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@pastherandie @TBush1689 @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @Doctrinesof

@pastherandie @TBush1689 @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii Perhaps he thinks that he is the authority on this because he is a man?

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii On basis do you conclude this? Surely you are not referring to 1 Tim 3:1–13, which has no male pronouns, nowhere, says “must not be a woman”, and even s...

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii On basis do you conclude this? Surely you are not referring to 1 Tim 3:1–13, which has no male pronoun

1 Tim 3:1 question

@pastherandie @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii That is right! There’s no need to appeal to someone’s authority, their PhD, if they had one or the lengthy nature of their published work. One simply needs to consider the reasons behind their conclusions, ...

@pastherandie @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii That is right! There’s no need to appeal to someone’s authority, their PhD, if they had one or the lengthy nature of their published work. One simply needs

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii @pastherandie I taught all the following in four 1.5hr sessions: Gen 1-3, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3:1-13. The only reason @MikeWingerii needed 11 1/2 hours for this single passage in first Ti...

@DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii @pastherandie I taught all the following in four 1.5hr sessions: Gen 1-3, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3:1-13. The only reason @MikeWingerii neede

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii This is a particularly sticky situation. Timothy is being asked by Paul to intervene to stop a wife from teaching false auction when her husband who is ...

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii This is a particularly sticky situation. Timothy is being asked by Paul to intervene to stop a wife fr

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @Doctrinesof

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii “You can’t teach” is speaking of Andie?

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @Doctrinesof

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @Ashwin_Vengayil @TimothyMHurst @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii What?? Are you suggesting that no women have the ability or capacity to teach? Surely I’m misreading y

@stablecross @ronhenzel The details matter and considering all the details is not "overthinking it." But you are correct, no one should be teaching false doctrine, male or female. You are also correct⎯a wife being allowed to teach means she is on th...

@stablecross @ronhenzel The details matter and considering all the details is not "overthinking it." But you are correct, no one should be teaching false doctrine, male or female. You are also correc

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a very difficult situation for the young single Timoth...

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a ve

@the_blind_guide @ronhenzel This is correct. Not only that, but this passage is probably one of the most misused scriptures totally taken out of context. Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy instructing him to stop "certain people" from teach...

@the_blind_guide @ronhenzel This is correct. Not only that, but this passage is probably one of the most misused scriptures totally taken out of context. Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy i

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Only one person teaches at a time. Songs have doctrine in them, but I wouldn’t consider that teaching as teaching would involve explaining doctrine. I...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Only one person teaches at a time. Songs have doctrine in them, but I wouldn’t consider that teaching

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The English is great until you get it completely wrong and think it is restricting godly women from teaching true doctrine to groups with males in them...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The English is great until you get it completely wrong and think it is restricting godly women from t

@pauldirks Interesting! So a man can only be blessed by a woman teacher if he believes 1 Tim 2:12 doesn’t refer to women teaching true doctrine and doesn’t think that teaching him means taking authority over him. Is that an accurate statement? But so...

@pauldirks Interesting! So a man can only be blessed by a woman teacher if he believes 1 Tim 2:12 doesn’t refer to women teaching true doctrine and doesn’t think that teaching him means taking authori

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@kwesi_crocs 1 Tim 2:11-15 has nothing to do with this. There was a specific wom

@kwesi_crocs 1 Tim 2:11-15 has nothing to do with this. There was a specific woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine. What does that have to do with politicians? We have very bad and some very good p

1 Tim 2:11-15 question

Complementarians: If a woman is teaching true Biblical doctrine in a Bible study

Complementarians: If a woman is teaching true Biblical doctrine in a Bible study in her home and a man walks in, is she supposed to stop speaking or must he leave?🤔

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe You are misreading it. It doesn't say "must not be

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe You are misreading it. It doesn't say "must not be a woman." Nowhere is Paul saying a godly woman cannot teach true doctrine to a man. Priscilla wasn't sinning.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@kgaugelo_N @katsandhearts @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning How would Paul refer to a specific woman if he wanted to do so without naming her? This was a personal letter to Timothy, after all. And Paul said in 1...

@kgaugelo_N @katsandhearts @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning How would Paul refer to a specific woman if he wanted to do so without naming her? This was a personal

1 Tim 1:3 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Teach with authority? I have heard this from several pastors and I have no idea where they are getting this from. Authority to do what? Make new doctrine? Surely not. It’s the word itself that has the authority, so s...

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Teach with authority? I have heard this from several pastors and I have no idea where they are getting this from. Authority to do what? Make new doctrine? Surely not.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul said that she should learn, but she thought she was right, so Paul is saying she should sit as a student and not constantly object—but listen to what Timothy has to say. The purpose of learning is to correct her fals...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul said that she should learn, but she thought she was right, so Paul is saying she should sit as a student and not constantly object—but listen to what Timothy has to sa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-04

@skcmonastery @Protestia No, this is not what Paul is saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he is quoting from the prior letter from the Corinthians! v36 says: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) The fact is...

@skcmonastery @Protestia No, this is not what Paul is saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he is quoting from the prior letter from the Corinthians! v36 says: "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? o

1 Cor 14:34-35 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul wa

@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul was saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35. Hint: *verse 36* “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] o

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting your doctrine right is so important before drawin...

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I interpret these scriptures in context showing they are not about preventing a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone, including men. Why do you think men need to be p...

@VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I interpret these scriptures in context showing they are not about preventing a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11-15 isn’t forbidding women from teaching true doctrine to men—you just have to stick with the scripture. https://t.co/My

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded from leadership because she is a female. It doesn’t...

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded fr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” since it is referring to a wi...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 a

1 Tim 5:9 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Ok, sounds like you don’t have a solid opinion on deacons yet. EVEN THOUGH 1 Tim 3:12 says “Deacons must be husbands of one wife”? So you can be convinced because some are called deacons i...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Ok, sounds like you don’t have a solid opinion on deacons yet. EVEN THOUGH 1 Tim 3:12 says “Deacons must be husbands of one wife”? So you

1 Tim 3:12 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 What’s wishy or wash

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 What’s wishy or washy about it? I’d appreciate you helping me understand.

@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also an elder so clearly being married or having childr...

@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a diakonos in Greek, even Jesus and Paul are. So whether or not they are leaders has to be determined by the context.

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@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she h...

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and hel

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 But “must be the husband of on

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 But “must be the husband of one wife” is repeated for deacons. Curious how you get past that.

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside the church?—yes, to other women and children, but...

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but thank God had the scriptures explained to me more a...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but t

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not a fundamental of the Christian faith. Can you poi...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not

@JonnyRoot_ Did you realize that forbidding what God does not forbid is referred to by Paul as “doctrines of demons” (1 Tim 4:1-5)? There is nothing in scripture forbidding a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone, nor from being a sheph...

@JonnyRoot_ Did you realize that forbidding what God does not forbid is referred to by Paul as “doctrines of demons” (1 Tim 4:1-5)? There is nothing in scripture forbidding a godly woman from teachi

1 Tim 4:1-5 question

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are not prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to 1 Tim 4:1-5, it seems that Paul says that *forbid...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are *not* prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to

1 Tim 4:1-5 question

@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclude women but says "women likewise..." Forbidding ...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus to stop false teaching not to stop females from t...

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband (likely an elder or respected person) was being si...

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Christian. Please tell me⎯what council or creed ass...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Ch

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treating women as equal in that those of godly character ...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treatin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth i

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth is committing a sin? What scripture says pastors are supposed to be authorities? I thought the authority was in the Wor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Where is gender role in the text? If its ordained by God, role should be there as that's what everyone thinks is so important. Primacy means that it's the males that must do all the leading, preaching, judging doctrine, overs...

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Where is gender role in the text? If its ordained by God, role should be there as that's what everyone thinks is so important. Primacy means that it's the males that must do a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christians. Secondary ones are those that are debatable th...

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christian

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi We have "a woman" who, if she exists in the church at Ephesus, can be the anarthrous which the article is being pointed to by the article. She also fits the grammar of v15: "She (the deceived wife teaching false doctrine) w...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi We have "a woman" who, if she exists in the church at Ephesus, can be the anarthrous which the article is being pointed to by the article. She also fits the grammar of v15:

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel I don't follow your logic here. Why does there need to be two prototypes? There is literally a specific unnamed deceived wife teaching false doctrine in the church at Ephesus. Eve is being used to show that the situation in ...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel I don't follow your logic here. Why does there need to be two prototypes? There is literally a specific unnamed deceived wife teaching false doctrine in the church at Ephesus.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am not advo

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am not advocating non-Christian doctrine. BTW, Ron Henzel really likes charts with Greek on them. I just need some time to get ba

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@3HillsMinor @Deigratia1985 Why would God want His church to split over something so trivial as whether true doctrine was spoken by a godly female vessel? I am on side with you about the acceptance of sin being a problem, but I’m just saying I don’t...

@3HillsMinor @Deigratia1985 Why would God want His church to split over something so trivial as whether true doctrine was spoken by a godly female vessel? I am on side with you about the acceptance o

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@psalm119164 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam This is not about encouraging false teaching or false prophecy! After all, that is precisely what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop. A godly woman teaching true doctrine to women to groups including men is...

@psalm119164 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam This is not about encouraging false teaching or false prophecy! After all, that is precisely what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop. A godly woman teaching