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@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write t

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning No, Paul says he write to Timothy (2nd person singular) so that *he* might know how to act. This letter was written to Timothy primarily though

@BenjaminGi44877 @sandye000 @Eric_Conn Paul’s purpose is to ensure that Timothy, as a “man of God,” is fully equipped and prepared for every good work, fulfilling his ministry effectively. This underscores the critical role of Scripture in the life a...

@BenjaminGi44877 @sandye000 @Eric_Conn Paul’s purpose is to ensure that Timothy, as a “man of God,” is fully equipped and prepared for every good work, fulfilling his ministry effectively. This unders

@BenjaminGi44877 @sandye000 @Eric_Conn Paul’s purpose is to ensure that Timothy, as a “man of God,” is fully equipped and prepared for every good work, fulfilling his ministry effectively. This underscores the critical role of Scripture in the life a...

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning A young single man is going to interject between a husband and his wife as the husband who is not deceived and perhaps an elder is doing nothing. This is a tricky situation for Timothy and Paul ...

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning A young single man is going to interject between a husband and his wife as the husband who is not deceived and perhaps an elder is doing nothing

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The idea that this is ab

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The idea that this is about how Paul wants a church run misses the whole point of the letter—this is about how Timothy should act to deal with t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the specific situation that Paul left Timothy behind to de...

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the spec

1Ti 2:12 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twistin

@Eric_Conn Hey, that’s the verse I was going to share with you! I’m not twisting the word. I’m exegeting Paul’s intention in the specific words he used to instruct his protege Timothy to deal with fa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Eric_Conn Eric, please read Paul’s letter to Timothy more carefully. https://t.

@Eric_Conn Eric, please read Paul’s letter to Timothy more carefully. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being dispute

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being disputed?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul ar

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul are inauthentic?Corinthians, Ephesians and Timothy? Any more? What about Peter, is his letter inauthentic also?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @smashbaals Is Paul not allowed to convey instructions personally to Timothy in this letter addressed to him only about a specific woman whom Paul doesn’t want to name as she is deceived and hasn’t yet been ...

@ronhenzel @Robert_S_Morley @Grump_Old_Man @smashbaals Is Paul not allowed to convey instructions personally to Timothy in this letter addressed to him only about a specific woman whom Paul doesn’t wa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@BigYehudah @riemersonck It does apply—to anyone including women like this parti

@BigYehudah @riemersonck It does apply—to anyone including women like this particular one in Ephesus who was teaching serious false doctrine. False teaching was what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to st

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@humbledoulos Paul indicates that his purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy (in which we can all learn many things) was "to remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3). Later ...

@humbledoulos Paul indicates that his purpose in writing this personal letter to Timothy (in which we can all learn many things) was "to remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people

1Ti 1:3 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals No my grumpy friend. Paul was counter cult

@Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @smashbaals No my grumpy friend. Paul was counter cultural. This passage is Paul’s personal instruction to Timothy whom he left behind to deal with the false teachers about h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be married either. “If a MAN desire…” is a bad translat...

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be mar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii What translation is that? Verse 11 isn’t using the article “the woman.” At any rate, why doesn’t Paul continue using the plural as in v9-10? How does stopping women from teaching deal with the false teaching ...

@Grump_Old_Man @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii What translation is that? Verse 11 isn’t using the article “the woman.” At any rate, why doesn’t Paul continue using the plural as in v9-10? How does stopping

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

RT @ryanschatz: Creating a proper thread. Egalitarian and Biblically faithful e

RT @ryanschatz: Creating a proper thread. Egalitarian and Biblically faithful exposition of 1 Timothy 2:11-15. https://t.co/dvkKdPd1sy

1 Timothy 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Who said additional context? I didn’t say w

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Who said additional context? I didn’t say we need more context. The words written were written in a personal letter to Timothy instructing him on how to stop the f

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching. That statement wasn’t Paul instructing Timothy t...

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@PaulKM32 @ReformedCaio With Paul is explicit (1Co 7), with Timothy it is an inference. We know he is young (1Ti 4:12) and we have no instruction concerning any family or wife or any indication he was married. Paul is both an apostle and an overseer...

@PaulKM32 @ReformedCaio With Paul is explicit (1Co 7), with Timothy it is an inference. We know he is young (1Ti 4:12) and we have no instruction concerning any family or wife or any indication he was

1Ti 4:12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@Dayagent47 Ok, I just bought it and will take a look. That’s one I didn’t have

@Dayagent47 Ok, I just bought it and will take a look. That’s one I didn’t have and I have a LOT of commentary on 1 Timothy.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii Mike can’t refute me. Why don’t you personally reach out to him and ask him to? I’ve begged him many times already. I was reading my Bible in my teens and was serious in my 20s. None of this matters because this is exa...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii Mike can’t refute me. Why don’t you personally reach out to him and ask him to? I’ve begged him many times already. I was reading my Bible in my teens and was serious i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

@Brian_Sauve So you changed ‘a woman’ to the plural and made authentein into nor

@Brian_Sauve So you changed ‘a woman’ to the plural and made authentein into normal authority that men exercise and neglected the context that the personal letter to Timothy was about dealing with fal

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @j_robert_kirk @Brian_Sauve Ok, why was Paul i

@Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @j_robert_kirk @Brian_Sauve Ok, why was Paul instructing Timothy to stop women from teaching men? Is this purpose stated anywhere else in the letter? How does this re

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk @Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve 1Ti 2:12 is a statement made in the context of a personal letter to Timothy in which Paul’s main concern was stopping false teaching and how to handle blaspheming false teachers differentl...

@j_robert_kirk @Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve 1Ti 2:12 is a statement made in the context of a personal letter to Timothy in which Paul’s main concern was stopping false teaching and h

1Ti 2:12 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (per

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (personal instruction to Timothy about dealing with false teachers), change its grammar to plural and then make a rule based

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch No one (including me) is arguing that the letters written to specific individuals were not intended to be read by the rest of us and treated as scripture. What I’m saying is that we must take Paul’s meaning in the context that ...

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch No one (including me) is arguing that the letters written to specific individuals were not intended to be read by the rest of us and treated as scripture. What I’m saying is tha

@StevenMKestner @kdclaunch No, absolutely not. I’m pointing out this detail as i

@StevenMKestner @kdclaunch No, absolutely not. I’m pointing out this detail as it informs us of the context of Paul’s words. We can learn from Paul’s instruction to Timothy, but we absolutely should n

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch Paul clarifies again, that he writes to Timothy and uses second person singular “you” to explain it is to show him how he should act in the church: "I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; but ...

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch Paul clarifies again, that he writes to Timothy and uses second person singular “you” to explain it is to show him how he should act in the church: "I am writing these things **

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch Wow, this is pretty basic Chris… ok let’s crack open our Bibles. “To Timothy…” (1Ti 1:2) - The letter is clearly from Paul. - Paul clearly identifies that he is writing this letter to Timothy - The second person singular prono...

@coramdeo1 @kdclaunch Wow, this is pretty basic Chris… ok let’s crack open our Bibles. “To Timothy…” (1Ti 1:2) - The letter is clearly from Paul. - Paul clearly identifies that he is writing this le

1Ti 1:2 general

Kyle forgets that this is a personal letter to Timothy, not a general letter to the church. Paul states expressly that his intent was to leave Timothy behind to stop some from teaching false doctrines. Paul’s intent was not to setup some sort of gend...

Kyle forgets that this is a personal letter to Timothy, not a general letter to the church. Paul states expressly that his intent was to leave Timothy behind to stop some from teaching false doctrines

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

🧵 Kyle @kdclaunch attempts to show that the Bible forbids women from functioning

🧵 Kyle @kdclaunch attempts to show that the Bible forbids women from functioning pastorally. Unfortunately, he misconstrues the purpose of 1Ti 2:11-15, Paul’s intent for this personal letter to Timo

1Ti 2:11-15 general

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul But you are taking this verse out of context and forgett

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul But you are taking this verse out of context and forgetting that Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy to address issues of false teaching, not to instruct him to stop t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-18

@masonmennenga Whatever would make you think Paul didn’t write 1 Timothy? Bizarr

@masonmennenga Whatever would make you think Paul didn’t write 1 Timothy? Bizarre.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

@DebbieM246 Yes, that’s the response I’m looking for. And Paul goes out of His w

@DebbieM246 Yes, that’s the response I’m looking for. And Paul goes out of His way to highlight the women who led Timothy into the truth from the beginning. Disappointing that this even needs pointin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

Fathers are important, but Paul highlights that it was Timothy’s Mother and Grandmother that were models of faith: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwe...

Fathers are important, but Paul highlights that it was Timothy’s Mother and Grandmother that were models of faith: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother L

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-10

@peace_got @JollyStine @Peacemaker811 Paul and Timothy weren’t husbands either y

@peace_got @JollyStine @Peacemaker811 Paul and Timothy weren’t husbands either yet both were overseers.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@merelyjwright @pastorpilgrim @RevChrisDavis Was Paul or Timothy a husband? 🤔 O

@merelyjwright @pastorpilgrim @RevChrisDavis Was Paul or Timothy a husband? 🤔 Or do you interpret literally just when it suits what you want?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must be a husband or have children as Paul and Timothy didn’t meet that requirement, so this is a misreading of Paul’s inten

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t mean you had to be a husband. He also didn’t use ma...

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-30

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be excluded from being an overseer despite clearly a...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egalitarian churches to leave loudly and take others wi...

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egali

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-04

@carol66944 Right, the problem isn’t with the women in general. Are you suggesti

@carol66944 Right, the problem isn’t with the women in general. Are you suggesting that if there is in fact a false teacher in Ephesus that Paul hadn’t dealt with that this means Paul or Timothy hasti

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually direc

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually directed at Timothy “the you” (second person singular)—how *Timothy* ought to behave in order to deal with the issues surroun

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@kriesese @pastherandie @ronhenzel @smashbaals Paul’s use of that idiom does not mean a married man…else Paul (and Timothy) would be excluded. By the same reasoning, neither is this excluding women. Paul did not say “must not be a woman,” but is sayi...

@kriesese @pastherandie @ronhenzel @smashbaals Paul’s use of that idiom does not mean a married man…else Paul (and Timothy) would be excluded. By the same reasoning, neither is this excluding women. P

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii So the serious error that Paul left Timothy behind to fix was that godly women were teaching cor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@MythosMayhem @ronhenzel What purpose is Paul conveying to Timothy by waxing spiritual about the singular/plural nature of the church? This is a personal and somewhat urgent instruction letter to Timothy due to his concern about the false teaching an...

@MythosMayhem @ronhenzel What purpose is Paul conveying to Timothy by waxing spiritual about the singular/plural nature of the church? This is a personal and somewhat urgent instruction letter to Timo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@StevenMKestner In order to forbid something, scripture has to be unequivocal. Taken literally, the requirement is married with more than one child. Even Paul and Timothy don’t meet this…even Jesus couldn’t be an elder in His own church! The require...

@StevenMKestner In order to forbid something, scripture has to be unequivocal. Taken literally, the requirement is married with more than one child. Even Paul and Timothy don’t meet this…even Jesus co

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1,5 (elect lady) and vs 13 (chosen sister)? Also, w...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1