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@TheMuppetPastor “which just means that wives are to listen to their husbands and not be disrespectful” This doesn’t seem to accurately reflect this text: “But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet...

@TheMuppetPastor “which just means that wives are to listen to their husbands and not be disrespectful” This doesn’t seem to accurately reflect this text: “But I do not allow a woman to teach or to

@DeeGoingsGirl It is the same theology but he seems to really get the serving part. A leader who sees his primary role as serving and others in the body as part of his body isn’t commanding and abusive. He said this: “The Bible has a different co...

@DeeGoingsGirl It is the same theology but he seems to really get the serving part. A leader who sees his primary role as serving and others in the body as part of his body isn’t commanding and abusi

@TheMuppetPastor @Peacemaker811 Wives submit to husbands but so do husbands submit to wives. Your description of vacuuming and getting groceries at her request are just the start. Loving like Jesus loves IS subjecting your will to that of others....

@TheMuppetPastor @Peacemaker811 Wives submit to husbands but so do husbands submit to wives. Your description of vacuuming and getting groceries at her request are just the start. Loving like Jesus

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

1 Pet 3:1-6 is often used to suggest wives should obey their husbands. In the fo

1 Pet 3:1-6 is often used to suggest wives should obey their husbands. In the following, I explain the context of what Peter is getting at in this passage. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

1 Pet 3:1-6 commentary

@EtAbundatGratia No, none of those verses tell wives to "obey" their husbands li

@EtAbundatGratia No, none of those verses tell wives to "obey" their husbands like children obey their parents. To subject yourself to others is something we are all to do to one another in the body

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@pauldirks It depends what you mean by “Lord”—if you are thinking of it as “master,” then no. Neither was Abraham Sarah’s master. After Peter says Sarah called Abraham lord, verse 7 says “you husbands in the same way.” Therefore as Sarah gave ...

@pauldirks It depends what you mean by “Lord”—if you are thinking of it as “master,” then no. Neither was Abraham Sarah’s master. After Peter says Sarah called Abraham lord, verse 7 says “you husban

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@jabberwookie80 @harmonizedgrace Nothing in Eph 5 says "wives obey your husbands." Also...Eph 5:21 says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω, hypotasso] yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So if we are to subject ourselves to each other, then whate...

@jabberwookie80 @harmonizedgrace Nothing in Eph 5 says "wives obey your husbands." Also...Eph 5:21 says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω, hypotasso] yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So if we

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace I don't see any reference to "obey" there. Any passage that says "wives...being subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] to their husbands" has to be taken in light of Eph 5:21 which says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] yourselves...

@BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace I don't see any reference to "obey" there. Any passage that says "wives...being subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] to their husbands" has to be taken in light of Eph 5:21 which

Eph 5:21 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-07

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are also described as “one wife husbands” (1 Tim 3:12), then why can’t they be elders?

1 Tim 3:12 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@jacelala PS> Wives should also love their husbands and follow the example of

@jacelala PS> Wives should also love their husbands and follow the example of Jesus. We should all follow the example of Christ.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-23

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Where does Ephesians 5 refer to God giving hu

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Where does Ephesians 5 refer to God giving husbands "authority" over their wives? I'm not seeing it.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and give their lives like Jesus not husbands not to su...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-16

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I don’t think you understand. I believe we both have the mandate to lay down our lives. All believers are to emulate Jesus, not just husbands. In an egalitarian marriage, both partners are equally valued and respected. In a...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I don’t think you understand. I believe we both have the mandate to lay down our lives. All believers are to emulate Jesus, not just husbands. In an egalitarian marriage, bo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl When Paul says that wives are to submit to th

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl When Paul says that wives are to submit to their husbands he does not mean by this that husbands do not also submit to their wives or else Eph 5:21 would be violated

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution including husbands being the lord over their wives. ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in Eph 5:21 in the fear of Christ—that includes husba...

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam In the context of husbands and wives being in a sort of master-slave relationship, women being treated like property, there was a common issue here that Paul was addressing in his corrective. The wives were ob...

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam In the context of husbands and wives being in a sort of master-slave relationship, women being treated like property, there was a common issue here that Paul wa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam Everyone goes to Eph 5:22 and says that wives must subject themselves to their husbands. But they miss the fact that v22 doesn’t contain the verb, v21 does. My point wasn’t to say that wives are not to subjec...

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam Everyone goes to Eph 5:22 and says that wives must subject themselves to their husbands. But they miss the fact that v22 doesn’t contain the verb, v21 does. M

Eph 5:22 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and pastors to congregants). Women are not restricte...

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and

commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-25

@t_mo_land @jdenehar Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the bfear of Christ." This includes husbands subjecting themselves to their wives and pastors to their congregants. The Biblical call is mutual subjection, so whatever the...

@t_mo_land @jdenehar Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the bfear of Christ." This includes husbands subjecting themselves to their wives and pastors to their congregants. The B

Eph 5:21 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I never said wives shouldn’t submit to their husbands, only that husbands also should submit to their wives (mutual submission): “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.”...

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I never said wives shouldn’t submit to their husbands, only that husbands also should submit to their wives (mutual submission): “and subject you

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize So women can teach ONLY the following: - WHO: younger women who are married - WHAT: to love their husbands and children Anything else (like theology or any other instruction) and to anyone else⎯these must by taught by the husband. Si...

@graceforprize So women can teach ONLY the following: - WHO: younger women who are married - WHAT: to love their husbands and children Anything else (like theology or any other instruction) and to an

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@JayMuratore @MikeWingerii But how do you know what her desire is from that? Perhaps what God is saying is that despite her mistreatment, she will still desire her husband. This is played out time and time again with abusive husbands. You wonder w...

@JayMuratore @MikeWingerii But how do you know what her desire is from that? Perhaps what God is saying is that despite her mistreatment, she will still desire her husband. This is played out time a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married w

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married women have to consider both Christ and potentially unbelieving husbands who might divorce them should they uncover their

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals Paul is elaborating on why wives have to consider their husbands in the matter of head coverings. "Now I praise you because you...hold firmly to the traditions:...but I want you to understand..." (1 Cor 11:1-3a). Paul is...

@TheMcGloneCode @smashbaals Paul is elaborating on why wives have to consider their husbands in the matter of head coverings. "Now I praise you because you...hold firmly to the traditions:...but I wa

1 Cor 11:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2

“The instructions for mutual submission and sacrificial love in Ephesians 5:1–2 and 21 are given to all Paul’s whole audience, to men and to women. Submission isn’t just for wives, sacrificial love is

Ephesians 5:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-27

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, discouraging marriage is a far bigger concern. Rather...

@BradWilcoxIFS @pauldirks @pearlythingz I think she is simply focusing on a systemic problem where women have an avenue to abuse their husbands and saying “caveat emptor”, buyer beware. However, disc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to each other, then that certainly includes husbands t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to e

Eph 5:21 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@jaginger @godlywomanhood If the instruction is to submit to one another, how ca

@jaginger @godlywomanhood If the instruction is to submit to one another, how can it not apply to husbands not submitting to wives in some way? In fact, if a husband is to lay down his life for his w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@rabinahakin Yes, wives should submit to their husbands⎯not as owners or overlords, but as unto the Lord⎯with that same love and affection. But the "submit" is actually in verse 21: "...and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." ...

@rabinahakin Yes, wives should submit to their husbands⎯not as owners or overlords, but as unto the Lord⎯with that same love and affection. But the "submit" is actually in verse 21: "...and subject y

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-28

@DST_QA Yes, when we submit to others, we are looking out for their interests above our own. We set aside what we want and we do what someone else wants. Husbands have a calling to do that too. "I believe that when a man submits to his wife, he is...

@DST_QA Yes, when we submit to others, we are looking out for their interests above our own. We set aside what we want and we do what someone else wants. Husbands have a calling to do that too. "I

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@DST_QA That is my point. We don’t take it literally. To think it would apply to sneezing is a little absurd though. There’s nothing in 1 Cor 14:34-35 that says it’s about a woman being a pastor. “If they [wives] want to inquire about anything th...

@DST_QA That is my point. We don’t take it literally. To think it would apply to sneezing is a little absurd though. There’s nothing in 1 Cor 14:34-35 that says it’s about a woman being a pastor.

1 Cor 14:34-35 general

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but while husbands may take out the garbage or go get a ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but wh

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t equally submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her husband, and that she submits to the Lord through h...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t *equally* submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her h

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in a parent over a child.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the body submitting one to another, leaders to congregants included. Submitting is not about authority structures but an at

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@nsraban Actually, it seems 1 Cor 14:34-35 says all women are to keep silent because their speaking is shameful. Those who are married can ask their husbands at home. It totally goes against Paul’s instructions that all can prophesy and all can lea...

@nsraban Actually, it seems 1 Cor 14:34-35 says all women are to keep silent because their speaking is shameful. Those who are married can ask their husbands at home. It totally goes against Paul’s

1 Cor 14:34-35 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women who cannot ask their husbands? What about younger...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@BarakWatson @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii Thanks for the reply. Ephesians 5:21 says that we are to subject ourselves to one another; verse 22 doesn't contain the verb (it is implied). Therefore, what it cannot mean is that wives are hierarchicall...

@BarakWatson @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii Thanks for the reply. Ephesians 5:21 says that we are to subject ourselves to one another; verse 22 doesn't contain the verb (it is implied). Therefore, w

Ephesians 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Verse 22 doesn’t have the verb submit in it. Check it out. So if verse 21 is true then verse 22 CANNOT mean that wives are like the slaves of their husbands. That’s actually how the cu...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Verse 22 doesn’t have the verb submit in it. Check it out. So if verse 21 is true then verse 22 CANNOT mean that wives are like the sla

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen So only husbands can teach? You know you are sawing off the branch you are standing on…Paul wasn’t married. In 1 Cor 7:1 Paul indicates he is responding to things they wrote him. 1 Cor 14:34-35 are a quo...

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen So only husbands can teach? You know you are sawing off the branch you are standing on…Paul wasn’t married. In 1 Cor 7:1 Paul indicates he is responding t

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris Yes, that is correct. That is a word for fe

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris Yes, that is correct. That is a word for feminists! And husbands submit to their wives. Don’t forget that one. ;-)

Scripture Commentary debate point

Php 2:3-5 applies self-giving posture to all believers. Paul calls husbands to join what was already everyone's calling.

[egalitarian_argument] From: Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission

egalitarian_argument

Scripture Commentary debate point

Eph 5:22 instructs wives to submit to husbands, implying a hierarchical authority structure in marriage.

[complementarian_objection] From: Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission

complementarian_objection

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern

1 Timothy 2:11-15

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1 Timothy 3:14-15 letter purpose conduct church

1 Timothy 3:14-15

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1 Peter 3:1-9 submission,wives,husbands,Sarah,mutual-honor,egalitarian,context,obedience,intimidation

1 Peter 3:1-9

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1 Corinthians 8:6 lordship,Jesus,authority,husbands,egalitarian

1 Corinthians 8:6

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Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh

Ephesians 5:18-33

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