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@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul was saying wasn’t one sided, but to deal with spe...

@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a man should pretend to be a woman, to wear a dress or adorn fake breasts or claim to bear children. This is about leade

@KRUSHWRLD @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Here's what 1Ti 2:12 mea

@KRUSHWRLD @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Here's what 1Ti 2:12 means in context. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid it in full on the cross and this caused havoc? Ive never heard anything like that…

Eph 5:21 Titus 2:5 debate

@BlackSheepPickl @MikeWingerii Titus 2:5 does say wives are to hypotasso their husbands. I didn’t say that wives are not to do this, only that Eph 5:21 says all are to do this to one another showing that it’s not a gendered hierarchical authority str...

@BlackSheepPickl @MikeWingerii Titus 2:5 does say wives are to hypotasso their husbands. I didn’t say that wives are not to do this, only that Eph 5:21 says all are to do this to one another showing t

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The NASB has “symbol of” but this is not in the Greek. ...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The N

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a river (the source of the river). The same word ca...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 I am not saying that kephale never conveys the idea of authority in any context. Regarding 2 Sam 22:44, David is not the King of the whole world. Does he set the policy of all the nations around him? Or is God simply makin...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 I am not saying that kephale never conveys the idea of authority in any context. Regarding 2 Sam 22:44, David is not the King of the whole world. Does he set the policy of

2 Sam 22:44 debate

@Dan_NY_Giants As soon as you assume this is about authority, you have a problem. But it’s not about authority. It’s about “standing under” the other, even children, lifting them up to do what’s best for them. You trade your own personal desires to s...

@Dan_NY_Giants As soon as you assume this is about authority, you have a problem. But it’s not about authority. It’s about “standing under” the other, even children, lifting them up to do what’s best

@StothersRyan I’m not reducing the meaning of v22-23, just saying that it cannot be hierarchical if v21 is mutual—and it is. The husband and wife are established by the first marriage where Adam was the source of Eve (she came from his flesh and bon...

@StothersRyan I’m not reducing the meaning of v22-23, just saying that it cannot be hierarchical if v21 is mutual—and it is. The husband and wife are established by the first marriage where Adam was

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correctin

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correcting a problem, not encouraging what was already culturally commonplace. How? Take a look 👇 https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-22

This is what makes you a good complementarian, Mike. 😊 Imagine if you’d recogni

This is what makes you a good complementarian, Mike. 😊 Imagine if you’d recognize that the command to submit was actually given in v21?—everyone submitting to each other. Whatever Paul means, it’s n

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@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel Hi Tom. She’s not imaginary. Paul’s not naming her as a way of showing grace 1Ti 1:13 (he names and marks those who teach false doctrines with knowledge, 1Ti 1:19-20). Because it’s a personal letter to Timothy, what Paul said ...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel Hi Tom. She’s not imaginary. Paul’s not naming her as a way of showing grace 1Ti 1:13 (he names and marks those who teach false doctrines with knowledge, 1Ti 1:19-20). Because

1Ti 1:13 1Ti 1:19-20 general

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what is illegitimate in the appeals to context Aaron refers to that egalitarians often do.

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@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scriptures which appear to contradict the prevailing i...

@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scri

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@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 I guess that Paul should have taken a grammar class with

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 I guess that Paul should have taken a grammar class with Ron because then he should have used sozo plural? You and the NASB are interpreting Paul’s grammar. The English should

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wif

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 So curious how you protested translating “a woman” as wife in 1Ti 2:12 but here in 1Ti 3:11 when women is on its own you are happy to translate it as wives. I guess it fits your

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:11 debate

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel The NASB is explicitly mistranslating the singular to plu

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel The NASB is explicitly mistranslating the singular to plural to presumably correct Paul’s grammar in v15. This simply shows the translators recognize the problem in this verse,

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify or prohibit women from serving as pastors, elders...

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify

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@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole Rom 16:2 is clear—Paul is appealing that they help her in whatever matter she requires for “she herself has also been a helper of many.” A leader is someone who oversees volunteers for service projects. T...

@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole Rom 16:2 is clear—Paul is appealing that they *help her* in whatever matter she requires for “she herself has also been a helper of many.” A leader is someo

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@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole The early church still got a few things wrong. It got the Gentiles wrong and needed correction on that several times. In Acts 6, they are just doing what comes natural to them—picking men. You cannot take a...

@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole The early church still got a few things wrong. It got the Gentiles wrong and needed correction on that several times. In Acts 6, they are just doing what co

John 10:19 1 Timothy 2:12 question

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 about division as if truth itself is a sword to spli...

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 ab

@TarienCole @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SimonReye I tend to agree that we don’t know whether Phoebe explained the letter to the Romans because it is not explicitly stated. However, the fact that you admit she is a deaconess is intriguing because 1Ti 3:12 s...

@TarienCole @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SimonReye I tend to agree that we don’t know whether Phoebe explained the letter to the Romans because it is not explicitly stated. However, the fact that you admit s

1Ti 3:12 debate

@CiCi15206 @Jesus23222 Concerning the scriptures and traditions that contradict them: “'Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.' He was also saying to them, 'You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in ord...

@CiCi15206 @Jesus23222 Concerning the scriptures and traditions that contradict them: “'Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.' He was also saying to them, 'You are expe

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@Nico_Aurelio_ @LilaGraceRose The sex of the preacher is not an issue for Paul. What is an issue is false teaching and whether the person is mature, sound in the faith and lives according to the faith (is godly). The purpose of Paul writing his lette...

@Nico_Aurelio_ @LilaGraceRose The sex of the preacher is not an issue for Paul. What is an issue is false teaching and whether the person is mature, sound in the faith and lives according to the faith