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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@JoshuaTCharles @mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon It means faithful if married, a good

@JoshuaTCharles @mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon It means faithful if married, a good manager if one has children. How you get that celibacy is required from 1 Tim 3 I don’t understand.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@prayforryan @JaydaBF Would you be ok if a man taught that to the children? Tea

@prayforryan @JaydaBF Would you be ok if a man taught that to the children? Teaching heresy is not gender specific. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no o...

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children

1 Timothy 5:14 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was as he is—single (1 Cor 7:7)! Paul is most definit...

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was

1 Cor 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “one woman man” means faithful to one’s spouse…unless you think an overseer must be married with children which the apost

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear I’m ok with “better suited.” However, I’m thinking you are wanting this to go somewhere I don’t agree with. My wife and I shared the responsibility for raising our children. She worked evenings and sometimes week...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear I’m ok with “better suited.” However, I’m thinking you are wanting this to go somewhere I don’t agree with. My wife and I shared the responsibility for raising our

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@JayMazo5 @KaeleyT @pauldirks @CatholicABear Yes, it is about gifting and desire

@JayMazo5 @KaeleyT @pauldirks @CatholicABear Yes, it is about gifting and desire which are compatible with responsibility and the calling of the mother to her children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-30

@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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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@revjeffvox @cowling175 @CTVNews I’m muted by Jeff, but for what it’s worth… If

@revjeffvox @cowling175 @CTVNews I’m muted by Jeff, but for what it’s worth… If we are pro life then adopting unwanted children is reasonable. This is something the early first century church was kn

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@Rach4Patriarchy @ABDada Well, every Christian is called to be subservient ("Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" Eph 5:21 NIV). And keeping home and raising children is a commendable job. I think we forget that you can do a business ...

@Rach4Patriarchy @ABDada Well, every Christian is called to be subservient ("Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" Eph 5:21 NIV). And keeping home and raising children is a commendable j

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@DST_QA When a woman is treated like property, a means to obtaining children or as a slave to keep things in order for the husband, she doesn’t submit to him fully like to Christ. We are all called to submit one to another out of fear of Christ. Ep...

@DST_QA When a woman is treated like property, a means to obtaining children or as a slave to keep things in order for the husband, she doesn’t submit to him fully like to Christ. We are all called t

Eph 5:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain under the judgment of the elders when doing so and ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why do men interpret 1 Tim 3 that a pastor can be single and without children? Is that the plain meaning?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a higher standard. But he is not meaning that women als...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a high

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 The problem is that you assume the office is limited to men. But just as it is not limited to married men with children, it is also not limited to men. If you say husband must mean it's a man, then it must also mean he ...

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 The problem is that you assume the office is limited to men. But just as it is not limited to married men with children, it is also not limited to men. If you say husban

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely you agree that women are also gifted to teach. So you must think they can teach children and other women? What makes men so un...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely you agree that women are also gifted to teach. So you must think they can tea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Paul nowhere says that Phoebe is an exception, so we have to consider whether our understanding of what Paul was intending in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 is correct. Further, it's not just Phoebe we have to consider, but even mo...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Paul nowhere says that Phoebe is an exception, so we have to consider whether our understanding of what Paul was intending in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 is correct. Further, it'

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Is it a sin for a woman to pastor (shepherd) other women? Where is this sin listed in any list of sins? Regardless of the title, if she is able to shepherd her children and she can shepherd other women, why is...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Is it a sin for a woman to pastor (shepherd) other women? Where is this sin listed in any list of sins? Regardless of the title, if she is able to shepherd her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Parents are responsible for children. Onc

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Parents are responsible for children. Once they grow up, they are responsible for themselves.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek The English translations insert male pronouns likely because of the phrase "one wife husband" but the passage is not intending to say an elder must not be a woman or must not be single or must have children. Ta...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek The English translations insert male pronouns likely because of the phrase "one wife husband" but the passage is not intending to say an elder must not be a woma

1 Tim 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Can Paul who appoints elders not meet the

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Can Paul who appoints elders not meet the same standard? He is single and doesn't have children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek “One wife husband” is written in the male form and the default would be to follow the male form but it doesn’t require “must be male” or “must not be female” just like elders are not required to be married and h...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek “One wife husband” is written in the male form and the default would be to follow the male form but it doesn’t require “must be male” or “must not be female” jus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek This is implied. If the person is a man and is married, he must be faithful to his spouse. If married and having kids then must have the kids under control. This does not imply that a person cannot be an elder ...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek This is implied. If the person is a man and is married, he must be faithful to his spouse. If married and having kids then must have the kids under control. Thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@BogdanOancea77 The point is that all women must be silent in the church. It doesn't say "men, women and children" because it applies only to all women. The reason that makes sense of all the evidence, as I suggest in later slides, is that a woman'...

@BogdanOancea77 The point is that all women must be silent in the church. It doesn't say "men, women and children" because it applies only to all women. The reason that makes sense of all the eviden

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women preaching 2. No women singing 3. No women teaching children or adults 4. No women doing anything that requires vocaliza

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@ianfranklin @MikeWingerii Parents have authority over their children, but not a

@ianfranklin @MikeWingerii Parents have authority over their children, but not after they become adults. Why would a wife be viewed as an eternal child? Makes no sense.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-24

@GCRiffey @DennyBurk I see. So women can teach but men (and their older male ch

@GCRiffey @DennyBurk I see. So women can teach but men (and their older male children) cannot be in their presence when doing so? Women can counsel but God thinks men shouldn’t learn from women? Al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin “After 2000 years of study”⎯ you realize that

@RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin “After 2000 years of study”⎯ you realize that the Jewish leaders had many years of study and they completely missed the Messiah? Paul didn’t have a wife or children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-19

@MikeWingerii I’m afraid I don’t understand. You mean when I do dishes or chang

@MikeWingerii I’m afraid I don’t understand. You mean when I do dishes or change diapers or teach children that I lose my manliness? And if my daughter changes the tires and oil on the car or mows t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a woman" would be as clear as it can be. Do you have u...

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who manages his house” and “keeps his children under cont...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who man

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder doesn’t have to have children even though that is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Yes Jesus made His preferences known and yes He spoke through Paul. Jesus said His church is a kingdom of priests, that men, women and children would prophesy. That the dividing wall between ...

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Yes Jesus made His preferences known and yes He spoke through Paul. Jesus said His church is a kingdom of priests, that men, women and childre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-10

@meganjanehaney @HwsEleutheroi According to Ephesians 5:21, we are all supposed

@meganjanehaney @HwsEleutheroi According to Ephesians 5:21, we are all supposed to submit to one another…pastors to congregants, women to men, men to women, children to parents, parents to children.

Ephesians 5:21 debate
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