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@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder who is teaching false doctrine and he is silent an...

@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder

1Ti 2:12 debate

1Co 14:36 1Co 7:1 question

@deensreggin @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter that they wrote to him

@deensreggin @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter that they wrote to him (1Co 7:1) and in this case refuting them: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only

@prejoal @smashbaals In 1Co 14, Paul is admonishing everyone to seek the gifts and use them in a way that all in the church are edified. You seem to miss that Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and responding to or refuting things...

@prejoal @smashbaals In 1Co 14, Paul is admonishing everyone to seek the gifts and use them in a way that all in the church are edified. You seem to miss that Paul was quoting from the letter the Cori

1Co 7:1 general

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals I linked to a post above where I explained the context

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals I linked to a post above where I explained the context. I’ll include another one here too as I added more details about the reason Paul gives Timothy his authority. https://

@deensreggin @smashbaals On what basis are you making that claim? 1Ti 3:2 is not

@deensreggin @smashbaals On what basis are you making that claim? 1Ti 3:2 is not saying “must not be a woman” any more than it is saying “must be a married man” as even Paul himself wasn’t married. ht

1Ti 3:2 question

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explained in his personal letter to Timothy that he left him in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not so that he would instruct half the church not to teach truth to the other half. You are misreading the text by not cons...

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explained in his personal letter to Timothy that he left him in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not so that he would instruct half the church not to teach truth to the o

@philip_1689 @smashbaals Then you should be able to explain the meaning of Paul’

@philip_1689 @smashbaals Then you should be able to explain the meaning of Paul’s climatic statement in 1Ti 2:15. How do you explain Paul’s shift from singular to plural, “she…they” and his use of the

1Ti 2:15 question

@Eric_Conn Hm. Didn’t the apostle Paul promote singleness? 🤔 https://t.co/3TFIiD

@Eric_Conn Hm. Didn’t the apostle Paul promote singleness? 🤔 https://t.co/3TFIiD4ZHP

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Ed

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Edgar Budde’s comments, be outraged at the substance of what…

@spriteworks @smashbaals Yes, Jesus was not a Levite and neither are Gentile pri

@spriteworks @smashbaals Yes, Jesus was not a Levite and neither are Gentile priests. So there is no correspondence to OT requirements for priests. So where are you getting the idea that women are not

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

@thedoctor1611 @smashbaals Women are not permitted to teach truth to men? Paul’s

@thedoctor1611 @smashbaals Women are not permitted to teach truth to men? Paul’s purpose of writing to Timothy was to stop false teachers not half the body from teaching the other half! https://t.co/Z

@NateGreen44 @smashbaals …teaching false doctrine, actually. https://t.co/ZQizsT

@NateGreen44 @smashbaals …teaching false doctrine, actually. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the Ne

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

@Vysler @smashbaals That passage is in the context of Paul writing a personal letter to Timothy telling him he was leaving him in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine not to stop half the church from teaching the truth to the o...

@Vysler @smashbaals That passage is in the context of Paul writing a personal letter to Timothy telling him he was leaving him in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine not to sto

commentary

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In that case, pastors have to be Levites. All believers form a kingdom of priests. https://t.co/2crysd8yKJ

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if being married was required. The funny part is that th...

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if bein

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Was the apostle Paul who wrote this a husband to one w

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Was the apostle Paul who wrote this a husband to one wife?

@B___Q_ @rightresponsem Really? So in context of a letter where Paul has

@B_______Q_____ @rightresponsem Really? So in context of a letter where Paul has stated he left Timothy in Ephesus to stop *false* teaching, somehow you’ve crossed your wires into thinking this is abo

commentary

@MLbelch @smashbaals You have no authority⎯none at all. It is all in the Word. You can't tell me to do anything that isn't clearly in the Word. You also don't have the authoritative interpretation of the scripture. Your job is to serve by convincing ...

@MLbelch @smashbaals You have no authority⎯none at all. It is all in the Word. You can't tell me to do anything that isn't clearly in the Word. You also don't have the authoritative interpretation of

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations.

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations. The good ones don’t want to go to liberal churches and the conservative churches won’t let them lead…so they are all pro

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God com

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God commanding both the man and woman to rule (plural imperatives) with no distinction made between M + F. https://t.co/g5hdejh

Genesis 1:28 general

@smashbaals I wasn’t aware that empathy with those who are suffering for whateve

@smashbaals I wasn’t aware that empathy with those who are suffering for whatever reason is cause for division. Is Smash not aware of the following scripture from Titus 3:10-11? https://t.co/FxAWkkyG

Titus 3:10-11 question

@OrtiztheBrown @autocorrect2_0 @darwintojesus The traditions that are being refe

@OrtiztheBrown @autocorrect2_0 @darwintojesus The traditions that are being referenced are what was written down. But I presume that you are suggesting that the RC or Orthodox (insert your church here

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't tradition by definition something beyond what is written? https://t.co/e79KSHmlza

commentary

@Glory2God777 Hm. But the Bible speaks as though you can either humble yourself

@Glory2God777 Hm. But the Bible speaks as though you can either humble yourself or exalt yourself. https://t.co/1OCzIvWNSX