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@itbemeAllie @douglaswils Wait…what? I believe that all in the body mutually sub

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils Wait…what? I believe that all in the body mutually submit to each other. How is that feminist again? And why is a disagreement over secondary doctrines meaning the one whom

@IagreeNdisagree @crusadepepe Yes!! Some prefer mutualism rather than egalitaria

@IagreeNdisagree @crusadepepe Yes!! Some prefer mutualism rather than egalitarianism for that very reason. Just don’t forget that while Paul and Peter are correcting an imbalance the idea of both sub

RT @iheartJ37: @harmonizedgrace @ryanschatz Paul deliberately chose hypotassō (c

RT @iheartJ37: @harmonizedgrace @ryanschatz Paul deliberately chose hypotassō (commonly translated as “submission”) to describe the relatio…

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is reciprocal so it

Submission is reciprocal. ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. And head doesn’t mean authority. https://t.co/0keul4eGhj

Eph 5:21 general

@douglaswils Submission is mutual as ἀλλήλων in Eph 5:21 is reciprocal. This m

@douglaswils Submission is mutual as ἀλλήλων in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal*. This means the hierarchical assumption of military ranking is foreign to this context. How do you obey reciprocally?

@harmonizedgrace Complementarians are not saying their wives are to obey them? C

@harmonizedgrace Complementarians are not saying their wives are to obey them? Can you introduce me to these new conplementarians? I’d love to meet them!

@IagreeNdisagree @crusadepepe Where is the wive commanded to “obey” her husband?

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Really? Tell me which part of Ge 1:28 says that one is

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Really? Tell me which part of Ge 1:28 says that one is supposed to rule and the other to submit?

Ge 1:28 debate

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck The Bible doesn’t treat women as eternal children. Is

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck The Bible doesn’t treat women as eternal children. Is that better? Ge 1:28 calls both to rule and not only one to rule and one to submit.

Ge 1:28 debate

@GraceIsMyAnchor @TomBuck The wife is never said to obey her husband. This treat

@GraceIsMyAnchor @TomBuck The wife is never said to obey her husband. This treatment of women as eternal children is so unfortunate. Time to expose the way they’ve inserted the foreign concept of male

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exclude the husband’s need to subject himself also in...

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exc

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck Where does scripture tell wives to obey their husbands

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck Where does scripture tell wives to obey their husbands?

@timesux @c_lawson68748 @yahtsidkenu33ad @Eric_Conn Those who adhere to mutual s

@timesux @c_lawson68748 @yahtsidkenu33ad @Eric_Conn Those who adhere to mutual submission are simply following the example of the early church. Why do you call that feminism?

Actually, the fruit of egalitarianism is mutual submission. It is a healthy unif

Actually, the fruit of egalitarianism is mutual submission. It is a healthy unified church. https://t.co/PjgQg6Dthj

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t tell wives to obey their husbands in everyt

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t tell wives to *obey* their husbands in everything. What verse are you quoting?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@equipping_faith @Eric_Conn I don't understand where you are getting some submitting to others. ἀλλήλοις is a dative reciprocal pronoun meaning "one another" or "each other." This is clearly a mutual or reciprocal action. It cannot mean a one-sided ...

@equipping_faith @Eric_Conn I don't understand where you are getting some submitting to others. ἀλλήλοις is a dative reciprocal pronoun meaning "one another" or "each other." This is clearly a mutual

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husban

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husband’s call to submit to all including his wife as stated in Eph 5:21⎯ “And subject yourselves *to one another* in the fea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-29

@KarenCicco @ymmotrojam @IkeLifeLike @_DHDS @_jonbowlin @chris_jolliff The HS’s work is increased in the church age (ie poured out) but to say that He wasn’t required to regenerate hearts to obey God in the OT is without justification. David said “do...

@KarenCicco @ymmotrojam @IkeLifeLike @_DHDS @_jonbowlin @chris_jolliff The HS’s work is increased in the church age (ie poured out) but to say that He wasn’t required to regenerate hearts to obey God

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ by submitting to another human even if that’s her husband. https://t.co/nl3rEZ8RG9

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in th

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in the fear of Christ. Whatever the following verses are meaning they cannot mean that submission is one way only.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-18

One of the members of my church, TJ, spoke on Eph 5:15-33 today. He did a phenom

One of the members of my church, TJ, spoke on Eph 5:15-33 today. He did a phenomenal job on this tough passage! Formal title: “This is How You Walk In Love” Informal title: “subMission Impossible” (A

Eph 5:15-33 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-28

@BibMasculinity Do women have to submit to God? Wasn’t the woman also created by

@BibMasculinity Do women have to submit to God? Wasn’t the woman also created by God? Last I checked, man didn’t create the woman.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@Whitehorse1255 @MikeWingerii That sounds like mutual submission. 😉

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if accused or persecuted, one’s conduct would be a te...

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if

1Pe 2:13-25 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The teaching is already all there i

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The teaching is already all there in scripture (2Ti 3:26). Helping people understand and obey what has already been given is not the job of males alone (Mt

2Ti 3:26 Mt 28:18-20 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@DMurzea @natgrace79 First, that has to do with personal vengeance. I am not advocating for that. Second, this is not a “game”—why is this a game to you? God has given government the right to administer justice. Do you disagree with this? “Submit ...

@DMurzea @natgrace79 First, that has to do with personal vengeance. I am not advocating for that. Second, this is not a “game”—why is this a game to you? God has given government the right to admini

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@AboutLungCancer @masonmennenga Further, I want to clarify that it is not possible to obey the law to become right before God! You have to acknowledge that you have failed, repent and then ask God for forgiveness. Then put your trust in Him, read you...

@AboutLungCancer @masonmennenga Further, I want to clarify that it is not possible to obey the law to become right before God! You have to acknowledge that you have failed, repent and then ask God for

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the best interests of their wife. I don’t see husban...

@subq We both agree that wives are to submit to their husbands; I believe husbands also to submit to their wives, to stand under them and set aside their own rights or preferences to do what is in the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@Vestwitt Sounds like mutual submission to me!

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-29

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has caree

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has career goals but wanted children. We’ve got 3 and she works full time. She was off while they were young and then we tag team

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants the wives to see their submission to mimick that o...

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women be

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel It doesn’t have to say for men to submit to women because it applies to all. Of course not in the way that husbands and wives submit to each other (for the equal authority

1Co 7:4 debate

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale doesn’t mean he has authority over his wife. In fact...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel The text doesn’t have to tell husbands to submit to their wives because the general statement is made to all believers. Just because the husband is the kephale do

1Co 7:4 debate

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himsel

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himself to every woman in the church like he does to his wife (or vice versa)! That doesn’t mean that a husband ranks above h

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel I realize that’s the common story. But v22 cannot be saying something that contradicts mutual submission. It’s leveling up how wives are submitting—rather than out of duty like a slave, willingly like to Christ. V23-24 are...

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel I realize that’s the common story. But v22 cannot be saying something that contradicts mutual submission. It’s leveling up how wives are submitting—rather than out of duty

@JamMom89 @QueenBubie01 In that case, Jesus explained to all His disciples—by Hi

@JamMom89 @QueenBubie01 In that case, Jesus explained to all His disciples—by His authority—what they are to do. They are all without distinction to go into all the world making disciples and teaching

Mat 28:18-20 debate

@jontheharris @carol66944 @ronhenzel That’s rediculous. Think about it. Do you b

@jontheharris @carol66944 @ronhenzel That’s rediculous. Think about it. Do you believe you are to lay your life down for your wife as Christ did for His church? Isn’t that the ultimate form of submis

@ronhenzel Eph 5:21 is clear: the subjecting is one to another (in a reciprocal manner) and includes all in the body. Phil 2:3—spoken to all including husbands—is very clear that you are to treat others, including your wife, as more important than y...

@ronhenzel Eph 5:21 is clear: the subjecting is one to another (in a reciprocal manner) and includes all in the body. Phil 2:3—spoken to all including husbands—is very clear that you are to treat oth

Eph 5:21 Phil 2:3 debate

@ronhenzel Paul didn’t need to write this to husbands as he said it to everyone.

@ronhenzel Paul didn’t need to write this to husbands as he said it to everyone. Does Phil 2 not apply to you? How do you treat your wife as *more important* than yourself? Doesn’t this mean to submi

@ronhenzel T Wives submitting does not preclude husbands also submitting (Eph 5

@ronhenzel T Wives submitting does not preclude husbands also submitting (Eph 5:21, Phil 2).

@ronhenzel Yes, true, wives submit. No disagreement there. And now tell me why

@ronhenzel Yes, true, wives submit. No disagreement there. And now tell me why husbands do not also submit? Did you read anywhere that commands husbands *not* to submit? Eph 5:21 and Phil 2.

“A wife submitting to her husband is honouring his role as the loving head of th

“A wife submitting to her husband is honouring his role as the loving head of the family and taking a posture that acknowledges, encourages and follows his leadership in both words and actions as the

“You should submit like Jesus submitted to His head, God the Father in Gethsemen

“You should submit like Jesus submitted to His head, God the Father in Gethsemene.” [23:50] This arrangement has the woman playing the part of “the human” and the husband the part of “God” and is why

[22:55] “In the military, there is this concept of salute the uniform…respect th

[22:55] “In the military, there is this concept of salute the uniform…respect the rank. …But there’s a type of order you are never to submit to, an unlawful order… You might be my head, but Jesus is m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-22

T or F? Submit to each other in the fear of Christ.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I appreciate that your desire is to submit to the scriptures. That is an excellent attitude. But is it possible that you may be misunderstanding God's req's? I agree that gifts should ...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I appreciate that your desire is to submit to the scriptures. That is an excellent attitude. But is it possible that you may be misund

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@SoberEvolutions No I’m not. The world teaches asserting your rights and equal o

@SoberEvolutions No I’m not. The world teaches asserting your rights and equal outcomes. Scripture teaches mutual submission.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-03

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Egalitarians don’t object to wives s

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Egalitarians don’t object to wives submitting. Why is it subversion to say that both submit mutually? Both, not either or.