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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "Garments were often given as presents. It was a special mark of honor to receive one that had been used by the giver, and kings sometimes showed their munificence by presenting them. (See Genesis 45:22 Changes of Raiment; 1 Sam...

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "Garments were often given as presents. It was a special mark of honor to receive one that had been used by the giver, and kings sometimes showed their munificence by presenting

Genesis 45:22 1 Samuel 18:4 Esther 6:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Paul’s focus in 1Ti 3:2 is on character, developed by anyone regardless of immut

Paul’s focus in 1Ti 3:2 is on character, developed by anyone regardless of immutable characteristics⎯leaders being faithful and above reproach. The cultural idiom "a one-woman man" reflects this. It’s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife There is no such thing as vicarious salvation! Salvation is only by individual faith. Are you a Calvinist by chance? Perhaps you believe this meant God predestined his household, but then that woul...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife There is no such thing as vicarious salvation! Salvation is only by individual faith. Are you a Calvinist by chance? Perhaps you believe this meant

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry For someone like you who is confused as to what is sin and what i

@MaineMinistry For someone like you who is confused as to what is sin and what is not sin—and yes, you are confused—you may have to find another church. Because you believe it is a sin, you are probab

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception. We see in Ge 2 that God creates a garden (incl....

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace He didn’t have to say why—we have the text of Gen 1-3 and can review it to understand it. Paul simply connects time sequence in the creation order to deception

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@ymmotrojam @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge On the other hand, with Song of Solomon 7:10, you have the idea of desire between the husband and wife drawing them together. This fits well as we see in Ge 3 that Adam alone is kicked out of the garden, bu...

@ymmotrojam @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge On the other hand, with Song of Solomon 7:10, you have the idea of desire between the husband and wife drawing them together. This fits well as we see in Ge

So 7:10 Solomon 7:10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-18

@dalepartridge Nature teaches you that hair on your arms only grows to a specifi

@dalepartridge Nature teaches you that hair on your arms only grows to a specific length then stops but head hair does not stop—either on males or females. If you don’t cut hair on young children they

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-08

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 reg

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 regardless of his membership status with a local church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-21

@garlicmofongo @MikeWingerii @FlipperTGibbit Nice to see that Mike responded to this already. Thanks for the link. So to summarize, Mike’s first response is similar to my current view, but his appended response is that the husband is being unfaithfu...

@garlicmofongo @MikeWingerii @FlipperTGibbit Nice to see that Mike responded to this already. Thanks for the link. So to summarize, Mike’s first response is similar to my current view, but his append

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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

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii This is not about the fact that both men and women c

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii This is not about the fact that both men and women can be wrong, but what specifically happened in the garden of Eden so that we can understand the scriptures that referenc

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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 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Regarding capitalism…private property, free markets driven by supply and demand, profit and limited government intervention seem to me to be Biblical principles. The Bible also encourages the rich to be generous and ens...

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Regarding capitalism…private property, free markets driven by supply and demand, profit and limited government intervention seem to me to be Biblical principles. The Bib

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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 2024-09-20

@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

@strykerdawn Actually, it does. I’m attaching a few resources as well as something from “The Expository Dictionary of Bible Words” below. The guards on the wall of a city were called to keep watch over the safety of the city. Guard In each case it ...

@strykerdawn Actually, it does. I’m attaching a few resources as well as something from “The Expository Dictionary of Bible Words” below. The guards on the wall of a city were called to keep watch ov

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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

@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 2024-09-16

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia How is she showing disregard or contempt

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia How is she showing disregard or contempt for scripture?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-01

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I didn’t tell you the whole story, I just wanted t

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I didn’t tell you the whole story, I just wanted to know if you thought I was supposed to blindly obey leaders simply because they are leaders regardless if they are righ

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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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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, and Paul uses Adam and Eve and the deception in the ...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not with the reason being the time sequence of creation...

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@garlicmofongo That’s a pretty good take on this. I don’t agree with this interp

@garlicmofongo That’s a pretty good take on this. I don’t agree with this interpretation of Genesis, but given where he starts, I think he did well.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

Patriarchalist @ZacharyGarris in “Masculine Christianity” refutes @MikeWingerii on his judging prophecy interpretation of 1Co 14:34-35. The reasons Garris gives are some good reasons to reject Winger’s interpretation. I take the quotation refutation ...

Patriarchalist @ZacharyGarris in “Masculine Christianity” refutes @MikeWingerii on his judging prophecy interpretation of 1Co 14:34-35. The reasons Garris gives are some good reasons to reject Winger’

1Co 14:34-35 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@peace_got @MikeWingerii Regardless of what you’ve seen or not, I do talk about other things. Most of the other things don’t get boosted by X so unless you are specifically looking, you are unlikely to see. One of the reasons I came on Twitter/X was...

@peace_got @MikeWingerii Regardless of what you’ve seen or not, I do talk about other things. Most of the other things don’t get boosted by X so unless you are specifically looking, you are unlikely t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'s in the entirety of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 ar...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Yes, and I spent time explaining "one wife husband" and how it is an idiom. Gary, I don't know where you were trained or what Greek you took, but the "he"'

Titus 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Hi Gary. I'm not sure why you highlighted 1Ti 3:1. It uses the pronoun τις (tis) which means anyone or someone, not "any man" (like the NASB translates) or "a man" (as the NKJV translates). As for μιᾶς γυν...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale Hi Gary. I'm not sure why you highlighted 1Ti 3:1. It uses the pronoun τις (tis) which means anyone or someone, not "any man" (like the NASB translates) or

1Ti 3:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@MikeWingerii And I wish you would reconsider your call to egalitarians to repen

@MikeWingerii And I wish you would reconsider your call to egalitarians to repent, tolerating those who disagree on secondary matters like you do regarding Calvinism or eschatology. https://t.co/Q6qHK

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn Not if you are egalitarian

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn Not if you are egalitarian because of scripture instead of by ignoring it. https://t.co/a36YWtiaIj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn It’s not that you are correct that the one who is both more capable and available and able should protect when the thieves arrive that one or two times in your life. But it doesn’t mean that shod ...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn It’s not that you are correct that the one who is both more capable and available and able should protect when the thieves arrive that one or two

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be avoiding it because it follows from his beliefs. Ma...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarchal and we shouldn’t force them to be otherwise. Bu...

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarcha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when?

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when? When does teaching her male children become sinful? 12? 18? 19?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Thanks for sharing this. My search didn't find that Morris was Egalitarian in the full sense of that term. It seems he was open-minded regarding women in ministry and for their...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Thanks for sharing this. My search didn't find that Morris was Egalitarian in the full sense of that term. It seems he was ope

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals If Paul’s statements are general in 1Ti 2:11-12 for all women, then it should apply regardless if there is an Artemis cult or not—for all the churches. Why make a specific statement for “a woman”...

@Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals If Paul’s statements are general in 1Ti 2:11-12 for all women, then it should apply regardless if there is an Artemis cult or not—for all the chu

1Ti 2:11-12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@GarrettBWood We are not talking about the characteristics of motherhood or fath

@GarrettBWood We are not talking about the characteristics of motherhood or fatherhood but the idea that the wife submits to the husband and is not free to lead or shepherd even if God gifts her with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I take Paul’s words as fu

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I take Paul’s words as fully inspired, so my “opinion” isn’t to disregard Paul. Yes, God is not the author of confusion. The confusion comes fro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@GarrettBWood You don’t get it, do you? Patriarchalists were just going with the

@GarrettBWood You don’t get it, do you? Patriarchalists were just going with the flow of the culture. Even other religions and atheists. Patriarchalists’ claim to be counter cultural wasn’t true for m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Paul didn’t write that American women were more easily deceived. He wrote that because of the time sequence between the first man and the first woman Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Why? Because Adam witnessed G...

@BahBahBased @zie95776 @MikeWingerii Paul didn’t write that American women were more easily deceived. He wrote that because of the time sequence between the first man and the first woman Adam wasn’t d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@PhilGarber5 @MikeWingerii I watched Mike’s 43 hours of women in ministry videos

@PhilGarber5 @MikeWingerii I watched Mike’s 43 hours of women in ministry videos. I reached out to interact with him and I regularly seek to interact with those I’m disagreeing with. I don’t see that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@JDT030820 @ReformedCaio @Brian_Sauve @HwsEleutheroi @ZacharyGarris @MikeWingeri

@JDT030820 @ReformedCaio @Brian_Sauve @HwsEleutheroi @ZacharyGarris @MikeWingerii I never demanded a response from Brian. Mike Winger called me to repent for sharing my egalitarian views, so I called

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived to think that the fruit of a tree made from the sa...

@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@slow_down_Jess @ToweringHills @DelaKram75 Hi Gary. Why the face palming? This i

@slow_down_Jess @ToweringHills @DelaKram75 Hi Gary. Why the face palming? This is a very reasonable inference from the details complementarians overlook in Gen 2.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@Dayagent47 One thing to add here is that I think there are in fact whole church

@Dayagent47 One thing to add here is that I think there are in fact whole churches and denominations who believe that the Bible clearly forbids women and they disregard it, even saying Paul didn’t wri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots, a more diverse set of skills and strengths among...

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (per

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (personal instruction to Timothy about dealing with false teachers), change its grammar to plural and then make a rule based

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL Fundamentally it’s the context that determines meaning; the range of meaning or past usage merely informs how Paul might have been using the word. So regardless, you have to go to the text in context as the final arbiter as ...

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL Fundamentally it’s the context that determines meaning; the range of meaning or past usage merely informs how Paul might have been using the word. So regardless, you have to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-27

🧵 “This is a issue of Biblical obedience, not just a question of Biblical interp

🧵 “This is a issue of Biblical obedience, not just a question of Biblical interpretation” [6:27] @albertmohler is right that disregarding what you believe is the clear teaching of scripture is likely

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