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@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that s

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that saving faith is not what Paul was referring to in Eph 2:8.

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@OutOfThePocket Surely he knows of Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Thallus, Mara Bar Serapion, Lucian of Samosata, Josephus, and later apologists like Justin Martyr and Athenagoras? Also, regardless of Roman and Greek external sources, he int...

@OutOfThePocket Surely he knows of Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Thallus, Mara Bar Serapion, Lucian of Samosata, Josephus, and later apologists like Justin Martyr and Athenagoras? Also, rega

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@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take a

@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take another look. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

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@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (whi

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (which Peter acknowledges can be difficult at times) then maybe we won’t see him as someone who got things so wrong on women

@ManuelMencia11 @ryancduff @cbankston7 @CherylSchatz I agree and can show that s

@OutOfThePocket Surely he knows of Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Thallus, Mara Bar Serapion, Lucian of Samosata, Josephus, and later apologists like Justin Martyr and Athenagoras? Also, regardless of Roman and Greek external sources, he int...

@smashbaals Paul rightly interpreted is not against women in leadership. Take a

@BethMooreLPM One can twist Jesus’ words too. If we rightly interpret Paul (whi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals BTW, if you have access to search the Greek text, just look these works up yourself and you will see how episkopos and presbyteros are used interchangeably and poimen is assumed (as no one i...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals That's what it has b

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to ascertain what Paul meant by what he said to Timo...

@NSanctification @ronhenzel In Acts 13:48 we still have operation of individuals but acting together as a group. The key is the use of the middle voice. First, we have to recall in context that there was a group who judged themselves unworthy of li...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say w

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read you

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Why are you laughing? The only thing that matters is the Greek. We haven’t lost that. The NASB is pretty good at getting to the original, but if you want the word by word, here it is. “They…explained” (plural)....

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking ev

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoti

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problems, traveled from church to church preaching and te...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscripts so you have to infer quotes from the context. ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize. He left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers ...

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a servant. All Christians are servants also. So th...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the dis

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. *Cultural Norms:* The norms ...

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gender and socioeconomic barriers were torn down. I go...

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is addressing it. This is not general instructions f...

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s refutes those silencing women (v36). Paul’s instruct...

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe in the full inspiration of scripture and back up my...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to each other, then that certainly includes husbands t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference to the anaphoric “a woman” is not any woman becaus...

@TaompsonTaomson Many including men and women don’t know the scriptures well enough to teach it to others. Understanding itself is not restricted to only males. Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos (Acts 18:27). So she clearly understood the script...

@heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC 1 Tim 5:9 uses the wording ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς γυνή (or one husband wife) though not in the context of leadership. When Paul uses "one wife husband" in 1 Tim 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6, I see this as generic of monogomy but I think t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Qualifications are based on character, not one’s sex, skin color, whether they are married or not or their social status. You are reading into the requirements what you were brought up to believe. Not sur...

@DickSaban1 @aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr You are not reading Isaiah 3:12 in context (see below). What Paul says is consistent with his other letters. Yes, only male Levites were the only ones allowed to be priests as that is what was in t...

@Mockinglogos @DBrimzim @smashbaals It’s an idiom for monogomy. The same thing is said about deacons where we have women mentioned and Phoebe is a deaconness. If it means must be married, then Paul is disqualified given he is single and he wishes e...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption History of the mainline churches is not what determines proper interpretation on these matters. However, the Waldensians (late 12th century) believed in Salvation by Faith alone (pre Luther) and believed in the pries...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption The SBC shouldn’t have kicked out churches with women leaders. This is not the same thing as those who approve of gender fluidity or sex outside of a one man, one woman marriage “until death do they part.” Take anot...

@VeiledGlory I’m a man and I quote Gal 3:26-29 to show this. And I know hermene

@eXLMPrince100 @PstrAThomas @RSBNetwork @DonnieDarkened That’s not even in a church… So women are not allowed to pray anywhere? How about another take? Paul is actually quoting from the Corinthian’s own letter and refuting those who are silencing w...

@Rach4Patriarchy Except that’s not what Paul is saying in this passage. He is not silencing women, rather, he is rebuking those who are silencing women. This is a quote from some Judiazers who infiltrated the churches and wrote what Paul quoted in ...

@Protestia What does the Bible say is the weight range for each individual where you can be considered not in sin? I don’t see it. I don’t see this specified in any list of sins. Further, how does one account for the impacts of cancer treatments, ...

@theblaze I understand this concern, but allowing gifted, qualified and faithful women to preach and teach is not the same as promoting gender fluidity and going outside the bounds of sex being between one man and one woman "until death do they part....

@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I’m simply pointing out that egalit

@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference That’s a different issue and I’m in

@DadaAlpaca @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference The facts are that these passages are difficult, not trivial, and it is because of the complexities that are there from the author that makes it like a puzzle. We do have acknowledgement from a peer of Paul...

@wgrapperhaus Where does Jesus command that women should not teach, pastor or ov

@PerinDana @pauldirks Yes, those are good examples too. And yes, Sarah’s name means ‘princess’ or ‘noblewoman’ in Hebrew which denotes her status and her significant role in her relationship with Abraham, clearly denoted by times when he listened to...

@PerinDana @pauldirks I think that if women were to call their husband’s “lord”

@PerinDana @pauldirks This is like our older English use of “Sir” and “Ma’am.” “Yes, sir” and “yes, ma’am” can come off sounding slavish, but these are how each of us shows we are bending our will towards the other, not an acknowledgment that we are...

@PerinDana @pauldirks I’m glad you asked again about this verse, Paul. Many are hung up on this phrase as we consider this a term of subjugation. In their cultural context, this was simply an idiomatic expression denoting respect. And so Sarah’s ac...

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@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. Cultural Norms: The norms ...