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@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman from 2:11-12 is also deceived and in need of salvati...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman fr

from 2:11-12 debate

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two related but separate referents. The singular she/her r...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two rela

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditional statement to exhort women to keep themselves f...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditio

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, but it’s not speaking about the salvation of

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, but it’s not speaking about the salvation of the they. So your answer is: Women will be saved if women do something? So Paul uses the singular in error? He should

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge 1Tim 3 and Titus 1 don’t even have explicit male pronouns let alone a prohibition against women. For the way you are treating this, Paul ought to have said it clearly, “an elder must not be a woman.” Rather you have...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge 1Tim 3 and Titus 1 don’t even have explicit male pronouns let alone a prohibition against women. For the way you are treating this, Paul ought to have said it clearl

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge First, you are wrong. Paul’s comments in 1Ti 2:13-14 are using the fact of the time sequence of creation and the fact that only Eve was deceived to relate to a married couple who were going through a similar thing i...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge First, you are wrong. Paul’s comments in 1Ti 2:13-14 are using the fact of the time sequence of creation and the fact that only Eve was deceived to relate to a marri

1Ti 2:13-14 debate

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge To think that after God gives auth

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge To think that after God gives authority to all believers to preach and teach all nations that here in A SINGLE VERSE God decides to stop all women from te

@J0nMormont @BlondeTemplar @dalepartridge 1Tim 3:12 doesn’t require a male just like it also doesn’t require a pastor is married and has multiple children able to and who believe (Paul himself was single and childless…unless you think Paul was disqua...

@J0nMormont @BlondeTemplar @dalepartridge 1Tim 3:12 doesn’t require a male just like it also doesn’t require a pastor is married and has multiple children able to and who believe (Paul himself was sin

1Tim 3:12 question

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Since you are now trying to argue

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Since you are now trying to argue by simply quoting the scripture I explained in context, here are some questions for you…because you clearly are much sma

@UncutDomination @dalepartridge You might do well to learn in silence since you

@UncutDomination @dalepartridge You might do well to learn in silence since you like many others struggle to read in context. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@elderthorkell @schism I was sincere. I have an open mind. How then do we know w

@elderthorkell @schism I was sincere. I have an open mind. How then do we know whether I heard wrong or you heard wrong?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@JosephTrimmer_ This is literally a modern day representation of Genesis 3… “‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good ...

@JosephTrimmer_ This is literally a modern day representation of Genesis 3… “‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ When

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-26

@GrandpaJoeSux “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising t

@GrandpaJoeSux “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” (2Co 11:13–14)

2Co 11:13 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-26

@Adminosaurus @schism First, if only Paul preached it, then how would the Bereans check his teaching against the other scriptures since this is nowhere else found in scripture? Second, Paul is not teaching baptism for the dead but is refuting the Co...

@Adminosaurus @schism First, if only Paul preached it, then how would the Bereans check his teaching against the other scriptures since this is nowhere else found in scripture? Second, Paul is not te

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-24

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Being aligned in your beliefs to your spouse is very important. If my spouse was Roman Catholic or Orthodox (or not a Christian or even part of a cult group) I would not be going to the same church which would be confusing ...

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Being aligned in your beliefs to your spouse is very important. If my spouse was Roman Catholic or Orthodox (or not a Christian or even part of a cult group) I would not be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

Was Adam responsible for Eve’s sin because he was her head? No, it was because h

Was Adam responsible for Eve’s sin because he was her head? No, it was because he sinned with knowledge and Paul makes this clear. “I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggresso

1 Ti 1:13 question

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals I don’t know if you usually read the KJV, but the English wording here is misleading. The phrase “obedient to their own husbands” in Titus 2:5 (KJV) translates the Greek ὑποτασσομένας τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν (hypotassomenas ...

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals I don’t know if you usually read the KJV, but the English wording here is misleading. The phrase “obedient to their own husbands” in Titus 2:5 (KJV) translates the Greek ὑ

Titus 2:5 debate

@ServusDeiVivi @BishopJaxi The early church certainly used the LXX, which contained both canonical and non-canonical Jewish writings, but using a text in worship or instruction didn’t automatically mean it was considered Scripture. Even Jewish commun...

@ServusDeiVivi @BishopJaxi The early church certainly used the LXX, which contained both canonical and non-canonical Jewish writings, but using a text in worship or instruction didn’t automatically me

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi The Council of Rome in 382 AD did not create the NT canon! It simply recognized what the Christian churches had already been using for centuries. The idea that the Catholic Church at Rome compiled the canon at that point is...

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi The Council of Rome in 382 AD did not create the NT canon! It simply recognized what the Christian churches had already been using for centuries. The idea that the Catholic

@BishopJaxi @jimexploring Was jesting since anyone knows almost every opinion is

@BishopJaxi @jimexploring Was jesting since anyone knows almost every opinion is represented by some sect. Clearly they were included in the Greek LXX. How about the Masoretes who maintained the OT s

@_Nosoup4you__ @SayvilleDavid @annelikok @smashbaals Yes. Say the word ‘submit’ and instantly a boss/subordinate relationship comes to mind. That’s not what scripture is teaching since we are all one, brothers and sisters, parts of the same body. And...

@_Nosoup4you__ @SayvilleDavid @annelikok @smashbaals Yes. Say the word ‘submit’ and instantly a boss/subordinate relationship comes to mind. That’s not what scripture is teaching since we are all one,

@BishopJaxi If your argument is that early codices determine the canon, then you’ll need to be consistent: - Codex Sinaiticus includes The Shepherd of Hermas and The Epistle of Barnabas. - Codex Alexandrinus adds Psalm 151 and 1–4 Maccabees. - Codex ...

@BishopJaxi If your argument is that early codices determine the canon, then you’ll need to be consistent: - Codex Sinaiticus includes The Shepherd of Hermas and The Epistle of Barnabas. - Codex Alexa

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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@BishopJaxi That’s not my argument. No complete Bible before the 15th century had exactly 66 books, but that’s because no bound Bible of any kind existed in a single, standardized volume yet. And the canon wasn’t invented later; it was affirmed from ...

@BishopJaxi That’s not my argument. No complete Bible before the 15th century had exactly 66 books, but that’s because no bound Bible of any kind existed in a single, standardized volume yet. And the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@LdsLawyer2156 In that case, since the BOM contradicts the Bible, it is actually

@LdsLawyer2156 In that case, since the BOM contradicts the Bible, it is actually proof that Joseph Smith was a false prophet.

in 2:11-12 in 2:9-10 debate

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’t say “women are not to teach…men” but refers to ‘...

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’

@yorkcartoons @Toneskeee No one can save themselves but where did you see scripture saying an unregenerate man cannot believe? It’s more like we are in a cage of sin and death and we can call out for help but we cannot save ourselves. Jesus comes and...

@yorkcartoons @Toneskeee No one can save themselves but where did you see scripture saying an unregenerate man cannot believe? It’s more like we are in a cage of sin and death and we can call out for

@NavyServant_61 @Toneskeee @AlanChilde36050 If an overseer has to be a husband, that would mean Paul himself would be disqualified. How is that possible? And Timothy was also likely single. Peter calls himself a fellow elder, so don’t think an apostl...

@NavyServant_61 @Toneskeee @AlanChilde36050 If an overseer has to be a husband, that would mean Paul himself would be disqualified. How is that possible? And Timothy was also likely single. Peter call

@Contains_NaCl @LaughingBrook @Toneskeee That is also being misinterpreted as obviously the Bible isn’t teaching that universally all women can be deceived and men can’t or even that all women are more easily deceived than men. Paul uses Adam and Ev...

@Contains_NaCl @LaughingBrook @Toneskeee That is also being misinterpreted as obviously the Bible isn’t teaching that universally all women can be deceived and men can’t or even that all women are mor

@REFINED_DIRT @sola_chad I don’t deny God exists which means I don’t fit the Ps

@REFINED_DIRT @sola_chad I don’t deny God exists which means I don’t fit the Ps 14 category of a fool. And yes, I have read the entire Bible. Which parts do I not like (since you know)?

@apexviper__rko @DudeNamedben3 @rightresponsem I have been to that land and have visited Bethlehem and met Christians living there. Of course there are Christians living there since the first churches started in Jerusalem and spread out over the whol...

@apexviper__rko @DudeNamedben3 @rightresponsem I have been to that land and have visited Bethlehem and met Christians living there. Of course there are Christians living there since the first churches

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem As for “right at the door,” It’s like saying, “You can hear the knock; the arrival is certain and close.” In Hebrew thought, “at the door” often marks a decisive point as in Gen 4:7 (“sin is crouching at the door”) or...

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem As for “right at the door,” It’s like saying, “You can hear the knock; the arrival is certain and close.” In Hebrew thought, “at the door” often marks a decisive point

Gen 4:7 Jas 5:9 general

@BaptistClips A bishop/elder has to be married with kids? So Paul himself was di

@BaptistClips A bishop/elder has to be married with kids? So Paul himself was disqualified? And he advocated for others to remain single in 1Co 7 and likely Timothy wasn’t married either.

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-09

@dalepartridge Also…Paul was childless and advocated for singleness. Populating

@dalepartridge Also…Paul was childless and advocated for singleness. Populating the planet isn’t the calling of the church; discipling the nations is.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-08

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal 3:7-9, 29). What we do deny is that this spiritua...

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal

Gal 3:7-9 Ro 4:11-17 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@dalepartridge What’s interesting is that the Bible commends strong liquor (Dt 14:26) and seems generally ok with alcohol consumption (Jesus producing large quantities of wine after people had been drinking for days). Yes, drunkenness is a sin. Glutt...

@dalepartridge What’s interesting is that the Bible commends strong liquor (Dt 14:26) and seems generally ok with alcohol consumption (Jesus producing large quantities of wine after people had been dr

Dt 14:26 general

@danjackrass1 @KES_Alaska @aigkenham That’s a fair observation as well, but notice that Scripture doesn’t say Adam sinned because of Satan’s influence. The serpent deceived Eve, but Adam wasn’t deceived (1Ti 2:14). He was with her (Gen 3:6) and heard...

@danjackrass1 @KES_Alaska @aigkenham That’s a fair observation as well, but notice that Scripture doesn’t say Adam sinned because of Satan’s influence. The serpent deceived Eve, but Adam wasn’t deceiv

1Ti 2:14 Gen 3:6 debate

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen You are using a similar argument to what I am except I am combining the clear reading “I do not permit a woman to teach” with the context about stopping false teaching and drawing the only reasonable logical conclusion. I...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen You are using a similar argument to what I am except I am combining the clear reading “I do not permit a woman to teach” with the context about stopping false teaching and

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As I already explained, Paul is describing a deceive

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As I already explained, Paul is describing a deceived wife who was teaching heresy, not anyone teaching truth. You are misinterpreting the passage and then claiming that yo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Curious…who was Paul speaking to in the following? W

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Curious…who was Paul speaking to in the following? Women? Only women can be tricked? “I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led

2Co 11:3 question

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As for 1Co 14:34-35, did you notice that since 1Co 7:1, Paul was responding to things they wrote in their prior letter to him? Do you think after encouraging all to participate by edifying each other that he then silences ...

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As for 1Co 14:34-35, did you notice that since 1Co 7:1, Paul was responding to things they wrote in their prior letter to him? Do you think after encouraging all to partici

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 question

@HvacRoar24011 The background of 2 John is itinerant teachers who traveled from house to house in the early church. Hospitality in that context often meant giving them lodging, food, and sometimes financial support, effectively endorsing them and hel...

@HvacRoar24011 The background of 2 John is itinerant teachers who traveled from house to house in the early church. Hospitality in that context often meant giving them lodging, food, and sometimes fin

@HvacRoar24011 Great! So you are so concerned about the unbelieving Jews you wish you could be sent to hell instead of them? If that was the case, why are you so against blessing them? The Bible is clear...bless your enemies. “But I say to you, love...

@HvacRoar24011 Great! So you are so concerned about the unbelieving Jews you wish you could be sent to hell instead of them? If that was the case, why are you so against blessing them? The Bible is cl

@HvacRoar24011 Paul calls the Israelites his "kinsmen ACCORDING TO THE FLESH" “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. For I coul...

@HvacRoar24011 Paul calls the Israelites his "kinsmen ACCORDING TO THE FLESH" “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-17

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz To allow and permit is not to ordain. So it’s not that

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz To allow and permit is not to ordain. So it’s not that God allows sin that people are concerned with but the idea that He would ordain sin.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-16

@Dundada63093 @davidmn316 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem That’s not exactly true because Roman Catholicism also introduces a lot of errors which distract from the gospel. Back to the topic: scripture teaches that God gave government the responsibilit...

@Dundada63093 @davidmn316 @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem That’s not exactly true because Roman Catholicism also introduces a lot of errors which distract from the gospel. Back to the topic: scripture

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