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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-23

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s hard to understand how one can hold this position. ...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s ha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-23

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It seems not all men are designed with the requi

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It seems not all men are designed with the requisite humility.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership roles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage.

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage. https://t.co/fySMsErc06

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles)

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles) ≠ selfish??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership. Nor did I find concepts like “cold rational” or ...

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@havenhoops @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Mike seems to cherry pick quotes, sometimes taking them out of context. I think if he interacted with some of these scholars he would find he misunderstands what they are saying. You are right, he probably sh...

@havenhoops @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Mike seems to cherry pick quotes, sometimes taking them out of context. I think if he interacted with some of these scholars he would find he misunderstands wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii 38.9 hours plus mentions in his lives/QAs. I’ve watched them (some multiple times). He invites criticism and response, but doesn’t respond. He likes to find all sorts of bad arguments and mischaracterizes the good ones ...

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii 38.9 hours plus mentions in his lives/QAs. I’ve watched them (some multiple times). He invites criticism and response, but doesn’t respond. He likes to find all sorts of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@TheMuppetPastor @SpeechWrx @theknightshift Perhaps before swallowing the red pill when it comes to Bible interpretation, consider the context carefully. That should result in rightly dividing scripture and bypassing the problems where someone belie...

@TheMuppetPastor @SpeechWrx @theknightshift Perhaps before swallowing the red pill when it comes to Bible interpretation, consider the context carefully. That should result in rightly dividing script

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@bagby_abe @Protestia Abe, I just want to follow what God wants. This issue became a focus for me when i saw complementarians dividing over this issue and making it a matter of sin. Paul never intended anyone regardless of their sex to be silenced ...

@bagby_abe @Protestia Abe, I just want to follow what God wants. This issue became a focus for me when i saw complementarians dividing over this issue and making it a matter of sin. Paul never inten

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@bagby_abe @Protestia How do you know if I’m sincere or not as it is my internal

@bagby_abe @Protestia How do you know if I’m sincere or not as it is my internal state? Can you read my heart. I’ll tell you: I’m sincere. What is my hermeneutic? Taking the Bible with all its det

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded from leadership because she is a female. It doesn’t...

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded fr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@bagby_abe @Protestia I’m submitting to God’s revelation in every detail exactly

@bagby_abe @Protestia I’m submitting to God’s revelation in every detail exactly as Paul intended it. Being able to read the Bible in context is required to understand the author’s intent.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@bagby_abe @Protestia Paul is interacting with the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). If Paul was silencing women, then he’s contradicting himself: “For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *all* may be e...

@bagby_abe @Protestia Paul is interacting with the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). If Paul was silencing women, then he’s contradicting himself: “For you can *all* prophesy one

1 Cor 14:36 1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@ymmotrojam @Protestia Tom, your last statement that “if a church started to purposefully include women in [serving] roles…seem[s] to indicate that they are not focused on the gospel” is crazy! Having women openly serve means a church is not focused...

@ymmotrojam @Protestia Tom, your last statement that “if a church started to purposefully include women in [serving] roles…seem[s] to indicate that they are not focused on the gospel” is crazy! Havin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-21

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Interesting, I've never heard someone say that women have to cover their head in the privacy of their own bedroom while praying. That phrase "symbol of" is not in the Greek. It is added by translators who...

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Interesting, I've never heard someone say that women have to cover their head in the privacy of their own bedroom while praying. That phrase "symbol of" is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-21

@yorel480 @lasteveharvest @itskellydiane What? Where are you getting this from? There's nothing in the Talmud that specifies shaving a prostitutes head as a form of punishment. The Bible calls for the death penalty for adultery. Maybe there were Gre...

@yorel480 @lasteveharvest @itskellydiane What? Where are you getting this from? There's nothing in the Talmud that specifies shaving a prostitutes head as a form of punishment. The Bible calls for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-21

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Ok, there is certainly something going on⎯though it seems to be with the Judiazers. In Jewish contexts, if a wife were to become a Christian and then were found to be uncovered in public, this may lead to ...

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Ok, there is certainly something going on⎯though it seems to be with the Judiazers. In Jewish contexts, if a wife were to become a Christian and then were

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-20

Amen! Please reconsider your stance on gender hierarchy and the role of women i

Amen! Please reconsider your stance on gender hierarchy and the role of women in marriage and the church. https://t.co/2QVtQl6cSd

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-20

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group." He believes it means 'source' (as 'head' of a r...

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@TheMuppetPastor @Deigratia1985 @777ODR @Momsplaining101 My guess is that Prisci

@TheMuppetPastor @Deigratia1985 @777ODR @Momsplaining101 My guess is that Priscilla wrote Hebrews and didn’t identify herself because it would have a drastic impact on who would consider reading it or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject oursel

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject ourselves to each other in the fear of Christ—men to men, men to women, women to men, congregants to leaders, leaders to congr

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@Impactingright @CharmyRosewolf Wives are definitely to submit to their husbands

@Impactingright @CharmyRosewolf Wives are definitely to submit to their husbands, but I would say that some (many?) men reject the idea that they are also to submit to their wives ignoring Eph 5:21.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@EnderWender1 4️⃣ Leon Morris quotes from the LSJ: 3. It is easy to be too definite in interpreting head in this verse. We use the term often for a person in authority (cf. ‘Heads of State’), but this usage was unknown in antiquity (except for a few...

@EnderWender1 4️⃣ Leon Morris quotes from the LSJ: 3. It is easy to be too definite in interpreting head in this verse. We use the term often for a person in authority (cf. ‘Heads of State’), but thi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@EnderWender1 The context and how Paul uses it tells us what Paul means. Here’s a few resources that give source or origin as a possible meaning: 1️⃣ TDNDA The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, Abridged in One Volume A. kephalḗ outside ...

@EnderWender1 The context and how Paul uses it tells us what Paul means. Here’s a few resources that give source or origin as a possible meaning: 1️⃣ TDNDA The Theological Dictionary of the New Test

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@Impactingright @CharmyRosewolf Yes, Muppet has good points, but my ending point was that rather than calling people hypocrites for rejecting parts of Paul’s writing (because of poor interpretations), we should love them by showing them how Paul is b...

@Impactingright @CharmyRosewolf Yes, Muppet has good points, but my ending point was that rather than calling people hypocrites for rejecting parts of Paul’s writing (because of poor interpretations),

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” since it is referring to a wi...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 a

1 Tim 5:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also an elder so clearly being married or having childr...

@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@TheMuppetPastor The word “authentein” is certainly important in this context but I argue it cannot mean ordinary authority as Paul uses other words for this, both in 1 Tim 2:2 and elsewhere. Paul picks a completely unique word which we have no evid...

@TheMuppetPastor The word “authentein” is certainly important in this context but I argue it cannot mean ordinary authority as Paul uses other words for this, both in 1 Tim 2:2 and elsewhere. Paul pi

1 Tim 2:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a diakonos in Greek, even Jesus and Paul are. So whether or not they are leaders has to be determined by the context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she h...

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and hel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@DeeGoingsGirl I realize that some comps are never going to agree with my interp

@DeeGoingsGirl I realize that some comps are never going to agree with my interpretation of scripture, so I’m looking for those who don’t see comp as a power trip. I’ll have to read more from him to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

This is the kind of complementarians I’m looking for. https://t.co/DeAkTuYmbB

This is the kind of complementarians I’m looking for. https://t.co/DeAkTuYmbB

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@UndyingLegend79 @TheMuppetPastor It’s because women wet being treated like property, baby machines and house slaves. The men were not really living their wives. So the wife resents her husband and no longer submits as she does to Christ. We are a...

@UndyingLegend79 @TheMuppetPastor It’s because women wet being treated like property, baby machines and house slaves. The men were not really living their wives. So the wife resents her husband and

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@UndyingLegend79 @TheMuppetPastor Take a second look—the ground was cursed and t

@UndyingLegend79 @TheMuppetPastor Take a second look—the ground was cursed and the serpent (and animals) were cursed, but no mention of curse of Adam or Eve. The word is not used. https://t.co/OLSzgw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside the church?—yes, to other women and children, but...

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

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
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

Often the idea that no matter the gifting of a woman, she needs to refrain from

Often the idea that no matter the gifting of a woman, she needs to refrain from using it in the context of the body because of the symbolism of the wite to the body of Christ and the husband to Christ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

Here's a more recent response specific to 1 Tim 2:12 that summarizes the meaning

Here's a more recent response specific to 1 Tim 2:12 that summarizes the meaning that Paul was intending, drawing on the context and specific grammar he uses. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passag

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passages seeming to restrict women from sharing leadership roles with men in the church and the home. https://t.co/gqEvy9tgLh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

@CSavedByGrace18 I understand this perspective. But it doesn’t mean that script

@CSavedByGrace18 I understand this perspective. But it doesn’t mean that scripture is being torn out. At least take a look at what a Biblically faithful egalitarian interpretation looks like. https:

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

@MolderAnna26649 I think complementarians around the world need to hear more exa

@MolderAnna26649 I think complementarians around the world need to hear more examples of how egalitarian marriage functions well. Bravo!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

🧵It seems I missed Ron’s nuanced argument that Dt 30:11 is demonstrating Total Inability, not teaching it. I’m not sure why that difference is so important. But here is how one can conclude that Dt 30:11 contradicts Total Inability, like @Soteriology...

🧵It seems I missed Ron’s nuanced argument that Dt 30:11 is demonstrating Total Inability, not teaching it. I’m not sure why that difference is so important. But here is how one can conclude that Dt 30

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

@ronhenzel This is judicial hardening so that they will experience the result of their attitude. If this is how they were born, then why would God have to harden them? “And when they disagreed with one another, they began leaving after Paul said on...

@ronhenzel This is judicial hardening so that they will experience the result of their attitude. If this is how they were born, then why would God have to harden them? “And when they disagreed with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-14

@WomanExploder69 @WomnOfValor FWIW, an interpretation of 1 Tim 2:12 that takes c

@WomanExploder69 @WomnOfValor FWIW, an interpretation of 1 Tim 2:12 that takes context into consideration. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@BibleBashed Misinterpreting scripture is serious, no? https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@BibleBashed Misinterpreting scripture is serious, no? https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do t

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do that. It only is meaningful to claim your own authority when you are making your own statement or your own determination

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Us

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Usurping authority is also not really what that extremely rare word means. Are males allowed to usurp authority? https://

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@JackAllLanterns @NBidnz @harmonizedgrace Okay, but the Book of Mormon mentions

@JackAllLanterns @NBidnz @harmonizedgrace Okay, but the Book of Mormon mentions God... mentioning God is not how we determine if it is part of the Bible or not.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@elyie_bliss @BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace First you have to ask the question if they are misinterpreting Paul. Paul wrote half of the New Testament, so it's a bit disingenuous to discount Paul's writing. Paul clearly wrote scripture, but if you cal...

@elyie_bliss @BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace First you have to ask the question if they are misinterpreting Paul. Paul wrote half of the New Testament, so it's a bit disingenuous to discount Paul's writ

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