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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-22

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this lecture you also refer to the following verse: 1 Corinthians 11:10 (NASB 2020): “Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” However, “a symbol of” is not in the Greek. The...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this lecture you also refer to the following verse: 1 Corinthians 11:10 (NASB 2020): “Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

1 Cor 6:2-3 1 Corinthians 11:10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-22

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think that we were showing that leadership is best with both women and men together and that leadership qualities are not male only attributes. Aggression is not a leadership attribute. Logical thinking does not belong only to...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think that we were showing that leadership is best with both women and men together and that leadership qualities are not male only attributes. Aggression is not a leadership at

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I do have an answer for each of the Calvinist proof texts. Are we going to go through them all? It’s late…I could continue after a sleep. If you are up for a while longer, take a look at a documentary I host about Judas. ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I do have an answer for each of the Calvinist proof texts. Are we going to go through them all? It’s late…I could continue after a sleep. If you are up for a while longer,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps the focus has shifted from God to spectacle. Let’s embrace substance over show.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Yoinks. Thanks for this clip Kaeley! He says earlier that "Women not only can be, but must be students of Scripture. They must be catechized and discipled to be clear and disciplined thinkers, able to refute error and hold fast ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Yoinks. Thanks for this clip Kaeley! He says earlier that "Women not only can be, but must be students of Scripture. They must be catechized and discipled to be clear and discipl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What do you mean by “a Judas apologist”? I have a teach...

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yep, there’s that line again where what complementarians view as clear Biblical teaching gets applied in a remarkably varied fashion. Dr. Dani Treweek recently explained how wonderful of a reception women had at a conference of c...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yep, there’s that line again where what complementarians view as clear Biblical teaching gets applied in a remarkably varied fashion. Dr. Dani Treweek recently explained how wonde

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has a specific understanding in the context of somethi...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but while husbands may take out the garbage or go get a ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of women to not speak in the assembly in 1 Cor 14:34....

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of

1 Cor 14:34 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain under the judgment of the elders when doing so and ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why do men interpret 1 Tim 3 that a pastor can be single and without children? Is that the plain meaning?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m just finishing up your proelium series on Sex and Gender, so I am aware of your perspective and the ways in which you differ from other complementarians. I care little about the majority view as we don’t judge scripture based...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m just finishing up your proelium series on Sex and Gender, so I am aware of your perspective and the ways in which you differ from other complementarians. I care little about t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in there and Peter admits that Paul writes about things...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in th

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well. Why don’t you take another look at a consistent, Biblically faithful, egalitarian interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-36 and

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Tim 2:11-15 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but mer

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but merely that the Bible does not teach that qualified women who lead and those who preach and teach true doctrine are not goi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@MikeWingerii This is a great post Mike! This context serves as a critical back

@MikeWingerii This is a great post Mike! This context serves as a critical backdrop also to 1 Tim 2:11-15 which you are currently working on. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5. The apostle Paul is offering a corrective to specific relationship issues. https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the body submitting one to another, leaders to congregants included. Submitting is not about authority structures but an at

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

Ephesians 2:8 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events out of cont...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dange

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events ...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, fo...

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither

Galatians 3:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males pri

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males prioritized over females you’d have every right to raise an eyebrow and suggest I sounded like a complementarian. The labe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provoc

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provocatively not to suggest untrue things or to accuse you of fakery but because I am honestly surprised by the wide variatio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be interested in her take on 1 Cor 14:34-35 and 1 Tim 2:11-...

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be intere

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice, embody an egalitarian approach. =) The challeng...

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is plural masculine. How would one know that Paul is...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not hearing a woman’s voice in this context is it coul...

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, we are “Wet Coast” people. Which of the following umb

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, we are “Wet Coast” people. Which of the following umbrellas do you recommend is Biblical? https://t.co/HP4hJgWMoF

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed BTW, I have no idea if you are muting me or not as you

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed BTW, I have no idea if you are muting me or not as you have not so much as liked any of my many comments back to you. I know you may be busy, but a “yo…point taken” once in a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I agree with you. Though he may claim men a

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I agree with you. Though he may claim men are leaving for the same reasons. Oh for proper Biblical balance so we can remove this stumbling stone for good!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a higher standard. But he is not meaning that women als...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a high

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual consent), if it doesn’t mean you peer into the eye...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more primary to me than whether a woman is allowed to teach ...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more prima

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament mo

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament model is monogamy. The term is literally “one wife husband” and “one husband wife” in 1 Tim ch 3 and ch 5.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we might see it something like the man was first follo...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks There is a feminist movement that is very clearly hostile to males perhaps reactionary to patriarchy. And of course the patriarchists can often be seen as hostile to women, often upset when any of them do things that they don’t t...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks There is a feminist movement that is very clearly hostile to males perhaps reactionary to patriarchy. And of course the patriarchists can often be seen as hostile to women, often

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to lay down their lives for their wives. It’s not about going to work (which men can easily treat as an escape from proble

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, Christ sacrificed to save His bride but His bride consists of both men and women who are in turn called to lay down their lives for one another. Laying down one’s life is not a gendered requirement. And women sacrifice thei...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, Christ sacrificed to save His bride but His bride consists of both men and women who are in turn called to lay down their lives for one another. Laying down one’s life is not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @ChristOverChaos The history of feminism is a fundamental of Christianity?? Wowzers. I merely suggested a possible reason for the reaction in our culture. I’m not denying feminism shares claims some things in common with egalitari...

@JohnMoo26668690 @ChristOverChaos The history of feminism is a fundamental of Christianity?? Wowzers. I merely suggested a possible reason for the reaction in our culture. I’m not denying feminism

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Paul uses plural masculine for “you” in the above ve...

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Pa

1 Cor 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden by scripture (Deut 22:5 “A women must not wear men...

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden

Deut 22:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian service and are likely shocked by the women that a...

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian

Gal 2:4-5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vital to consider the historical context. The patri...

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women that are teaching false doctrines today? Is that ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is actually encouraging women to participate. I go through all the details here. https://t.c

1 Cor 7:1 general
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