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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in ma

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in marriage. Look, if you go to the only chapter that speaks about authority over each souse in marriage it is completely mut

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the head of anyone. It is only the husband to his wife. M...

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the hea

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Psalm 151), showing usage, not definition. F...

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Her

general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-17

@AuthorJanEvelyn @wilson_mar11767 If you are the true Israel and they are not then why are they living in the land and you are not? If the land is the whole earth than in what sense are they kicked out? Gal 3:16 doesn’t cancel God’s sworn, irrevocab...

@AuthorJanEvelyn @wilson_mar11767 If you are the true Israel and they are not then why are they living in the land and you are not? If the land is the whole earth than in what sense are they kicked ou

Gal 3:16 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-15

@GraceIsMyAnchor There’s actually no scripture which says that the husband is th

@GraceIsMyAnchor There’s actually no scripture which says that the husband is the head of his home…it is always in relation to his wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-15

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife m

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife means that he is supposed to rule over her or lead her? Where in scripture is that idea coming from? Shouldn’t we all lov

commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-12

@AttorneyBrand I’m not playing both sides. God initiating is not by regenerating

@AttorneyBrand I’m not playing both sides. God initiating is not by regenerating. It is by teaching and convicting and leading. “Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.” (Jn 6

Jn 6:45 Ps 25:14 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee A woman teaching the truth to anyone is not an imposter. T

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee A woman teaching the truth to anyone is not an imposter. The truth is what matters, not the vessel through which it comes. Else Balaam should have ignored his donkey because he w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@ronhenzel @sola_chad To claim that Calvinism is the only faithful way to read Scripture is disingenuous. One can arrive at a different conclusion without denying the authority of Scripture. The plain reading doesn’t require that God selectively rege...

@ronhenzel @sola_chad To claim that Calvinism is the only faithful way to read Scripture is disingenuous. One can arrive at a different conclusion without denying the authority of Scripture. The plain

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-07

@Ptr_StephenFein You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson and Jepthah), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this being his only record in scripture as one who “thro...

@Ptr_StephenFein You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson and Jepthah), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this b

Heb 11:33 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-07

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this being his only record in scripture as one who “thr...

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this

Heb 11:33 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@LifeGetsButter @grok @hmcrem If Barak lacked courage, have you considered what

@LifeGetsButter @grok @hmcrem If Barak lacked courage, have you considered what he said was the same thing Moses said? And why did the author to the Hebrews include him in the hall of faith? https://t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@JanZizkasburner @rightresponsem Well, Heb 11:32 settles the question: “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets…” Barak is listed among those who “through f...

@JanZizkasburner @rightresponsem Well, Heb 11:32 settles the question: “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prop

Heb 11:32 Heb 11:33 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews framed it when including Barak in the chapter on faith. The term shame wasn’t used. Barak would rather have God’s word w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman in Ephesus was teaching heresy. Why on earth people think Paul literally meant that women shouldn’t lead when we have cl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

That women can’t teach truth to men or lead. https://t.co/IhwasgSeT4

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Well, that’s what we are debating. It doesn’t say specifically that women cannot lead. I agree that all scripture is God breathed. But submitting to an incorrect reading—like the idea that circoncision is required—can be...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Well, that’s what we are debating. It doesn’t say specifically that women cannot lead. I agree that all scripture is God breathed. But submitting to an incorrect reading—

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something there to be explored. Paul says that Adam wasn’t dece...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something the

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Leading is demonstrating by example as Jesus said that no Christian is to ‘Lord it over’ another. So it’s not about a position of authority over others. Can you explain why women can be led by either but men seem to have ...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Leading is demonstrating by example as Jesus said that no Christian is to ‘Lord it over’ another. So it’s not about a position of authority over others. Can you explain wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@TheLaurenChen @hellsitehero I'm not sure you have a proper view of what leaders

@TheLaurenChen @hellsitehero I'm not sure you have a proper view of what leadership means Biblically. It is not about taking authority over people...let's start there.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. Stop focusing on being persecuted. Jesus said that ...

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. S

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-25

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an evildoer to mete out sentencing. And neither are you I presume.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-17

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God has delegated authority to humans and then will judge them later based on how they did. He decreed man to have authority

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-16

@davidmn316 @Dundada63093 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem The church is not the go

@davidmn316 @Dundada63093 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem The church is not the governing authorities.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz If these warnings were “designed by the devil,” then Paul and the author of Hebrews were unwitting servants of Satan. Surely not! “These things happened as examples for us, so that we woul...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz If these warnings were “designed by the devil,” then Paul and the author of Hebrews were unwitting servants of Satan. Surely not! “These t

1Co 10:6 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-07

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her o

1Co 7:10 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-26

@JoshuaBarzon Jesus has all authority, but the term ‘head’ is not used in script

@JoshuaBarzon Jesus has all authority, but the term ‘head’ is not used in scripture to refer to the CEO. It is not about authority but about origins or source relationships.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, what in the context of Eph 5 leads you to believe tha...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, wha

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 That verse literally says “He is

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 That verse literally says “He is the ἀρχή” —which is source or beginning/origin. There we see the concept of preeminence or prominence. I still don’t s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Eve because she was made from him. Christ is the hea...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' or anything of that sort, simply that those who kno...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the usual authority. Just like we might pick up an ar...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. The term ...

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to sto

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I probably should have stated where I agree with you. You are right that even if someone remains a complementarian, the scripture is clear in both what is said and the example of Jesus and His apostl...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I probably should have stated where I agree with you. You are right that even if someone remains a complementarian, the scripture is clear in both wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t get why it’s so hard to see this. I think that once you realize head doesn’t mean authority but is speaking about source or origin or prominence you can’t unsee that and everything changes. ...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t get why it’s so hard to see this. I think that once you realize head doesn’t mean authority but is speaking about source or origin or promine

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage always maps back to the first marriage in Genesis wher...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage alwa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Differences

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Differences in strength meaning some tasks are better suited for the stronger one has nothing to do with one being in authority over

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-13

@XiRuZhaJi @BishopJaxi Yes, I know this. But Jesus was speaking metaphorically.

@XiRuZhaJi @BishopJaxi Yes, I know this. But Jesus was speaking metaphorically. He wasn’t being literal. https://t.co/dX0SXXpoHx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Yes, Jesus says “this is my body” but He also said “I am the door” (Jn 10:7). We are supposed to be able to understand from the context that He is speaking metaphorically. And yes, you are...

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Yes, Jesus says “this is my body” but He also said “I am the door” (Jn 10:7). We are supposed to be able to understand from the context tha

Jn 10:7 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Really? Where did J

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Really? Where did Jesus say that He was speaking metaphorically about being the true vine? What about when He said He was the gate? Jesus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi When people start calling people names, it seems th

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi When people start calling people names, it seems the discussion is drawing to a close. I’ll leave you with the long list of Jesus’ use of metaphor and let you meditate on

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi His words. Everyone except Roman Catholics understand Jesus’ use of metaphor. Jesus is not a literal door/gate (Jn 10:7,9). Jesus is not literal water (Jn 4:10, Jn 7:37–38) Jesus is not a literal light (Jn...

@BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi His words. Everyone except Roman Catholics understand Jesus’ use of metaphor. Jesus is not a literal door/gate (Jn 10:7,9). Jesus is not literal water (Jn

Jn 10:7 Jn 15:1 Jn 4:10 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see command hierarchies everywhere. But the top off should be that no leader is called head—just husbands, and Jesus since

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi He didn’t say “my flesh body provides no benefit but my spirit body is life.” He is speaking metaphorically and Roman Catholics convinced themselves that unless they eat Jesus’ actual flesh through a magical process that ...

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi He didn’t say “my flesh body provides no benefit but my spirit body is life.” He is speaking metaphorically and Roman Catholics convinced themselves that unless they eat J

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 We are so close in our views I don’t want to quibble much, but I

@BronWen727104 We are so close in our views I don’t want to quibble much, but I think that a lot of the problem originates in the idea that leaders are supposed to have authority over others. I don’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek Yes that’s right! This shows that 11:3 can’t be taki

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek Yes that’s right! This shows that 11:3 can’t be taking about authority since the rest is all about interdependence and source/origin relationships.

that 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority over her own head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul gives is “because of the angels.” Now where do we...

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority *over her own* head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul

1Co 11:10 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@_nomadic_soul @danitreweek Well, today it could be applied to anyone in the highest position of any organization…think headmaster of a school (older term). Generally it would be used to indicate someone of highest rank in authority (in our typical u...

@_nomadic_soul @danitreweek Well, today it could be applied to anyone in the highest position of any organization…think headmaster of a school (older term). Generally it would be used to indicate some

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi That’s right. Eating His physical provides no benef

@SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi That’s right. Eating His physical provides no benefit. Jesus was using metaphors as He typically does (He is not a liberal door/gate either). He is connecting Himself with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source, perhaps prominent or even first mover. I of cou...

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source

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@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in ma

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the head of anyone. It is only the husband to his wife. M...

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Psalm 151), showing usage, not definition. F...

@AuthorJanEvelyn @wilson_mar11767 If you are the true Israel and they are not then why are they living in the land and you are not? If the land is the whole earth than in what sense are they kicked out? Gal 3:16 doesn’t cancel God’s sworn, irrevocab...

@GraceIsMyAnchor There’s actually no scripture which says that the husband is th

@GraceIsMyAnchor Can you explain why the husband being the kephale of his wife m

@AttorneyBrand I’m not playing both sides. God initiating is not by regenerating

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee A woman teaching the truth to anyone is not an imposter. T

@ronhenzel @sola_chad To claim that Calvinism is the only faithful way to read Scripture is disingenuous. One can arrive at a different conclusion without denying the authority of Scripture. The plain reading doesn’t require that God selectively rege...

@Ptr_StephenFein You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson and Jepthah), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this being his only record in scripture as one who “thro...

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this being his only record in scripture as one who “thr...

@LifeGetsButter @grok @hmcrem If Barak lacked courage, have you considered what

@JanZizkasburner @rightresponsem Well, Heb 11:32 settles the question: “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets…” Barak is listed among those who “through f...

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman

That women can’t teach truth to men or lead. https://t.co/IhwasgSeT4

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Well, that’s what we are debating. It doesn’t say specifically that women cannot lead. I agree that all scripture is God breathed. But submitting to an incorrect reading—like the idea that circoncision is required—can be...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Hm. So the Jews were first. Even Paul says “to the Jew first, then the Gentile.” Does that mean only Jews can be leaders? As for the fall, there is certainly something there to be explored. Paul says that Adam wasn’t dece...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Leading is demonstrating by example as Jesus said that no Christian is to ‘Lord it over’ another. So it’s not about a position of authority over others. Can you explain why women can be led by either but men seem to have ...

@TheLaurenChen @hellsitehero I'm not sure you have a proper view of what leaders

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. Stop focusing on being persecuted. Jesus said that ...

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God

@davidmn316 @Dundada63093 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem The church is not the go

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz If these warnings were “designed by the devil,” then Paul and the author of Hebrews were unwitting servants of Satan. Surely not! “These things happened as examples for us, so that we woul...

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

@JoshuaBarzon Jesus has all authority, but the term ‘head’ is not used in script

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Hi @iheartJ37, apologies for the delayed response. I think that the sense of the word used depends on the context, so yes, it can shift. However, what in the context of Eph 5 leads you to believe tha...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 That verse literally says “He is

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 And there's the thing⎯head is a very versatile word. Paul is not using it in the sense of authority, but origins in relationship. Adam is the head of Eve because she was made from him. Christ is the hea...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' or anything of that sort, simply that those who kno...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Ok, yet I'm sticking only with the text and the grammar and making it all work. Authentein is also a strange word for Paul to use if he simply means the usual authority. Just like we might pick up an ar...

@ISASaxonists What translation is that? The Greek doesn't say "no woman," but "a woman". In context, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people from teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. The term ...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I probably should have stated where I agree with you. You are right that even if someone remains a complementarian, the scripture is clear in both what is said and the example of Jesus and His apostl...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t get why it’s so hard to see this. I think that once you realize head doesn’t mean authority but is speaking about source or origin or prominence you can’t unsee that and everything changes. ...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage always maps back to the first marriage in Genesis wher...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Differences

@XiRuZhaJi @BishopJaxi Yes, I know this. But Jesus was speaking metaphorically.

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Yes, Jesus says “this is my body” but He also said “I am the door” (Jn 10:7). We are supposed to be able to understand from the context that He is speaking metaphorically. And yes, you are...

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Really? Where did J

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi When people start calling people names, it seems th

@BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi His words. Everyone except Roman Catholics understand Jesus’ use of metaphor. Jesus is not a literal door/gate (Jn 10:7,9). Jesus is not literal water (Jn 4:10, Jn 7:37–38) Jesus is not a literal light (Jn...

@sl4Yahweh Absolutely! If you interpret kephale (head) as boss then you will see

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi He didn’t say “my flesh body provides no benefit but my spirit body is life.” He is speaking metaphorically and Roman Catholics convinced themselves that unless they eat Jesus’ actual flesh through a magical process that ...

@BronWen727104 We are so close in our views I don’t want to quibble much, but I

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek Yes that’s right! This shows that 11:3 can’t be taki

@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority *over her own* head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul gives is “because of the angels.” Now where do we...

@_nomadic_soul @danitreweek Well, today it could be applied to anyone in the highest position of any organization…think headmaster of a school (older term). Generally it would be used to indicate someone of highest rank in authority (in our typical u...

@SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi That’s right. Eating His physical provides no benef

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source, perhaps prominent or even first mover. I of cou...

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@BronWen727104 @danitreweek The NIV translation of 1Co 11:10 is really close to the Greek. A woman should have authority over her own head (whether to cover/uncover, cut/shave, etc). The reason Paul gives is “because of the angels.” Now where do we...