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@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Ron, I think this is just confusing. The best way to make everything fit together is to understand a specific woman teaching heresy and Paul linking the situation between this woman and her husband to the f...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Ron, I think this is just confusing. The best way to make everything fit together is to understand a specific woman teaching heresy and Paul linking the sit

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Further, you said “a woman “ means women in general but why does Paul shift from the plural in the prior verses to the singular if he intends the plural for both? Can you find another place in Scripture wh...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Further, you said “a woman “ means women in general but why does Paul shift from the plural in the prior verses to the singular if he intends the plural for

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Again, you are missing the argument—a woman from 11-12 could be generic or specific and which it is depends on the context. It is because of the article in v14 that we know 11-12 refers to a specific woman. ...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Again, you are missing the argument—a woman from 11-12 could be generic or specific and which it is depends on the context. It is because of the article in v

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi I agree with your comment that the anaphoric reference is semantic and in this case could refer to either Eve in v13 or ‘a woman’ in v11-12 depending on the context. In this case, Paul is tying the specific...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi I agree with your comment that the anaphoric reference is semantic and in this case could refer to either Eve in v13 or ‘a woman’ in v11-12 depending on the

1Co 14:35 1Co 7:1 question

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 So you think that 1Co 14:35 instructs women to marry so that they can get their questions answered? So no other woman can answer their questions? Of course, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote (1Co 7...

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 So you think that 1Co 14:35 instructs women to marry so that they can get their questions answered? So no other woman can answer their questions? Of course, Paul is qu

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Because you missed Paul’s purpose Im the letter which was for Timothy to “instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3). Here you have a certain person, ‘the woman’ (1Ti 2:14), whom Paul wants to s...

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Because you missed Paul’s purpose Im the letter which was for Timothy to “instruct *certain people* not to teach strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3). Here you have a certain pe

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 2:14 general

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Except if Paul wanted to refer to a specific woman from Ephesus Im vv11-12 how else might he do it? In making a contrast between the plural to the singular, Paul is moving from general to narrow which the de...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi Except if Paul wanted to refer to a specific woman from Ephesus Im vv11-12 how else might he do it? In making a contrast between the plural to the singular,

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi The first use of woman is NOT definite. Where are you getting that from? Paul is first referring to women plural and then shifts to the singular in v11-12 which is the first singular anarthrous reference. ...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi The first use of woman is *NOT* definite. Where are you getting that from? Paul is first referring to women plural and then shifts to the singular in v11-12

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 I have an agenda? And you are just neutral? lol.

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 I have an agenda? And you are just neutral? lol. The only place Paul says for a woman to marry is if she is a widow and young or in the case of either gender can’t cont

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir Oh hi, Ron! Why didn't Paul just say women (plural)? Rather, he says "a woman...a woman...she...the woman...she"⎯the reference is specific, aligned with the purpose of the letter to stop the teaching of strange doctrines ...

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir Oh hi, Ron! Why didn't Paul just say women (plural)? Rather, he says "a woman...a woman...she...the woman...she"⎯the reference is specific, aligned with the purpose of the

@Ryan_Adair_A Yes, I agree this is referring to the seed of the woman, or the messiah. The advantage to the interpretation I shared with you is that it aligns with the purpose of the letter⎯to stop teaching of strange doctrines, and makes sense of w...

@Ryan_Adair_A Yes, I agree this is referring to the seed of the woman, or the messiah. The advantage to the interpretation I shared with you is that it aligns with the purpose of the letter⎯to stop t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

Joel says it is wicked to say he teaches that women must bear children or they are not saved. What he meant was that if you are a woman who desires to be single and not be a mother, with no signs of repentance, you are assuredly reprobate. Sounds p...

Joel says it is wicked to say he teaches that women must bear children or they are not saved. What he meant was that if you are a woman who desires to be single and not be a mother, with no signs of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

In his next post (https://t.co/sgMKHpWg4j), Ponder then addresses the comment someone had made to Mandrell's daughter, "It's too bad you're a girl" claiming that Mandrell's view of complementarians was that "because she's a woman, her voice doesn't m...

In his next post (https://t.co/sgMKHpWg4j), Ponder then addresses the comment someone had made to Mandrell's daughter, "It's too bad you're a girl" claiming that Mandrell's view of complementarians wa

@ChappyMacc @rightresponsem Egalitarianism is a pool now? Are you afraid to jum

@ChappyMacc @rightresponsem Egalitarianism is a pool now? Are you afraid to jump in? Is that it? Scripture does not forbid a qualified woman from teaching truth to anyone. The water is fine over here

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Are you trying to refute me by filling my screen up? Another filibustering tactic (your word)? Jesus never said that a woman cannot be an apostle (clearly Junia was one and arguably Pr...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Are you trying to refute me by filling my screen up? Another filibustering tactic (your word)? Jesus never said that a woman cannot be

@ROM_12_2 @Eric_Conn You seem like a great guy and it’s great to see you enjoy your job. However, no matter how rare it would be for a woman to take a physical job like that, it is possible and I have seen it. I don’t think that anyone should have a...

@ROM_12_2 @Eric_Conn You seem like a great guy and it’s great to see you enjoy your job. However, no matter how rare it would be for a woman to take a physical job like that, it is possible and I have

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The narrow way is not by refusing to teach truth to people unless they are females or children under the age of 18. Whether Laura agrees with you or me doesn’t matter as this is second...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The narrow way is not by refusing to teach truth to people unless they are females or children under the age of 18. Whether Laura agre

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only the serpent! Also, God doesn’t curse the man nor th...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only th

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Matthew He tu was confused by this passage too. First, teaching itself has not authority as the Bereans demonstrated—it is the content, if true, that has authority. Second, if women can teach at home, at w...

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Matthew He tu was confused by this passage too. First, teaching itself has not authority as the Bereans demonstrated—it is the content, if true, that has a

@cjhormes @Eric_Conn The same place as a man’s because they are not specific. They are referring to character and godliness and ability. The “one woman man” in 1Ti 3:2 doesn’t mean must not be a woman any more than must be married else Paul is disqua...

@cjhormes @Eric_Conn The same place as a man’s because they are not specific. They are referring to character and godliness and ability. The “one woman man” in 1Ti 3:2 doesn’t mean must not be a woman

1Ti 3:2 general

@tinytomahawk @Eric_Conn That isn’t “must be a man” or “must not be a woman”—if it means male then by the same argument it must mean must be married and v4 must mean 2 or more children who are all old enough to believe. Paul himself wouldn’t be quali...

@tinytomahawk @Eric_Conn That isn’t “must be a man” or “must not be a woman”—if it means male then by the same argument it must mean must be married and v4 must mean 2 or more children who are all old

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning To the peril of

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning To the peril of my soul because I believe scripture doesn't forbid a woman from teaching true doctrine to men? Who is adding to God's

@theOutlawJW1 @Eric_Conn Qualifications are related to godliness and character,

@theOutlawJW1 @Eric_Conn Qualifications are related to godliness and character, not things that you cannot change like whether you are male or female, Jewish or Gentile, slave or free, etc. Further,

1Ti 3:2 general

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used as an idiom as even Paul himself wasn’t married. N...

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used

1Ti 3:1 1Ti 3:2 debate

@JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn I’ll amend: A man who lives in constant fear of a q

@JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn I’ll amend: A man who lives in constant fear of a qualified woman serving as an elder and teaching truth to all including men—and who doesn’t rightly divide scripture—is u

@Eric_Conn A man who lives in constant fear of a qualified woman serving as an e

@Eric_Conn A man who lives in constant fear of a qualified woman serving as an elder and teaching truth to all including men is unfit to serve as a leader in the church.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@CKron421 @smashbaals When Paul just used the plural and then shifts to the singular, you ought to be asking yourself why. Then when he refers to “the woman” (definite singular) in v14 which cannot be Eve because v15 says “she will be saved (future)…...

@CKron421 @smashbaals When Paul just used the plural and then shifts to the singular, you ought to be asking yourself why. Then when he refers to “the woman” (definite singular) in v14 which cannot be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@CKron421 @smashbaals The Greek of 1Ti 2:11 and 12 say “a woman” (singular) not

@CKron421 @smashbaals The Greek of 1Ti 2:11 and 12 say “a woman” (singular) not “women” (plural) like in verses 9-10. https://t.co/LuKLSurGis

1Ti 2:11 general

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a specific couple⎯a wife teaching heresy and her husband ...

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a speci

1Ti 2:11-12 general

@Ben338911188549 @PsalmWarfare @smashbaals This has to do with a specific woman

@Ben338911188549 @PsalmWarfare @smashbaals This has to do with a specific woman teaching heretical false doctrine. Paul's clear stated purpose is to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teachi

@rigginout @smashbaals I’ve read them for myself, thanks for asking. Interestin

@rigginout @smashbaals I’ve read them for myself, thanks for asking. Interesting that the KJV has the article with woman. Why should she learn in silence? Could it be because she was teaching badly f

@rigginout @smashbaals Paul did no such thing! He is stopping false teaching not

@rigginout @smashbaals Paul did no such thing! He is stopping false teaching not truth taught by any woman to any man.

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head (ie. source) of Christ’s body. Nothing to do with...

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband will rule over his wife. If this was ideal, wouldn’t...

@EManFleming Yes, I’m serious. Gen 1-2 is God’s design. Gen 3 is the fall and its consequences. Gen 3:16-19 has no imperatives, and the man and woman are not cursed. God prophesies that the husband wi

Gen 3:16-19 general

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem Where are you getting this idea that a woman is unfit to lead her family? Haven’t you read 1 Timothy 5? https://t.co/o5lskFF6pv

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@Jskellinton78 I still don’t know what that means. You are just making statements. I’m backing up my view with a careful exegesis of scripture. Where is one human to rule over another ever the intention of Ge 1:28? Both the man and the woman are to ...

@Jskellinton78 I still don’t know what that means. You are just making statements. I’m backing up my view with a careful exegesis of scripture. Where is one human to rule over another ever the intent

Ge 1:28 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What does equal treatment of women have to do with not having a husband? No one here is saying wives shouldn’t submit to and serve their husbands. Just that husbands should do the same Are men so proud in y...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What does equal treatment of women have to do with not having a husband? No one here is saying wives shouldn’t submit to and serve their husbands. Just that

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m certainly not. But I don’t believe head means authori...

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m cer

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man Are we reading the same Bible? I think if every single man and wo

@Grump_Old_Man Are we reading the same Bible? I think if every single man and woman were a leader God would be more than elated. https://t.co/p80BoAMc30

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Moppybottoms @KaeleyT The short answer is any role where a woman is in a position of authority over a man. Many believe Gen 2-3 establishes male authority and female submission, 1Co 14:34-35 commands women to respect that authority by remaining sil...

@Moppybottoms @KaeleyT The short answer is any role where a woman is in a position of authority over a man. Many believe Gen 2-3 establishes male authority and female submission, 1Co 14:34-35 command

1Co 14:34-35 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m trying to point out. Male or female or your ethnici...

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy Paul’s grammar is “a woman…the woman” showing that th

@ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy Paul’s grammar is “a woman…the woman” showing that there’s a specific woman intended. Further, where is this ultimatum you are referring to?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@deensreggin @smashbaals On what basis are you making that claim? 1Ti 3:2 is not

@deensreggin @smashbaals On what basis are you making that claim? 1Ti 3:2 is not saying “must not be a woman” any more than it is saying “must be a married man” as even Paul himself wasn’t married. ht

1Ti 3:2 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-21

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God com

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God commanding both the man and woman to rule (plural imperatives) with no distinction made between M + F. https://t.co/g5hdejh

Genesis 1:28 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature its

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair *nor* that hair is a woman’s glory, for hai

translates 11:14-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this life is less than and therefore granted by her aut...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not a

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not applicable to today. But according to 1Co 11, an unmarried woman doesn't have a head. How does she disgrace her husband b

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@Derelictiondino @wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I don’t have a back bone? (Laughing out loud). You clearly don’t know me at all. The world already hates me because of the gospel—but churches excommunicate you for believing that godly and qualified women...

@Derelictiondino @wheresurhusband @Eric_Conn I don’t have a back bone? (Laughing out loud). You clearly don’t know me at all. The world already hates me because of the gospel—but churches excommunicat

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Paul00540712 @smashbaals Is it possible for a woman to not be effeminate?