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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@TrueConsolation Would you consider the Apostle Paul as a church father? How di

@TrueConsolation Would you consider the Apostle Paul as a church father? How did he view women?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-04-21

@J17apologetics Wait a minute. So what you are suggesting is that there are two

@J17apologetics Wait a minute. So what you are suggesting is that there are two different groups of believers, the “us” who refers to the apostles and the “you” who refers to the “saints who are at E

@TrueConsolation Would you consider the Apostle Paul as a church father? How di

@J17apologetics Wait a minute. So what you are suggesting is that there are two

This is the seventh in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

This is the eighth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Corinthians 12:28

2 Peter 3:15-16

Psalm 109:8

Luke 24:1-26

John 20:15-17

Acts 2:17-18

Romans 16:1-7

Judges 4:4-9

Acts 18:24-26

1 Corinthians 14:33-37

1 John 2:2

Acts 1:16-26

Acts 15:24-29

Exodus 1:15-22

Joel 2:28-29

ἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

κλῆρος (klēros)

ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepo)

ἐπίσημοι ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις (episēmoi en tois apostolois)

ἐν ἐπισήμῳ (en episemo)

Linda Belleville is so opposed to submission that she argues nobody had authority in the early church — not even Jesus or the apostles.

NT Wright's egalitarian argument: women as apostles to the apostles

Luke 9:1-5 refutes host-as-leader claim: apostles stayed in strangers' homes

Additional arguments against host-as-leader: Timothy/Titus appointing elders, reductio ad absurdum examples

Acts 6: the seven men as proto-deacons; deacons do everything that isn't eldership

Two egalitarian claims: Mary as apostle to the apostles, and Junia in Romans 16

Romans 16:7 text and the translation debate on Junia

Scholarly consensus favors inclusive reading (Junia as apostle)

Translation survey: inclusive vs. exclusive renderings of Romans 16:7

Craig Keener's three arguments for Junia as apostle

Keener's first argument: Paul never elsewhere appeals to 'the apostles' as a group

Galatians 2:9 as counterexample to Keener's first argument

Keener's third argument: Greek church fathers and modern scholars agree Junia was an apostle

Keener's argument: no qualifier on 'the apostles' suggests highest sense

Counterargument: 'well-known among the apostles' proves too much given their obscurity

Option 2: Junia as missionary/church planter (lower sense of apostle)

Burer and Wallace 2001 paper defending exclusive reading of Romans 16:7

Key distinction: inclusive vs. exclusive reading of episemoi en tois apostolois

Burer-Wallace conclusion: 'almost certainly' means well known to the apostles

Michael Burer's 2015 response paper with new evidence

N.T. Wright's claim: Mary Magdalene as 'apostle to the apostles'

Mike identifies equivocation in Wright's argument about apostle

The office of apostle involves more than witnessing the resurrection

Jesus is the new Moses, not the apostles

Negative data: all twelve apostles were men

Luke 8:1-3: Women traveled with Jesus like the apostles but were not apostles

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