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@HvacRoar24011 Please explain to me⎯why would Paul have to argue that God has no

@HvacRoar24011 Please explain to me⎯why would Paul have to argue that God has not rejected Christians? Who are "His people"?

@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

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for s...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not asham

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Flesh and spirit represent walking accor

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Flesh and spirit represent walking according to our lusts or according to God's ways. I also quoted from Paul where he speaks of the soul.

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: t

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–1…

Eph 2:14 general

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Israel is distinct from the church, yet both are connected in God’s plan. Paul calls Israel “beloved for the sake of the fathers” even while acknowledging unbelief (Ro 11:28). He warns Gentile believers not t...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Israel is distinct from the church, yet both are connected in God’s plan. Paul calls Israel “beloved for the sake of the fathers” even while acknowledging unbe

Ro 11:28 general

Eph 2:14 Gal 3:28 Ro 11:17 debate

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church is not outside God’s promises but grafted into the...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church

Eph 2:14 Ro 11:25 general

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘another gospel’. The gospel is Christ crucified &a...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-24

@immmental @rightresponsem Who was Paul writing to in 1Cor? Magistrates?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom attempt? And why didn’t Jesus stone the woman cau...

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem Paul wasn’t referring to what Saul did to Christians before he believed. That’s my point. As a Christian you would know the change that comes by believing in Christ. Why would you want to put a new Christian to death fo...

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem Paul wasn’t referring to what Saul did to Christians before he believed. That’s my point. As a Christian you would know the change that comes by believing in Christ. Why

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I meant Paul, the one you quoted. Yes, the person

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I meant Paul, the one you quoted. Yes, the person who killed Charlie is guilty and should be charged.

@BKitten16 @ToupeeCostanza @rightresponsem Paul considered himself the h ce used of sinners because he was responsible for putting Christians to death and imprisonment. “Now Saul approved of putting him to death.” (Ac 8:1) As for the woman caught i...

@BKitten16 @ToupeeCostanza @rightresponsem Paul considered himself the h ce used of sinners because he was responsible for putting Christians to death and imprisonment. “Now Saul approved of putting

Ac 8:1 general

@pauldirks Do you know “act like men” simply means to have courage which anyone,

@pauldirks Do you know “act like men” simply means to have courage which anyone, young or old, male or female can have?

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@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were

@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were killed for their faith. Paul wasn’t put to death for what he did to Stephen.

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Jews, those who also didn’t continue in faith. “…if...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Je

Ro 11:22 question

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specificall

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specifically writing to Gentile believers. The “you” is Gentile believers… “But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13)

Ro 11:13 debate

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz This is patently and probably false. Paul 👉 “They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branc...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz This is patently and probably false. Paul 👉 “They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, bu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-07

@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

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 2025-09-06

@PastorJWScott There’s no hermeneutical issue with my interpretation. The proble

@PastorJWScott There’s no hermeneutical issue with my interpretation. The problem is that you are not taking context into account in 1Ti 2:11-12. Paul wrote to Timothy to instruct ‘certain ones’ to st

1Ti 2:11-12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-04

@PastorJWScott Also in 1Cor 14… “What? came the word of God out from you [men]?

@PastorJWScott Also in 1Cor 14… “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (1Co 14:36, KJV) Paul was quoting from their letter and responding to it (ref 1Co 7:

1Co 14:36 1Co 7:1 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-03

@RealLaw2Grace But interruption is explicitly mentioned in 1Cor 14 and Paul’s in

@RealLaw2Grace But interruption is explicitly mentioned in 1Cor 14 and Paul’s instruction would be to let her speak and for the pastor to keep silent… https://t.co/FSoJpqg1Fs

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-03

@thomasjswithers Paul’s concern Im 1Tim 2:12 is false teaching. Paul didn’t leav

@thomasjswithers Paul’s concern Im 1Tim 2:12 is false teaching. Paul didn’t leave Timothy in Ephesus to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. There is however a passage about interrupting, and i

1Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@Gbackupx The Bible nowhere says that women shouldn’t preach. 1Ti 2:12 is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach ‘strange doctrines’—but this has nothing to do with anyone preaching the truth to any...

@Gbackupx The Bible nowhere says that women shouldn’t preach. 1Ti 2:12 is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach ‘strange doctrines’—but this has no

1Ti 2:12 debate

of 11:1-16 1Co 11:3 debate

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 1Co 11:3 is probably the strongest evidence for head meaning source especially in the context of 11:1-16. Paul is talking about source relationships and interdependence not gender hierarchy. Further, he...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 1Co 11:3 is probably the strongest evidence for head meaning source especially in the context of 11:1-16. Paul is talking about source relationships and

@SchulMozart That's King James English. And Paul isn't stopping a woman from teaching truth to a man. His point in his letter to Timothy was that he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines. A woma...

@SchulMozart That's King James English. And Paul isn't stopping a woman from teaching truth to a man. His point in his letter to Timothy was that he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain

@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

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Well all we see from 2:13-14 is Paul is tying the time sequence order of creation to why one was deceived and the other wasn't. Going back to Gen 2, we can see how God creates Adam, puts him in the gard...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Well all we see from 2:13-14 is Paul is tying the time sequence order of creation to why one was deceived and the other wasn't. Going back to Gen 2, we

from 2:13-14 question

@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

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Grok, you may be quick, but your skill in reading in context needs some improving. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy with the express purpose for him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain pe...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Grok, you may be quick, but your skill in reading in context needs some improving. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy with the express purpose f

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “But Paul’s injunction is spe

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “But Paul’s injunction is specific to the Church”—what are you referring to?

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “The husband should be confident in his masculinity” - What does this mean? Do you mean in his rule over his wife? “…and she in her femininity” - You mean in her submissive role? Also, I’m not sure...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan “The husband should be confident in his masculinity” - What does this mean? Do you mean in his rule over his wife? “…and she in her femininity” - Yo

@NowRope @4res44444444 @churchtalkative Your opinion is not backed up by 1Ti 2:12 because you failed to take this passage in its context. Paul is writing to Timothy so that he would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange do...

@NowRope @4res44444444 @churchtalkative Your opinion is not backed up by 1Ti 2:12 because you failed to take this passage in its context. Paul is writing to Timothy so that he would remain in Ephesus

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@JosephGeis92207 @Protestia So if a man said this it would be just fine and Paul

@JosephGeis92207 @Protestia So if a man said this it would be just fine and Paul would be ok with it? Maybe you should read 1Ti 2:11-12 in its context...

1Ti 2:11-12 commentary

@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

1Co 11:3 Eph 5:23 general

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t think the idea that the husband is the head of the wife is cultural, because Paul connects it directly with Christ as the head of His bride, the church, and with Adam as the head of his wife ...

@iheartJ37 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I don’t think the idea that the husband is the head of the wife is cultural, because Paul connects it directly with Christ as the head of His bride,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan So Paul was instructing Timothy from

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan So Paul was instructing Timothy from stopping women from teaching truth to men? Where in the context are you getting that from?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan Yes, it’s clear from the context that

@NicedayNomoremr @dalepartridge @ostrachan Yes, it’s clear from the context that Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from tea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-13

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi We have the New Testame

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi We have the New Testament. Is that not enough? Paul indicates in 1Cor 7:1 that he is responding to their letter, but we don’t have it preserve

1Cor 7:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-13

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi The one in Acts and the corrections and details offered in the Epistles. Remember how Paul said: “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; a...

@RayAwesomer @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi The one in Acts and the corrections and details offered in the Epistles. Remember how Paul said: “I know that after my departure savage wolve

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-13

@JoanBandy In this case, these remedies have come from doctors. Dr. William Maki

@JoanBandy In this case, these remedies have come from doctors. Dr. William Makis, Dr. Pierre Kory, Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Daniel Nagase (local to me), Dr. Paul E. Marik, Dr. Charles Hoffe…there’s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@TruthBToldNow1 I appreciate you engaging and sharing where you disagree. I have no problem with you disagreeing! Why doesn’t Paul use Eve’s name? Why does Paul use “the woman”? You suggest that Paul is simply referring to what she was called pre-f...

@TruthBToldNow1 I appreciate you engaging and sharing where you disagree. I have no problem with you disagreeing! Why doesn’t Paul use Eve’s name? Why does Paul use “the woman”? You suggest that Pau

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 2025-08-11

@danitreweek I think Grudem and others got this one wrong because they weren’t p

@danitreweek I think Grudem and others got this one wrong because they weren’t primarily focused on how Paul uses the word in context. I can show Patristic sources using kephale as source in 1Co 11:3.

1Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is divided into two complementary halves. That’s all....

@Jack_JC_ @ryancduff No, I’m not suggesting that the wife is the head. I’m merely illustrating by God’s design that even for those who see the head being about the “command centre” of the body, it is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@King_Brody @LukeBennerE On the latter, have you read the letter to Philemon? Paul doesn’t command Philemon as an apostle but appeals to him in love. His appeal is that, now that Onesimus is a brother in Christ, Philemon should treat him as he would ...

@King_Brody @LukeBennerE On the latter, have you read the letter to Philemon? Paul doesn’t command Philemon as an apostle but appeals to him in love. His appeal is that, now that Onesimus is a brother

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@LukeBennerE However, we are all to emulate Christ who stooped to wash feet, doe

@LukeBennerE However, we are all to emulate Christ who stooped to wash feet, does whatever we ask in prayer, intercedes for us, etc. Eph 5:21 is speaking of one to another, so whatever Paul said afte

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@98765pewpew @SuzanneLucy78 @smashbaals Thanks for that comment! I hope those wh

@98765pewpew @SuzanneLucy78 @smashbaals Thanks for that comment! I hope those who have abandoned Paul or have thrown out scripture have another look because Paul is brilliant.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@BahBahBased @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Because there was a deceived wife teaching heresy in Ephesus who Paul doesn’t name as an act of mercy since she hasn’t been confronted, and her husband is not deceived and silent ⎯ just like in Ed...

@BahBahBased @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Because there was a deceived wife teaching heresy in Ephesus who Paul doesn’t name as an act of mercy since she hasn’t been confronted, and her hu