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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about the typical audience but the precision and impact...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul’s audience in this letter is Timothy, a close partner whom he had mentored for years, and so Timothy would understand Paul’s language and intent, even if it included words with a historical connotation. Further, the...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul’s audience in this letter is Timothy, a close partner whom he had mentored for years, and so Timothy would understand Paul’s language and intent, even if it included

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Terran also presents evidence that Philo and Josephus, who wrote around the time of Paul, used αὐθεντής to mean “murderer.” This usage is considered within the context of their literary style and their audience’s underst...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Terran also presents evidence that Philo and Josephus, who wrote around the time of Paul, used αὐθεντής to mean “murderer.” This usage is considered within the context of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii ...being much less commonly used, requires careful contextual analysis to understand Paul's intent. So yes, word meanings do evolve over time, but just like we might go back to an older word to get at a specific meaning...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii ...being much less commonly used, requires careful contextual analysis to understand Paul's intent. So yes, word meanings do evolve over time, but just like we might go

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Further, whatever Wolters and Winger think the word means in other contexts still does not address how Paul intends to use the word and the contextual details he draws upon, that Timothy at least must have understood Pau...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Further, whatever Wolters and Winger think the word means in other contexts still does not address how Paul intends to use the word and the contextual details he draws up

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, Winger says very clearly that context is king and believes he is examining Paul's context. I really don't recall him drawing much on chapter 1 in his interpretation of chapter 2, so I challenge him on his examinatio...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, Winger says very clearly that context is king and believes he is examining Paul's context. I really don't recall him drawing much on chapter 1 in his interpretation

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@smashbaals Ok, but we are tired of you forbidding and rejecting women from full

@smashbaals Ok, but we are tired of you forbidding and rejecting women from full participation in the life of the church. When we use the Bible in context to support the full participation of women, t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evaluating the meaning of the original texts and have to...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evalua

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Why don't you exegete 1Ti 2:12 in co

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Why don't you exegete 1Ti 2:12 in context? Maybe you could also explain verse 15 and why Paul used the specific grammar he chose.

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV The foundation of my argument in scripture and its context. Your assertion that no female can teach is baseless and takes 1Ti 2:12 out of context. Ashkenazi? What are you talking about? Jesus is Jewish. Hi...

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV The foundation of my argument in scripture and its context. Your assertion that no female can teach is baseless and takes 1Ti 2:12 out of context. Ashkenaz

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Yeah, you seem to also struggle with reading letters in the Bible in context. Don’t forget this is a personal letter to Timothy instructing him to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth to anyo...

@samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Yeah, you seem to also struggle with reading letters in the Bible in context. Don’t forget this is a personal letter to Timothy instructing him to stop false teaching,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@UnsafeMedia Right. I don’t understand how he connects the way Fauci uses science to how egalitarians use scripture. I’m egalitarian—I don’t go around saying “I am scripture”… As an egalitarian, I’m simply taking the text seriously as inspired in it...

@UnsafeMedia Right. I don’t understand how he connects the way Fauci uses science to how egalitarians use scripture. I’m egalitarian—I don’t go around saying “I am scripture”… As an egalitarian, I’m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@avyargo @TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii “I do not permit a woman…” could be referring to women generically or a specific woman in that church. How you determine which is by the context. I contend that his use of the definite article in v14...

@avyargo @TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @MikeWingerii “I do not permit a woman…” could be referring to women generically or a specific woman in that church. How you determine which is by the context. I c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii You have to first understand Paul’s comments in the context of specific instructions to Timothy about how he (second person singular) ought to act (1Ti 3:14-15). If Paul meant to generalize, he would...

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii You have to first understand Paul’s comments in the context of specific instructions to Timothy about how he (second person singular) ought to act (1

1Ti 3:14-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-04

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii Paul is clear that he is speaking to Timothy and writing instructions so that Timothy would know how to act in the church of God to stop false teaching. Why do you then just immediately take his inst...

@TarienCole @Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii Paul is clear that he is speaking to Timothy and writing instructions so that Timothy would know how to act in the church of God to stop false teachi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching not stopping all women from teaching. Women are commanded to teach by the great commission so Paul clearly wasn’t meanin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-25

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching trut

@cjohnsonn0311 Except Paul never meant to exclude godly women from teaching truth to anyone. The context is stopping false teaching. #ReadPaulInContext

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heresy, not teaching the truth of the Bible. And Paul n...

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heres

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—letters written to a person into a context with spe...

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isolation forgetting the context of mutual submission a...

@Whatsinaname41 @AVER735 Exactly! But he’s going to then use "Eph 5:24: 'Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.'" Yet he takes this in isola

Eph 5:24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in co

@AVER735 @smashli1228 @BenZeisloft I believe what the Bible clearly states in context which is that it does not forbid anyone because of their ethnicity, gender or socioeconomic status.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the ground is cursed, not Adam or Eve? God never comman...

@AVER735 Gen 4:7 has nothing to do with Eve and is a completely different context. Song of Solomon 7:10 is the relevant sense: “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.” So you agree that the gr

Gen 4:7 Solomon 7:10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley I have to revoke my statement. I assumed it means authority in this context but after reviewing all the lexicons I have in my library (and I have a lot), kephale is not used in the sense of authority. I am becoming more convi...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley I have to revoke my statement. I assumed it means authority in this context but after reviewing all the lexicons I have in my library (and I have a lot), kephale is not used i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Context defines meaning. In this context, it seems clear that Christ’s supreme authority over all creation is in view. Eph 1:22 indicates that this authority is exercised for the benefit of the church. This underscores the ch...

@DST_QA @Robert_S_Morley Context defines meaning. In this context, it seems clear that Christ’s supreme authority over all creation is in view. Eph 1:22 indicates that this authority is exercised for

Eph 1:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context and making sense of all the details including the ...

@JoeAdrian256 @Pathfinder4545 It doesn’t forbid it. Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching not godly women from teaching the truth. You can read yes, but this is about reading in context

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord is something the Holy...

@ronhenzel No, people can certainly speak the words insincerely. Otherwise no one could even read this text out loud! Paul is stressing in the context of spiritual gifts that a genuine, heartfelt ack

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@BalamZuzu @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Exegeting Paul’s inte

@BalamZuzu @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Exegeting Paul’s intention by looking at the details of the letter, the context and audience and the grammar is lies?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what was going on in the context of what is being describ...

@herman_order @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The only history that is authoritative is the history documented in scripture that matches the teaching of the apostles. Historical context means what wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the specific situation that Paul left Timothy behind to de...

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Very strange as my interpretation of 1Ti 2:12 has a false teacher stopped not all women from teaching the truth. I took it literally and applied it based on the context to the spec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Yes, indeed, it does say what it says. And it means what it

@avyargo @Eric_Conn Yes, indeed, it does say what it says. And it means what it means…in context. You cannot ignore the context when interpreting anything, let alone scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you are my elder. In this context, what authority do you have over me? Give me some examples. Help me to understand what yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I have

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I have all the lexicons, so you don't need to screen shot it. The Brill DAG shows it can also mean top or prominent, origin, or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and related to the first husband and wife, then this ...

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun The way Paul describes things can be misunderstood

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun The way Paul describes things can be misunderstood if you don’t read carefully in context. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12

@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12 has to do with a specific wife who is deceived and teaching heresy but her undeceived husband is not saying anything. P

1Ti 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals No. If in context Paul is

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals No. If in context Paul is clearly quoting from the letter from the Corinthians and then reciting their ideas, recognizing this is called careful

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I’m not changing a single

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I’m not changing a single word of scripture. I’m explaining it in context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@russle_p2 @nic_mizeur Yes, the church subjects itself to Christ but Jesus liter

@russle_p2 @nic_mizeur Yes, the church subjects itself to Christ but Jesus literally subjected everything for His church. Subjecting oneself in this context doesn't mean to obey but to subject one's

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness wi

@geekyguyjay That's right. Anyone who has spent time with a Jehovah's Witness will know what it means to quote the Bible out of context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@dmichaelclary @bradstewart81 @jdgreear Taking the scriptures in their context u

@dmichaelclary @bradstewart81 @jdgreear Taking the scriptures in their context undermines every single verse? Wow. Have you ever witnessed to a Jehovah’s Witness? The errors are almost without fail b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Who said additional context? I didn’t say w

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Who said additional context? I didn’t say we need more context. The words written were written in a personal letter to Timothy instructing him on how to stop the f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The context is what is written not church h

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The context is what is written not church history.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes and I follow what is clear in black and white. Absolutely, Jesus is not the author of confusion! He would certainly not appoint Deborah as judge and prophet and the highest authority in all the land if it were...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes and I follow what is clear in black and white. Absolutely, Jesus is not the author of confusion! He would certainly not appoint Deborah as judge and prophet an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The same words and context haven’t changed

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The same words and context haven’t changed for 2000 years. I’m not referring to what is not in scripture and my current society is has no relevance to the context

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I fully submit to God’s Word. You balk at c

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I fully submit to God’s Word. You balk at context but as Mike himself said, context is king. It’s what we use to define what an author means. You ignore it at your

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Actually, when you take the text out of its context to mean something that wasn’t intended, that is more like what the serpent did. That’s not what I am doing. I’m not sowing doubt. I’m explaining the intended me...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Actually, when you take the text out of its context to mean something that wasn’t intended, that is more like what the serpent did. That’s not what I am doing. I’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not twisting God’s Word. I want to foll

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not twisting God’s Word. I want to follow exactly what God means. What is clearly written must take into consideration the context and the details of the gramm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes, all there in black and white. And now it’s up to you not to mishandle the text and take it out of context, but to make sense of every specific detail in the text and its context. What does stopping all women...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes, all there in black and white. And now it’s up to you not to mishandle the text and take it out of context, but to make sense of every specific detail in the t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 Of course. Maybe a bit wordier than you asked for, but here goes. God loves everyone including sinners (of which you were one too before you repented and believed). But scripture is clear that any s3xual r...

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 Of course. Maybe a bit wordier than you asked for, but here goes. God loves everyone including sinners (of which you were one too before you repented and be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching. That statement wasn’t Paul instructing Timothy t...

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching.

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