her and he is the authority so she was kicked out.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree that Paul includes a reference to Adam and Eve, t...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 God has always had authority⎯what is your point? Where does the Bible say women cannot lead? The reason the serpent chose the woman is because she didn’t have the experience with God that Adam did and so could be d...

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 God has always had authority⎯what is your point? Where does the Bible say women cannot lead? The reason the serpent chose the woman is because she didn’t have the e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Kephale doesn’t mean authority or ruler over. God made Eve from Adam’s flesh and bone: he was her source. Every husband and wife after this are patterned after the first one-flesh couple. The woman isn’t inherently ...

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Kephale doesn’t mean authority or ruler over. God made Eve from Adam’s flesh and bone: he was her source. Every husband and wife after this are patterned after the fi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I’m not sure how any of that proves I’m wrong. 1. Agreed that God is our authority. 2. Agreed that Eve was deceived first. 3. Agreed that Satan chose her first. 4. Nowhere does the text say she convinced Adam, only t...

@JamMom89 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I’m not sure how any of that proves I’m wrong. 1. Agreed that God is our authority. 2. Agreed that Eve was deceived first. 3. Agreed that Satan chose her first. 4. No

1Co11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen You don’t know what you are talking about re: 1Co 11:3. It’s not about hierarchy or authority but source or origin relationships. Adam is the source of Eve as she was created from his flesh and bone but all...

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen You don’t know what you are talking about re: 1Co 11:3. It’s not about hierarchy or authority but source or origin relationships. Adam is the source of Eve

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Ge 2:18 speaks of a helper comparable to him. God is also said to be our helper and that does not mean we are in authority over Him. Ge 3:16 isn’t an imperative and is spoken to Eve (not Adam). It is about...

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Ge 2:18 speaks of a helper comparable to him. God is also said to be our helper and that does not mean we are in authority over Him. Ge 3:16 isn’t an imper

Ge 2:18 Ge 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Again, you may be flippant about using the plural and the singular, but Paul seems to be intentional in the flow of this text, starting from all people, men, women, a woman, a man, Adam, Eve, t...

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Again, you may be flippant about using the plural and the singular, but Paul seems to be intentional in the flow of this text, starting from al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-01

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii And many other effects of sin that were not mentio

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii And many other effects of sin that were not mentioned by God in Ge 3. I think Ge 3:15-18 had particular application to Adam and Eve. The Pro 31:13,16 are pretty clear th

Ge 3:15-18 Pro 31:13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Adam is the head of Eve, but not in the sense of h

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Adam is the head of Eve, but not in the sense of her authority or ruler (at least pre-fall). He is the source of Eve as she was taken from his flesh and bone.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii You are correct that 'a woman' and 'Eve' are both anarthrous. I don't agree that the anaphoric use makes best sense referring back to Eve. Paul is using Adam and Eve prototypically which is why 'the woman' looks like Eve...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii You are correct that 'a woman' and 'Eve' are both anarthrous. I don't agree that the anaphoric use makes best sense referring back to Eve. Paul is using Adam and Eve prot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over Eve? How then does creation justify such a stateme...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-20

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What authority was Eve taking over Adam? What does

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What authority was Eve taking over Adam? What does her being deceived and him not being deceived have to do with her having authority or power? How is abuse of power or a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul sees a situation that is not unlike that of the garden of Eden⎯the wife is deceived and attempting to lead Adam into the same sin; the husband (Adam) is not deceived but silent, not correcting or protecting her give...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul sees a situation that is not unlike that of the garden of Eden⎯the wife is deceived and attempting to lead Adam into the same sin; the husband (Adam) is not deceived

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