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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@_nomadic_soul @danitreweek Well, today it could be applied to anyone in the highest position of any organization…think headmaster of a school (older term). Generally it would be used to indicate someone of highest rank in authority (in our typical u...

@_nomadic_soul @danitreweek Well, today it could be applied to anyone in the highest position of any organization…think headmaster of a school (older term). Generally it would be used to indicate some

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source, perhaps prominent or even first mover. I of cou...

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@StothersRyan I didn’t say “not spiritual”— the meme was a last->first, first->last reminder. Most guys think that God’s requirement is that they be in authority over their wives. My meme is simply warning these to be careful lest they place t...

@StothersRyan I didn’t say “not spiritual”— the meme was a last->first, first->last reminder. Most guys think that God’s requirement is that they be in authority over their wives. My meme is si

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@StothersRyan Well let’s explore this a bit maybe. What authority does your past

@StothersRyan Well let’s explore this a bit maybe. What authority does your pastor have over you? Can you give me some examples?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is divided into two complementary halves. That’s all....

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck On the contrary, Mary’s instruction to the servants doesn’t read like ‘relenting.’ It actually shows her confidence that Jesus will do as she requested. If she has the authority or responsibility in the wedding to tell the servants what ...

@WellRedneck On the contrary, Mary’s instruction to the servants doesn’t read like ‘relenting.’ It actually shows her confidence that Jesus will do as she requested. If she has the authority or respon

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck A quick response to your last statement, “…the man is the head”— I agree that the husband is the head of his wife. I just don’t believe this has anything to do with being the authority or boss or trump card holder. Now for your response...

@WellRedneck A quick response to your last statement, “…the man is the head”— I agree that the husband is the head of his wife. I just don’t believe this has anything to do with being the authority or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck Thanks for sharing some examples. However, I’d argue that your definition of submission (ie. always deferring even when you think the other person is wrong) creates serious problems. Blind deference is exactly what has allowed corrupt g...

@WellRedneck Thanks for sharing some examples. However, I’d argue that your definition of submission (ie. always deferring even when you think the other person is wrong) creates serious problems. Bli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about authority between a husband and his wife, the authority ...

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about author

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@ryancduff I know. Yet here’s the catch: they think that head means the authorit

@ryancduff I know. Yet here’s the catch: they think that head means the authority over, the boss of, the one that makes all the decisions. Yet ‘head’ is only used in the context of marriage and never

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 Well, when they all parrot each other and miss the context behind

@McMuffin11111 Well, when they all parrot each other and miss the context behind Paul’s statements and erroneously believe head means authority over, then yeah, they all get it wrong. Did you believe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@Bat_Scholar_ @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Seriously? Are you trying to construct a

@Bat_Scholar_ @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Seriously? Are you trying to construct a straw man? Children in general are not qualified to lead, though Timothy was young and Paul had to instruct him to not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Spurgeon, Gill and Fuller interpret head to mean authority but Paul isn’t using it that way. They view the church as a hierarchy of authority which is absolutely not what Jesus’ instructed. Yeah, ...

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Spurgeon, Gill and Fuller interpret head to mean authority but Paul isn’t using it that way. They view the church as a hierarchy of authority which

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@CULTVR3 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Actually, it is this very same reasoning that Paul uses later in 1Co 11:10⎯ “A woman should have authority over her own head because of the angels.” Paul is arguing that since she will judge angels then surely she h...

@CULTVR3 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Actually, it is this very same reasoning that Paul uses later in 1Co 11:10⎯ “A woman should have authority over her own head because of the angels.” Paul is arguing

1Co 11:10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach What created order are you referring

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach What created order are you referring to? Where does scripture tell us women “aren’t meant for leadership”? Men also have other responsibilities…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@bbwoofield @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach I’m arguing that no one has authority over

@bbwoofield @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach I’m arguing that no one has authority over others. Even in 1Co 7, when a husband and wife’s authority over each other is actually mentioned, it is 100% mutual.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Why do you think it is a disaster? Is it because of the false teaching or is it because they are females? If men would treat women as worth teaching how to lead and not prevent them from leading in conservat...

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Why do you think it is a disaster? Is it because of the false teaching or is it because they are females? If men would treat women as worth teaching how to l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Not so. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Also, where is authentein used positively of...

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Not so. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to any

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Jesus chose 12 male Jews as the 12 representatives of the tribes of Jacob. This wasn't about deciding who was allowed to be a leader in the church else only Jews can be leaders and I'm sure you d...

@McMuffin11111 @SearlJk47427 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Jesus chose 12 male Jews as the 12 representatives of the tribes of Jacob. This wasn't about deciding who was allowed to be a leader in the churc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@YesThatCollin @jaaonpe @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach I agree that God did not make the wife the head. But head in scripture does not mean the authority over or boss of someone. Also, isn't it curious to you that no one except a husband is called a head...

@YesThatCollin @jaaonpe @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach I agree that God did not make the wife the head. But head in scripture does not mean the authority over or boss of someone. Also, isn't it curious to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach How did I take 1Ti 2:12 out of context? 1Co 11:3 has nothing to do with authority but is all about origins. In Sarah’s day, calling someone ‘lord’ was like using the term ‘sir,’ a term of respect. If leader...

@McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach How did I take 1Ti 2:12 out of context? 1Co 11:3 has nothing to do with authority but is all about origins. In Sarah’s day, calling someone ‘lord’ was like u

1Co 11:3 1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose What? I don’t think you know what you ar

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose What? I don’t think you know what you are talking about. Head doesn’t mean authority over or boss of someone. No one except husbands and Christ are called head.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose You sound like you are making things up.

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose You sound like you are making things up. BTW, if ‘head’ (kephale) means authority over, why is it never used of an apostle, prophet, elder, bishop, or any chu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@HisWordForever I have seen church leaders believe that they cannot fail to be right because they were all in unity and because they prayed. Yet they were wrong. That’s the message you are communicating here that praying and being in agreement mean ...

@HisWordForever I have seen church leaders believe that they cannot fail to be right because they were all in unity and because they prayed. Yet they were wrong. That’s the message you are communicat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@rbbowman7 No, presuming the husband always knows more than the wife or is the o

@rbbowman7 No, presuming the husband always knows more than the wife or is the only one who can teach the wife is not what Paul is promoting. Otherwise she might as well stay home. Head does not mean

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-06

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Why do you say ‘men’ only? The Bible does not stress that women cover up. 1Co 11:10 says that a wife should have authority over her own head to decide whether to cover or not. Wives should be in submission to...

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose Why do you say ‘men’ only? The Bible does not stress that women cover up. 1Co 11:10 says that a wife should have authority over her own head to decide whether

1Co 11:10 Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA That’s actually a great question. It is tricky to resolve as we are again creatures of habit and have become lazy and dependent on hired preachers and leaders. It may have to go through a reset t...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA That’s actually a great question. It is tricky to resolve as we are again creatures of habit and have become lazy and dependent on hired preacher

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership roles, gender and authority. Many feel like hiera...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Here’s the thing—kephale or head is still in play but it’s not about authority or control being in the hands of the so-called head. Rather, head is being used by Paul to refer to source or origin...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Here’s the thing—kephale or head is still in play but it’s not about authority or control being in the hands of the so-called head. Rather, head

1Cor 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Well, it shows that 1Tim 2:12 doesn’t mean what most presume it means. If it’s not stopping women from teaching truth to anyone but has to do with a deceived teacher teaching heresy, and Jesus al...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Well, it shows that 1Tim 2:12 doesn’t mean what most presume it means. If it’s not stopping women from teaching truth to anyone but has to do wit

1Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA “On the basis of the studies of George Knight (1984) and Leland Wilshire (1988) in NTS, the 2000 edition of BDAG eliminated ‘domineer over’ as a meaning of the Greek word αὐθεντέω and substituted...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA “On the basis of the studies of George Knight (1984) and Leland Wilshire (1988) in NTS, the 2000 edition of BDAG eliminated ‘domineer over’ as a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA You may also wish to consider Belleville’s excellent work on authentein leaning towards my interpretation. The forbidden fruit brought death. This wasn’t about usurping male authority as Paul doe...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA You may also wish to consider Belleville’s excellent work on authentein leaning towards my interpretation. The forbidden fruit brought death. Thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Paul is known for his creative use of Greek. BDAG doesn’t take that into consideration here. But if this means authority, it is not used elsewhere in scripture positively. And Jesus explicitly te...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Paul is known for his creative use of Greek. BDAG doesn’t take that into consideration here. But if this means authority, it is not used elsewher

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, wives should be subject to their husbands. And husbands should also be to their wives (Eph 5:21). Being the head doesn’t mean being the boss of or authority over someone. If it means this, why is it o...

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, wives should be subject to their husbands. And husbands should also be to their wives (Eph 5:21). Being the head doesn’t mean being the boss of or aut

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-23

@YoungOneJosh1 @RealerBrogan @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem 3. 1Ti 2:12 - ‘a woman is not to teach or have authority over a man’ - 2:11-12 is in the singular, contrasting with 2:9-10 showing Paul is now dealing with a specific situation where he doesn...

@YoungOneJosh1 @RealerBrogan @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem 3. 1Ti 2:12 - ‘a woman is not to teach or have authority over a man’ - 2:11-12 is in the singular, contrasting with 2:9-10 showing Paul is no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-23

@RealerBrogan @YoungOneJosh1 @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem Maybe this is for another time, but I’d be curious what this real authority is that you have over your wife? Mike Winger says he decides by consensus. So he claims to have authority but never...

@RealerBrogan @YoungOneJosh1 @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem Maybe this is for another time, but I’d be curious what this real authority is that you have over your wife? Mike Winger says he decides by c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley That’s an interesting bit of information which may bias your examination of this issue! I agree with your concerns. And while you see a connection, I’m egalitarian and I’m telling you that these issues are not connecte...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley That’s an interesting bit of information which may bias your examination of this issue! I agree with your concerns. And while you see a connection, I’m egalitarian and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley While there are things Andy says that I disagree w

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley While there are things Andy says that I disagree with, this isn’t one of them. What he is suggesting is multiply attested and also attested by Jesus’ own life and actions

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@refiners_forge @wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley @mattbpeine @MikeWingerii However,

@refiners_forge @wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley @mattbpeine @MikeWingerii However, he can’t seem to see past the idea of authority and hierarchy in relationships. He simply keeps assuming it when it isn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@susannemaynes Thanks, Susanne. The whole trick is that Biblical submission is about hierarchy and authority. By mixing worldly ideas in with mutual submission and completely overlooking Jesus’ clear example of submitting by laying His life down as a...

@susannemaynes Thanks, Susanne. The whole trick is that Biblical submission is about hierarchy and authority. By mixing worldly ideas in with mutual submission and completely overlooking Jesus’ clear

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@pjgurry Your argument is not even needed for your view because submit is elsewh

@pjgurry Your argument is not even needed for your view because submit is elsewhere explicitly use of wives to their husbands. But does it mean hierarchy and authority? That is the question. https://

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to another thread involving Andy Stanley, Mike Winge...

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

If submitting oneself to each other has nothing to do with authority, then why do people recoil at the idea that Jesus submits Himself to the church? It all comes does to the word “head” (kephale). Ever wonder why “head” is never used to describe a...

If submitting oneself to each other has nothing to do with authority, then why do people recoil at the idea that Jesus submits Himself to the church? It all comes does to the word “head” (kephale).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

If you want Biblical hierarchy, then that means each of you are to put yourself

If you want Biblical hierarchy, then that means each of you are to put yourself under others not over them. Mutual submission is the explicit teaching of Jesus! We are not to “exercise authority” ove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submis

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submission by definition means laying aside one’s own interests for the sake of the other. That’s what ALL Christians are ca

Php 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. If subjection is reciprocal—as is clearly stated in Eph 5:21—then subjection has nothing to do with authority. Assuming this is about hierarchy is a category mist...

ἀλλήλων “each other” in Eph 5:21 is *reciprocal* so it cannot mean one way obedience. If subjection is reciprocal—as is clearly stated in Eph 5:21—then subjection has nothing to do with authority. A

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-20

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Historical knowledge? Are you assuming they have some kind of authority that transcends the Biblical accounts? Do these historians recognize the existence of a global flood which in itself changes how long it would take to ...

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Historical knowledge? Are you assuming they have some kind of authority that transcends the Biblical accounts? Do these historians recognize the existence of a global flood

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-20

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Doesn’t your statement assume you have God’s perspecti

@tom_huguenard @aigkenham Doesn’t your statement assume you have God’s perspective on religious authority? 🤔 He’s not claiming unique access to divine truth.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Your entire premise is predicated on an unbiblical vi

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Your entire premise is predicated on an unbiblical view of authority. If you correct that problem, the rest will make sense for you.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam a

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam and Eve as connected to why Adam was not deceived and Eve was. There is no hierarchy of authority present in Gen 2.

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