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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

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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

@american_d1ce Yes wives submit to your husbands! Yes the church submits to Chri

@american_d1ce Yes wives submit to your husbands! Yes the church submits to Christ following the example Christ laid for us.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach What created order are you referring

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach What created order are you referring to? Where does scripture tell us women “aren’t meant for leadership”? Men also have other responsibilities…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Why do you think it is a disaster? Is it because of the false teaching or is it because they are females? If men would treat women as worth teaching how to lead and not prevent them from leading in conservat...

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Why do you think it is a disaster? Is it because of the false teaching or is it because they are females? If men would treat women as worth teaching how to l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose What? I don’t think you know what you ar

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose What? I don’t think you know what you are talking about. Head doesn’t mean authority over or boss of someone. No one except husbands and Christ are called head.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-01

@KathleenRawner @immortalnchrist Paul's purpose was that Timothy remain in Ephes

@KathleenRawner @immortalnchrist Paul's purpose was that Timothy remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people to stop teaching strange doctrines (1Ti 1:3). His purpose was not to stop anyone from teac

1Ti 1:3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership roles, gender and authority. Many feel like hiera...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@Valhrolf @turnedwife However, shouldn't "Judeo-christian men" care about taking

@Valhrolf @turnedwife However, shouldn't "Judeo-christian men" care about taking scripture in its context? https://t.co/XIjnmMyTX5

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@ymmotrojam @5SolasMissy It surely includes at least those who do and will believe. However, 2Pe 2:3 talks about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them” and later, “For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the kno...

@ymmotrojam @5SolasMissy It surely includes at least those who do and will believe. However, 2Pe 2:3 talks about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them” and later, “For if, after they ha

2Pe 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@5SolasMissy Earlier in 2Pe 2:1, Peter writes about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them.” This shows he doesn’t reserve Christ’s redemptive work only for the elect, even when addressing apostates. That undermines the Calvinist reading...

@5SolasMissy Earlier in 2Pe 2:1, Peter writes about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them.” This shows he doesn’t reserve Christ’s redemptive work only for the elect, even when addressin

2Pe 2:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion? Submission in Eph 5 isn’t blind obedience. It’s Ch...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Another thought for you to consider: roles are not

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Another thought for you to consider: roles are not ordained; attitudes are. Jesus had a submissive attitude, not a role of submission. We are all to emulate the submissi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

And God is said to be the kephale of Christ (1Co 11:3). Jesus’ body was prepared by the Father (Heb 10:5; Ps 40:7). Jesus “…came forth from the Father…” (Jn 16:28) Also, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him ...

And God is said to be the kephale of Christ (1Co 11:3). Jesus’ body was prepared by the Father (Heb 10:5; Ps 40:7). Jesus “…came forth from the Father…” (Jn 16:28) Also, “For I have come down from h

1Co 11:3 Heb 10:5 Jn 16:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished, held together. The life of the church flows from Christ as its source of spiritual life, grace, unity, and purpose. W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Similarly, when Paul writes that husbands are to love their wives as Christ love

Similarly, when Paul writes that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her, he is by no means excluding wives from the same calling since this is the call

Eph 5:1-2 Php 2:3-5 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

If you neglect what is being said for every Christian, you risk making the same

If you neglect what is being said for every Christian, you risk making the same mistake as others when they pit Paul against James in the faith works discussion. When Paul said faith and not works, h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submis

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submission by definition means laying aside one’s own interests for the sake of the other. That’s what ALL Christians are ca

Php 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

What Paul says in Eph 5:21 precludes any sort of hierarchy. In Eph 5:1–2, Paul

What Paul says in Eph 5:21 precludes any sort of hierarchy. In Eph 5:1–2, Paul sets the stage for the whole section: “walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us.” 👉This is

Eph 5:1 Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Where did you get “the entire church” from? The entir

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Where did you get “the entire church” from? The entire church would be every Christian in the whole world.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@Jondaphemp I strongly disagree with Calvinism, but I generally avoid calling se

@Jondaphemp I strongly disagree with Calvinism, but I generally avoid calling secondary differences/errors 'false teaching' as I think it's best to reserve this for true heresy. Heresy should only be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@rubes_stev863 Heresy is teaching that makes you non-Christian. Though I strongl

@rubes_stev863 Heresy is teaching that makes you non-Christian. Though I strongly disagree with them, Calvinists are my brothers and sisters in Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@NicoSanchezUSA While I'm hoping for the theological system of Calvinism to fade

@NicoSanchezUSA While I'm hoping for the theological system of Calvinism to fade, Calvinists are still my brothers and sisters in Christ. The differences we have are no where near the differences pres

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ…” (Eph 4:11–12) If all are equippe...

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the

Eph 4:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@ronhenzel Ron, thanks for the reply. It’s been a while. I want to clarify what I meant: There is not one instance in the New Testament where an individual is directly called by the title pastor (ποιμήν). Eph 4:11 uses the noun ποιμένας (pastors) in...

@ronhenzel Ron, thanks for the reply. It’s been a while. I want to clarify what I meant: There is not one instance in the New Testament where an individual is directly called by the title pastor (ποι

Eph 4:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@JEM_Books @sola_chad @ElleRulavage People criticize egalitarians for claiming that it’s about Christian women following the Artemis cult when Paul’s words suggest it’s about genealogies and what sounds like Jewish myths. And the idea of usurping mal...

@JEM_Books @sola_chad @ElleRulavage People criticize egalitarians for claiming that it’s about Christian women following the Artemis cult when Paul’s words suggest it’s about genealogies and what soun

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA Paul writes this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain individuals not to teach strange doctrines. Paul's purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth. In fact, in Php 1:8, Paul re...

@VirgilWalkerOMA Paul writes this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain individuals not to teach strange doctrines. Paul's purpose is not to stop anyone fro

Php 1:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Curi_Christian If I only had a penny for everyone who quoted 1Ti 2:12 out of co

@Curi_Christian If I only had a penny for everyone who quoted 1Ti 2:12 out of context!! Paul writes Timothy so that he would instruct certain ones to stop teaching strange doctrine, not to stop anyon

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all th

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of H

Eph 1:22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@autocorrect2_0 As is “wives love your husbands”… As is “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5) We are all to emulate Christ, not just the husband. We are all to love one another. We are all to “s...

@autocorrect2_0 As is “wives love your husbands”… As is “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5) We are all to emulate Christ, not just the husband.

Phil 2:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@WayneShaff60221 I think most people see it as a response to patriarchy. Did it

@WayneShaff60221 I think most people see it as a response to patriarchy. Did it go too far? Certainly. But this is culture we’re referring to not Christianity. The Christian ideal is mutual submissio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domination. Anarchy rejects all structure; egalitarian...

@iroquoisplskn87 That’s a false dichotomy. Egalitarianism is not the absence of order but the presence of mutual submission (Eph 5:21), shared responsibility, and co-laboring without rank-based domin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@LordOfBalance What would that achieve? Do you consider yourself open minded? H

@LordOfBalance What would that achieve? Do you consider yourself open minded? How about let’s briefly test the waters: how do you define what egalitarian means from a Christian perspective?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gentiles, Christ) without any textual anchor. None of...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I’m egalitarian and all 3 of my children came to Ch...

Unless of course, patriarchy isn’t Biblical Christianity. If you want to follow Christ, then you won’t look for power and control, but “be subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21). I

Eph 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband?) continuing in faith. It’s practical hope, not h...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband

1Ti 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@AttorneyBrand @Prov_Standards Well, the Bible doesn’t say that all the scripture is about Christ. And we shouldn’t force Him in unnaturally. That said, there are so many types, shadows, thematic fulfillments, direct prophecies, and a man-figure who ...

@AttorneyBrand @Prov_Standards Well, the Bible doesn’t say that all the scripture is about Christ. And we shouldn’t force Him in unnaturally. That said, there are so many types, shadows, thematic fulf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all sub

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all subject ourselves to one another *in the fear of Christ*. This clearly has nothing to do with intimacy. For that we have e

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 That’s what a deacon is… a supportive role. They organize teams, host, weight on tables, distribute donations, etc. Not a single person in the NT aside from Christ is named as a pastor. Only two are named as elder, Peter an...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 That’s what a deacon is… a supportive role. They organize teams, host, weight on tables, distribute donations, etc. Not a single person in the NT aside from Christ is named

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Prov_Standards There is no hierarchy for leadership because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Leaders are only those who demonstrate by example and are gifted and capable of teaching what was passed onto them, and correcting error. The auth...

@Prov_Standards There is no hierarchy for leadership because we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Leaders are only those who demonstrate by example and are gifted and capable of teaching what wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@SingnRing Absolutely! The misguided emphasis on authority seems to be core to the problem. There seems to be a desire to emphasize and not diminish Christ’s authority over His church but Jesus doesn’t present Himself that way, always elevating the c...

@SingnRing Absolutely! The misguided emphasis on authority seems to be core to the problem. There seems to be a desire to emphasize and not diminish Christ’s authority over His church but Jesus doesn’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Prov_Standards All of the scripture is about Christ. So when you share and teach God's Word, you are 'preaching Christ'. Leadership is simply those who are of exemplary character and lead by example and able to train and correct others. The only o...

@Prov_Standards All of the scripture is about Christ. So when you share and teach God's Word, you are 'preaching Christ'. Leadership is simply those who are of exemplary character and lead by example

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take authority over anyone in the church? Because auth...

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii And Mike also misreads these scholars a number of times. And I disagree with a number of conclusions from egalitarians, but who can blame them as they are seeing legitimate problems with the complementarian...

@Emotionscoach @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii And Mike also misreads these scholars a number of times. And I disagree with a number of conclusions from egalitarians, but who can blame them as they are s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 So teaching true doctrine about Christ is not allowed? Preaching in s

@Paula_333 So teaching true doctrine about Christ is not allowed? Preaching in scripture was only ever done towards unbelievers. In the church, it was teaching, exhortation, edification, encouragement

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

Imagine Paul rejoicing when Christ is proclaimed even under false pretences, but then stopping women from doing so. Paul's rejoicing that in every way Christ is preached doesn't make sense of the idea of women being prevented from preaching Christ b...

Imagine Paul rejoicing when Christ is proclaimed even under false pretences, but then stopping women from doing so. Paul's rejoicing that in every way Christ is preached doesn't make sense of the ide

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly one. In the body of Christ there is no "primary lea...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Just because the husband is physically stronger doesn't mean that our protection comes from our physical strength. You are thinking in a worldly fashion, not a godly o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@EricisAmerican @Protestia But you said “further, there is no New Testament mention of any woman being a pastor” ⎯ but there is no one, not even a man, who is called pastor (poimen) in the NT except Christ. And no one is called elder except Peter and...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia But you said “further, there is no New Testament mention of any woman being a pastor” ⎯ but there is no one, not even a man, who is called pastor (poimen) in the NT except C

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to submit to their husbands…but husbands also to their...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to s

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@BronWen727104 @autocorrect2_0 Also, we are ALL to emulate Christ—wives included

@BronWen727104 @autocorrect2_0 Also, we are ALL to emulate Christ—wives included. Christ is the model for all believers. It’s not just the husbands that are to emulate Christ.

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