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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and serve an individual contributor role on projects at a...

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and ser

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Of course I have a pastor, it's not Winger but I do appreciate much of his work. There are female elders in my church (as you might expect). We are leaving the Reformed Church of Am...

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Of course I have a pastor, it's not Winger but I do appreciate much of his work. There are female elders in my church (as you might

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

I’m meeting people who feel like gender roles are connected to the gospel and that the husband having authority over the wife in a marriage demonstrates God’s order to the world. I think this is a misunderstanding of the scriptures. The following m...

I’m meeting people who feel like gender roles are connected to the gospel and that the husband having authority over the wife in a marriage demonstrates God’s order to the world. I think this is a mi

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@Deigratia1985 @ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 But I’m in charge, right? Then by the

@Deigratia1985 @ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 But I’m in charge, right? Then by the authority vested in me because of my family jewels, I proclaim that my wife and I are equals in our marriage. There…fi

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@Deigratia1985 @ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 The word kephale has a possible meaning of source or origin. As marriage always goes back to its origin in Eden where Adam was the source of Eve (she was made from his bone and flesh and not directly from th...

@Deigratia1985 @ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 The word kephale has a possible meaning of source or origin. As marriage always goes back to its origin in Eden where Adam was the source of Eve (she was mad

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Eph 5:21 is pretty clear too: “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” We submit to one another. I’ve lived this way for decades of my marriage. You should try it—it work...

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Eph 5:21 is pretty clear too: “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” We submit to one another. I’ve lived this way for

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@pauldirks @pj_schreiner Are you of the persuasion that these differences you see in males and females will persist into the next age where there is no marriage or giving in marriage (nor procreation)? Second: would you consider 1 Cor 6:2-3 to apply...

@pauldirks @pj_schreiner Are you of the persuasion that these differences you see in males and females will persist into the next age where there is no marriage or giving in marriage (nor procreation)

1 Cor 6:2-3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Because there was a problem in many marriages due to how the wife was seen almost as property or for the purpose of producing children only or taking care of the house. In this master-slave type relationship, women ...

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Because there was a problem in many marriages due to how the wife was seen almost as property or for the purpose of producing children only or taking care of the hous

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

RT @ryanschatz: @smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marri

RT @ryanschatz: @smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-30

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the husband is said to be the source or origin of the...

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-19

@PrussianSouth @smashbaals Two things: 1. Yes, if one burns with passion then it’s better to get married (1 Cor 7:9). 2. God commanded Adam and Eve to fill the earth and multiply. However, it is clear from Jesus’ and Paul’s example that marriage i...

@PrussianSouth @smashbaals Two things: 1. Yes, if one burns with passion then it’s better to get married (1 Cor 7:9). 2. God commanded Adam and Eve to fill the earth and multiply. However, it is cl

1 Cor 7:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-19

@smashbaals No, that doesn’t work. Otherwise all of us in the church are engage

@smashbaals No, that doesn’t work. Otherwise all of us in the church are engaged and any of you who have another spouse are polygamists. This is speaking of earthly marriage. Jesus was single and P

1 Cor 7:7-8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve Not every woman had a husband or perhaps even a living fa

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve Not every woman had a husband or perhaps even a living father…or one that lived near them. I guess they were out of luck or had to borrow someone else’s husband or forced them

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the fi…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the source of the church (how?) He Himself being the Sav...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the so

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@allattwa66533 He defined what marriage is. “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will...

@allattwa66533 He defined what marriage is. “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and

Matthew 19:4 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul didn’t require marriage just as he didn’t require h...

@sisi_siki_ Many feel that 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 teach that elders or overseers must be men because it says “husband of one wife.” However, this is an idiom for faithful if married. It is clear Paul d

debate
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

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or origin of Eve thus giving the grounding for marria...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I explained that in the post I linked. Was Paul not an overseer himself? Surely he was. Yet he was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7). Therefore, if it doesn’t require marriage (but means faithful if marrie...

@Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I explained that in the post I linked. Was Paul not an overseer himself? Surely he was. Yet he was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7). Therefore, if it does

1 Cor 7:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon The text cannot require marriage because Paul, an Apo

@mattkeegan @NCDebbieDixon The text cannot require marriage because Paul, an Apostle and overseer, was not married himself and encourages others to be single.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption The SBC shouldn’t have kicked out churches with women leaders. This is not the same thing as those who approve of gender fluidity or sex outside of a one man, one woman marriage “until death do they part.” Take anot...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption The SBC shouldn’t have kicked out churches with women leaders. This is not the same thing as those who approve of gender fluidity or sex outside of a one man, one wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@CovenantReform2 @GingerSnapKid Adam is the source of Eve since she was made from his bone and flesh, and so every marriage after this refers back to this original marriage and the husband is called the source of his wife. Paul is not talking about ...

@CovenantReform2 @GingerSnapKid Adam is the source of Eve since she was made from his bone and flesh, and so every marriage after this refers back to this original marriage and the husband is called t

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont That is an idiom that means faithful in m

@DickSaban1 @PubliusJosephus @njbemont That is an idiom that means faithful in marriage. Paul wasn’t married and advocated for others to remain single as he was.

commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@CovenantReform2 @ReyannaRice @lynna_listens All people are saved the same way and all become “sons” and receive the inheritance of sons. Man is not the ruler over the woman in the church, though, going back to the original marriage, is referred to ...

@CovenantReform2 @ReyannaRice @lynna_listens All people are saved the same way and all become “sons” and receive the inheritance of sons. Man is not the ruler over the woman in the church, though, go

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@CovenantReform2 @ReyannaRice @BogdanOancea77 @lynna_listens 1 Cor 11:3 is referring to the origin of marriage in that the man (ie. Adam) was the source of Eve. Every marriage goes back to the source of the first marriage for its foundation, and so ...

@CovenantReform2 @ReyannaRice @BogdanOancea77 @lynna_listens 1 Cor 11:3 is referring to the origin of marriage in that the man (ie. Adam) was the source of Eve. Every marriage goes back to the source

1 Cor 11:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@Ro12Two @barrowboy42 @nickmobrien This is the wrong idea of what it means to be the Biblical 'head' or κεφαλὴ. Marriage always goes back to Eden, and in Eden we see the following: 1. Man came first (that doesn't mean he has authority over the wife ...

@Ro12Two @barrowboy42 @nickmobrien This is the wrong idea of what it means to be the Biblical 'head' or κεφαλὴ. Marriage always goes back to Eden, and in Eden we see the following: 1. Man came first

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarch

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual consent), if it doesn’t mean you peer into the eye...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the wife is not the type of Christ in marriage itself but that’s as far as the type goes. This type neither implies nor req

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck You are right in that the husband is the kephale of his wife (since marriage always refers back to the first marriage). The problem is that you presume kephale means authority over or rule over. It means source...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck You are right in that the husband is the kephale of his wife (since marriage always refers back to the first marriage). The problem is that you presume kephale m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@michaelshermer @MattWalshBlog I think that patriarchalism has to be at least part of the reason why society has gone off the deep end here. There’s a clear rejection of Biblical grounding for marriage and biological sex so was that caused by patria...

@michaelshermer @MattWalshBlog I think that patriarchalism has to be at least part of the reason why society has gone off the deep end here. There’s a clear rejection of Biblical grounding for marria

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@Tim_Tripod @ofispeaks @pastordmack @RickWarren The key to 1 Cor 14:34-35 is 1 Cor 7:1 "Now for the matters you wrote about..." As for 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1... The Bible is written in Greek, not English. There are no male pronouns there and the refere...

@Tim_Tripod @ofispeaks @pastordmack @RickWarren The key to 1 Cor 14:34-35 is 1 Cor 7:1 "Now for the matters you wrote about..." As for 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1... The Bible is written in Greek, not English

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood You do realize there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the next age, right? It is time for women to mature and take their place of shared responsibility to prepare them for the next a...

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood You do realize there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the next age, right? It is time for women to mature and take their place of sh

question
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

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Since marriage is always based on its its inauguration in Genesis, we always go back to that. This is not to say that the wife literally comes from her husband today (that’s what vs 11-12 are pointing out). We ar...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Since marriage is always based on its its inauguration in Genesis, we always go back to that. This is not to say that the wife literally comes from her husband tod

debate
Scripture Commentary debate point

One of the key differences between an egalitarian and a patriarchal marriage is in the area of authority and will. In a patriarchal marriage, the man is set up as the final decision maker of the home and he is given the right to make a decision for his wife even if it overrules her will

[general] From: Partriarchy

general
Scripture Commentary debate point

Kephale in v23 means source, grounding marriage in Gen 2 as symbolic definition, not asserting a modern husband is the ontological origin of his wife.

[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
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:3-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Timothy 1:3-5 false teaching Ephesus strange doctrines
Theology verse entry

2 Timothy 1:6-7

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

2 Timothy 1:6-7 timidity gift power
Theology verse entry

1 Peter 3:1-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

1 Corinthians 8:6

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 8:6 lordship,Jesus,authority,husbands,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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
Theology verse entry

Genesis 1:26-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 1:26-28 creation,dominion,co-equal,image of God,male and female,egalitarian,gender roles,imago dei,equality
Theology verse entry

Philippians 2:3-8

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Philippians 2:3-8 kenosis,humility,self-emptying,Christ example,tapeinophrosyne,egalitarian,servanthood
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:10-16 exousia,woman authority,angels,interdependence,mutual dependence,egalitarian,hair,covering,creation order,corrective,in the Lord
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 3:1-4

Sections: greek_analysis

1 Timothy 3:1-4 elder,overseer,pastor,qualifications,women,tis,husband-of-one-wife,polygamy
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 7:1-5

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 marriage,mutual authority,exousia,husband wife,equality,body,egalitarian
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