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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@stablecross I’m afraid it seems it is you who is missing the context of the scriptures you are referring to. What is the “it” in “it does not depend on human will or effort”? When God chooses Pharoah, was it because of his effort? When Jesus chooses...

@stablecross I’m afraid it seems it is you who is missing the context of the scriptures you are referring to. What is the “it” in “it does not depend on human will or effort”? When God chooses Pharoah

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

Faith unites believers—not because it’s the same faith handed out—but because ou

Faith unites believers—not because it’s the same faith handed out—but because our faith has the same object: Jesus. Faith in 1Pe 1:7 is our faith in Christ, tested, refined, and resulting in glory at

1Pe 1:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video in the quote tweet). However, context and Greek ...

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video

1Pe 1:7 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo A white western boy? So you don't use Greek Lexicons? Yes

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo A white western boy? So you don't use Greek Lexicons? Yes I go to church, silly. Your ad hominem doesn't advance any sort of argument.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@GregCha67942091 @sparkobuzzer @Ashleyhays2089 How did JESUS use scripture and w

@GregCha67942091 @sparkobuzzer @Ashleyhays2089 How did JESUS use scripture and what interpretation did He put on it? Why did He stop in the middle of a verse and say that it was fulfilled without read

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo Both of us agree that ‘all’ and ‘few’ are both used (and are different Greek words). But you are suggesting that ‘all’ actually *means* ‘few.’ Where is all used to clearly mean few without conflating contexts (ie. not mixing th...

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo Both of us agree that ‘all’ and ‘few’ are both used (and are different Greek words). But you are suggesting that ‘all’ actually *means* ‘few.’ Where is all used to clearly mean

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-06

@ReformedCaio @Whitehorse1255 @CherylSchatz I asked for a literal translation of

@ReformedCaio @Whitehorse1255 @CherylSchatz I asked for a literal translation of a Hebrew text. What sin did I commit that you are being so pugnacious? Is it a sin to ask for a literal translation? h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-04

@flauridian Yes, a woman can refer to women generally but the context is how we decide whether there’s a specific woman or women in general. In this case, I’m arguing the context informs us there is a specific unnamed woman Paul has in mind. See if t...

@flauridian Yes, a woman can refer to women generally but the context is how we decide whether there’s a specific woman or women in general. In this case, I’m arguing the context informs us there is a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics Again, I can read and I appreciate the additional context. Are you suggesting a single male pastor is ok then? Or are they and the congregation supporting them being unfaithful to the Bible? Or are you thinking it’s not a deal break...

@covapologetics Again, I can read and I appreciate the additional context. Are you suggesting a single male pastor is ok then? Or are they and the congregation supporting them being unfaithful to the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teac

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teaching of *correct* doctrine by anyone to anyone? The context is stopping false teaching. Also, he says male congregants s

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neutral syntax, Paul is not making a male-specific re...

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then given Paul’s gender-agnostic syntax in 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 and his own singleness, he is clearly not requiring marriage but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@flauridian The context of 1Ti is clearly stopping false teaching not true teaching. And the grammar of 1Ti 2:12 is singular, not plural. The explanation needs to be coherent of the grammar, the reference to Adam and Eve and the “she (sg) will be sav...

@flauridian The context of 1Ti is clearly stopping false teaching not true teaching. And the grammar of 1Ti 2:12 is singular, not plural. The explanation needs to be coherent of the grammar, the refer

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@LostinAusten27 That’s a very literal rendering of the Greek. Yet the intent is

@LostinAusten27 That’s a very literal rendering of the Greek. Yet the intent is maybe more clear among those who think it means “must be male” if we use the description “faithful if married and monoga

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t allowing the teaching of truth but that contradict...

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Finally, Hebrews highlights Christ’s superior sacrifice and a heavenly temple but this doesn’t negate a future earthly temple in the Millennium. I believe it serves as a memorial to Christ’s work as there are still people ...

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Finally, Hebrews highlights Christ’s superior sacrifice and a heavenly temple but this doesn’t negate a future earthly temple in the Millennium. I believe it serves as a me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's no

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's not "majority rules" or interpretation only by popes and bishops who have frequently erred. The text read in context will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic No, that doesn't work at all. You presume that elders are supposed to be doing what Paul says shouldn't be done in 1Ti 2:12. Further, since when was Paul saying that anyone wasn't to teach truth to anyon...

@RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic No, that doesn't work at all. You presume that elders are supposed to be doing what Paul says shouldn't be done in 1Ti 2:12. Further, since when was Paul

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic You need to lear

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic You need to learn to read in context. 1Ti 2:12 does not say that a woman cannot teach truth to a man or cannot be an elder. https://t.co

1Ti 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Greek often uses male-specific terms generically to include women. Consider the

Greek often uses male-specific terms generically to include women. Consider the following: "Blessed is the man (ἀνήρ) whose sin the Lord will not take into account" (Ro 4:8). This clearly applies to

Ro 4:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

In the Greek text, τις (meaning "anyone/someone") is used generically in 1Ti 3:1

In the Greek text, τις (meaning "anyone/someone") is used generically in 1Ti 3:1: "If anyone aspires to the office of overseer..." This absence of gender-specific pronouns supports the idea that Paul

1Ti 3:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

The phrase "husband of one wife" in 1Ti 3:2 comes from the Greek μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄ

The phrase "husband of one wife" in 1Ti 3:2 comes from the Greek μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα ("mias gunaikos andra"). This idiom emphasizes marital fidelity—not gender. Let’s explore why. /2

1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii They only inform us of their hermeneutic. Also, ju

@OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii They only inform us of their hermeneutic. Also, just as the Bible has to be interpreted, so do the church fathers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your framework relies on pretext, not exegesis. P

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your framework relies on pretext, not exegesis. Paul’s call to mutual submission challenges worldly hierarchies, not endorses them! +

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@stevebward I don't think there was consensus. The question came from my son who

@stevebward I don't think there was consensus. The question came from my son who had been watching Cliffe Knechtle who gave an answer that confused him. My wife and middle daughter agreed with Cliffe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@Grump_Old_Man I think my son asked a great question and I grew up being taught

@Grump_Old_Man I think my son asked a great question and I grew up being taught exactly what he heard from the teacher he was listening to. I give more context in the following. https://t.co/cmHybcwpt

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't seem so dangerous or wrong. I think most of these w...

@tattered_bible Many women avoid submission, seeing it as negative, and likely because patriarchal men see it as one sided. But understanding marriage as mutual submission all of the sudden doesn't s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@BigRedBetz @Peacemaker811 @harmonizedgrace People take Paul out of context and

@BigRedBetz @Peacemaker811 @harmonizedgrace People take Paul out of context and twist his intended meaning all the time—even those who lived at the same time as he did. https://t.co/fiRPAEqy6y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@carol66944 @subq @harmonizedgrace …and kephale (head) doesn’t mean authority in

@carol66944 @subq @harmonizedgrace …and kephale (head) doesn’t mean authority in most Biblical contexts.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-23

@ymmotrojam The Greek ἐν αὐτῷ places the focus on union with Christ, not a mutua

@ymmotrojam The Greek ἐν αὐτῷ places the focus on union with Christ, not a mutual decision between Father and Son. I’m not sure where you are getting that from. This passage is about God’s plan for b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-22

@biblingoapp The Greek Synoptic Gospels course sounds good.

@biblingoapp The Greek Synoptic Gospels course sounds good.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

RT @CoryMMarsh2: Christmas and consistent hermeneutics: If your hermeneutic dem

RT @CoryMMarsh2: Christmas and consistent hermeneutics: If your hermeneutic demands a literal fulfillment of the virgin conception (Luke 1…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

And if you are a male who feel he has a good handle on the only verse that appea

And if you are a male who feel he has a good handle on the only verse that appears to teach that women cannot even teach the truth to men, you might want to revisit the context and grammar again. http

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@MikeWingerii Also, if the only way to access the interpretation is some esoteric literature accessible only to a PhD professor, you should also be wary. Scripture was inspired for our benefit and therefore meant to be understood by all, though not w...

@MikeWingerii Also, if the only way to access the interpretation is some esoteric literature accessible only to a PhD professor, you should also be wary. Scripture was inspired for our benefit and the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@MikeWingerii If there is any one detail that seems out of place or a force fit,

@MikeWingerii If there is any one detail that seems out of place or a force fit, then you should at minimum be more tentative on your interpretation. If the interpretation is a teaching that only occ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (anthropos) or believers if he means that Christ is ...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife It’s important to be wary abou

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @mtnhousewife It’s important to be wary about taking a verse out of context—especially when it appears as the only verse that says a woman is not allowed to teach m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Well, you have to say that im twisting scripture, yet my view attempts to take all the details in the text—grammar and context. If I’m twisting anything, it will be evident by examining the grammar and cont...

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Well, you have to say that im twisting scripture, yet my view attempts to take all the details in the text—grammar and context. If I’m twisting anything, it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Yes, thanks. That’s a good passage. H

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Yes, thanks. That’s a good passage. Here’s 1Pe 3:6 in context. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

1Pe 3:6 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@NewestPapa @BibGen1 @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Thanks Papa. @BibGen1 has bl

@NewestPapa @BibGen1 @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Thanks Papa. @BibGen1 has blocked me. I look at 1Pe 3:6 in context in the following short post. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

1Pe 3:6 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@walkingmushr00m @mtnhousewife 1️⃣, I’m egalitarian, not feminist. I stand for equal opportunity based on merit and in a Christian context, mutual submission (all set aside their rights to serve and love on another). 2️⃣, you know nothing of my wife...

@walkingmushr00m @mtnhousewife 1️⃣, I’m egalitarian, not feminist. I stand for equal opportunity based on merit and in a Christian context, mutual submission (all set aside their rights to serve and l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@mtnhousewife @harmonizedgrace Let’s not talk about the text for a second. I appreciate you feel I have faulty exegesis. Granted. You also feel it is not your place to “correct” me—which I think is consistent with your views. So without correcting me...

@mtnhousewife @harmonizedgrace Let’s not talk about the text for a second. I appreciate you feel I have faulty exegesis. Granted. You also feel it is not your place to “correct” me—which I think is co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 And a bit more on the Greek here👇 https://t.co/Gj

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 And a bit more on the Greek here👇 https://t.co/GjLwPl7k3l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 And then we can discuss context here👇 https://t.c

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 And then we can discuss context here👇 https://t.co/Rgsy0eDeKv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Scripture has to be rightly interpreted. Submitti

@mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Scripture has to be rightly interpreted. Submitting “as to Christ”—in other words, not as a master-slave (the way the culture was already in that day) but out of love.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii So it is quite reasonable then that

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii So it is quite reasonable then that Priscilla and Aquila might be collaborating in writing Hebrews and mixing singular I (the one case where Aquila is singu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Yes, it was custom to have the husband’s name first—and we have two instances of this for Aquila and Priscilla in the New Testament—but the rest and the majority had Priscilla/Prisca first. I’m not sure w...

@DonicaTibbetts @eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Yes, it was custom to have the husband’s name first—and we have two instances of this for Aquila and Priscilla in the New Testament—but the rest and the maj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In fact, Hebrews explicitly emphasizes clarity and p

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In fact, Hebrews explicitly emphasizes clarity and precision in communication (ie Heb 4:12), not obfuscation. The use of plural pronouns (“we” in Heb 13:18) fits naturally

Heb 13:18 Heb 4:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Your appeal to Polybius presumes human literary conventions as normative for scripture (divine inspiration). Since God inspired the letter to the Hebrews, He is not subject to the rhetorical constraints Polybius describes,...

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Your appeal to Polybius presumes human literary conventions as normative for scripture (divine inspiration). Since God inspired the letter to the Hebrews, He is not subject

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RebelReformers @MikeWingerii That is pretty close to what I believe. But if inspiration is not specific to male or female and if both sons and daughters can prophecy—and yes, some do dispute this though Mike doesn’t (though I’m not sure about what h...

@RebelReformers @MikeWingerii That is pretty close to what I believe. But if inspiration is not specific to male or female and if both sons and daughters can prophecy—and yes, some do dispute this tho

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