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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm Obedience? I presume you are married. Can you tell me w

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm Obedience? I presume you are married. Can you tell me what things you command your wife that she must obey against her will?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@MniLA_ @5Solas2 Agreed. I don't see how sharing the responsibilities which can

@MniLA_ @5Solas2 Agreed. I don't see how sharing the responsibilities which can shift over time can't be something both can discuss. What does the man do if his wife is sick?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in v15 which cannot apply to Eve who is dead⎯this is...

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in

1Ti 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua I see. So are you ignoring what I presented and just moving on to the next point? In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy regarding his appeal to him to remain in Ephesus to stop the spread of strange teachings (1Ti 1:3)...

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua I see. So are you ignoring what I presented and just moving on to the next point? In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy regarding his appeal to him to remain in Ephesus

1Ti 1:3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

My second question is: when does the wife get to grow up and share the responsib

My second question is: when does the wife get to grow up and share the responsibility of an adult?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

I'm just curious... what commands does the husband tell the wife that she has to

I'm just curious... what commands does the husband tell the wife that she has to obey? https://t.co/retdSJIFMD

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which

The fact is that gyne means either woman or wife and we have to determine which from the context. The same applies for aner and man or husband. Given the context and connection to Adam and Eve, I beli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecting creation order with deception, this context str...

Since I see Paul addressing a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching heresy and her knowledgeable husband keeping silent, and since Paul links the situation with what happened in Eden connecti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in betwe

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in between a husband and wife (the wife is teaching heresy and the husband, likely an elder, is silent). To assist Timothy, he

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-03

@5Solas2 What commands do you give to your wife that she must obey?

@5Solas2 What commands do you give to your wife that she must obey?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only once and must have 2 or more believing children. Th...

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both t

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both the husband and wife may have been elders. Nothing specifies either way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem In this case, yes…an

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem In this case, yes…and the wife was teaching. Which, if it wasn’t heresy, is obviously not a problem in itself.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-28

@The_Under_Dog94 Well, given that the Holy Spirit is called our Ezer Kenegdo, that the helper is not a lesser position is clear. Jesus also served humanity. I help my wife...she helps me. The will of the Father and Son were aligned, yet if Jesus aske...

@The_Under_Dog94 Well, given that the Holy Spirit is called our Ezer Kenegdo, that the helper is not a lesser position is clear. Jesus also served humanity. I help my wife...she helps me. The will of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@HeGTiSunesis Part of the difficulty with Paul’s comments is that he doesn’t explicitly state woman as also the glory of God and with Christ also as her head—one is left to deduce this as Paul seems to be noting something that a wife uniquely has as ...

@HeGTiSunesis Part of the difficulty with Paul’s comments is that he doesn’t explicitly state woman as also the glory of God and with Christ also as her head—one is left to deduce this as Paul seems t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@TheAwokeSlayer My wife is not my pastor. Does Mike debate anyone? My mind is

@TheAwokeSlayer My wife is not my pastor. Does Mike debate anyone? My mind is doing ok.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image of God, she is the glory of God. Then referring back to the first creation being created from Adam’s side, she is the gl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem @grok Can you help me understand what it is that

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem @grok Can you help me understand what it is that you command your wife that she must obey and she could not also similarly command you?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m glad you help around the home, but you seem

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m glad you help around the home, but you seem to suggest that you command your family. Do you command your wife? What kinds of commands do you give her that you expec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If the English translation inserts ideas not in the original words then “following the plain English” is not being faithful to God’s intent. The world God created had no hierarchy until Adam decided to rule his wife. ...

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem If the English translation inserts ideas not in the original words then “following the plain English” is not being faithful to God’s intent. The world God created had

Ge 1:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sph

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sphere—buying fields, planting vineyards, trading goods, managing workers, and speaking wisdom with kindness. Nowhere in s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Husbands and wives should hypotasso each other. I do

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Husbands and wives should hypotasso each other. I don’t believe the scripture teaches that the husband is the authority over the wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@ronhenzel @carol66944 @BibleU777 Well now, the only place authority (exousaizo)

@ronhenzel @carol66944 @BibleU777 Well now, the only place authority (exousaizo) is mentioned and it’s *mutual*? Did you miss that? Where is the husband said to authentein anyone let alone his wife?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-19

@Ryan_Adair_A What if Eve was representative of a specific deceived wife teachin

@Ryan_Adair_A What if Eve was representative of a specific deceived wife teaching heresy in Ephesus whose undeceived husband is silent and doing nothing—just like in Gen 3 in Eden?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@BronWen727104 I actually don’t think a reference to Artemis is needed as Paul didn’t make an explicit connection. The childbearing is a definite noun and refers to the messiah. She will be saved if they <do things> refers to the deceived wife ...

@BronWen727104 I actually don’t think a reference to Artemis is needed as Paul didn’t make an explicit connection. The childbearing is a definite noun and refers to the messiah. She will be saved if t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

@The_Sig_ Wait ⎯ just to confirm, do you see yourself like the god of your wife?

@The_Sig_ Wait ⎯ just to confirm, do you see yourself like the god of your wife? Is that what you think Sarah meant?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@The_Sig_ Yes, the wife is subject to her husband but this doesn’t negate the hu

@The_Sig_ Yes, the wife is subject to her husband but this doesn’t negate the husband being subject to her as that is how we all are to act (Php 2:3-6). You are not a god to your wife!

Php 2:3-6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@heshallnotbnamd @Eric_Conn Cute. My wife isn’t on X.

@heshallnotbnamd @Eric_Conn Cute. My wife isn’t on X.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder who refuses to stop the false teaching b/c it’s hi...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used as an idiom as even Paul himself wasn’t married. N...

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used

1Ti 3:1 1Ti 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-07

@YourCalvinist Nothing wrong with finding motivation to learn the word and disci

@YourCalvinist Nothing wrong with finding motivation to learn the word and disciple your wife. What does that have to do with women’s voices being filthy and that all women must be silent for 1 hour o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a specific couple⎯a wife teaching heresy and her husband ...

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a speci

1Ti 2:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (commands) to both of them. There is no command in ...

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (c

Ge 3:16 Gen 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@ronhenzel @Presbyterianon Well now, Ron. Since you are an elder (whether paid or not matters little), shouldn’t you press back on comments like these? Is it beyond your pay grade to know that in German, “schatz” means treasure? A man would call his...

@ronhenzel @Presbyterianon Well now, Ron. Since you are an elder (whether paid or not matters little), shouldn’t you press back on comments like these? Is it beyond your pay grade to know that in Ger

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@dalepartridge We didn't do daycare. My wife worked starting in the late afterno

@dalepartridge We didn't do daycare. My wife worked starting in the late afternoon and I started early and came home early. Is that ok with you Dale?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming When God said to Adam “because you listened to the *voice* of your

@EManFleming When God said to Adam “because you listened to the *voice* of your wife” God was stating that Adam was not unaware of the conversation. She never spoke to Adam, but to the serpent. Yet Ad

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband will rule over his wife. If this was ideal, wouldn’t...

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband wi

Gen 3:16-19 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is the source of his wife. Our marriage simply maps ...

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@Son_of_Most_Hi @Chainsaw59598 In Mt 19:3-9, the Pharisees ask Jesus if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Jesus responds by pointing back to Ge 1:27 and Ge 2:24, emphasizing that God created marriage as a lifelong union. He t...

@Son_of_Most_Hi @Chainsaw59598 In Mt 19:3-9, the Pharisees ask Jesus if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Jesus responds by pointing back to Ge 1:27 and Ge 2:24, emphasizing t

Ge 1:27 Ge 2:24 Mt 19:3-9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 Is she allowed to share what she thinks is the best thing for the good of your family? My wife and I discuss our different viewpoints and desires and come to mutual decisions. It takes more time frequently, ...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 Is she allowed to share what she thinks is the best thing for the good of your family? My wife and I discuss our different viewpoints and desires and come to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@mtnhousewife Yes, I believe you are understanding Jesus rightly. And there’s al

@mtnhousewife Yes, I believe you are understanding Jesus rightly. And there’s also the following verses. https://t.co/rmh6NWAfxV

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@EManFleming Yes, let’s look at God’s order in the garden. Where is the man comm

@EManFleming Yes, let’s look at God’s order in the garden. Where is the man commanded to rule his wife? https://t.co/etUifOhWDY

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives?? Our family believes this and we are married and...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem The head of state is a different context and se

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem The head of state is a different context and sense from the husband being the head of the wife and Christ the head of His church. You are mixing contexts.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StanfieldBrent1 Well, yes, but that doesn’t mean subservient to. I help my wife

@StanfieldBrent1 Well, yes, but that doesn’t mean subservient to. I help my wife a lot too. And the Holy Spirit is called our helper. The one who is helped has a need and the one helping as the abili

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Because Paul’s description of how there’s a wife teaching false doctrine and a knowledgeable husband who is sitting silent and not doing anything is a situation that parallels what happened in Eden. That was sufficient f...

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Because Paul’s description of how there’s a wife teaching false doctrine and a knowledgeable husband who is sitting silent and not doing anything is a situation that para

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation a

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation as some are soft complementarian and some are full on patriarchalists. But when I visit comp. churches, my wife gets stra

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody Head is not being used in the sense of “the righteous boss over someone.” You are importing your modern notions of this term and how we use it into the text. Jesus is God but there is no notion of the husband being the “r...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody Head is not being used in the sense of “the righteous boss over someone.” You are importing your modern notions of this term and how we use it into the text. Jesus is God

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