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@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So in all the churches the w

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So in all the churches the women are not permitted to speak? All churches, but not all women can speak?

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Why should only the married women subject themselves? That makes no sense. If the problem was that people were asking questions and interrupting the pastor’s sermon, then Paul’s instruction would be...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Why should only the married women subject themselves? That makes no sense. If the problem was that people were asking questions and interrupting the

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we clearly see other places he quotes from their letter...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we cl

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church” (14:35)? Where does the law ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Since the purpose of the gathering is for mutual edification, why silence questions, and second why silence only questions from married women? Paul also says “For you can all speak” but just 1 at a ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Since the purpose of the gathering is for mutual edification, why silence questions, and second why silence only questions from married women? Paul

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 “…what I am writing is the Lord’s command” —but this is not v34-35. If it was, it would be in the law (Gen—Deut) and there is no law that silences women in the assembly. But it is part of the oral t...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 “…what I am writing is the Lord’s command” —but this is not v34-35. If it was, it would be in the law (Gen—Deut) and there is no law that silences w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 @WayneShaff60221 I also wonder what kind of wolf it is

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 @WayneShaff60221 I also wonder what kind of wolf it is that encourages women to serve and doesn’t bite and devour them? Strange kind of wolf…

Feminism seeks to correct injustice. Egalitarianism goes further: it’s not a re

Feminism seeks to correct injustice. Egalitarianism goes further: it’s not a reversal of power but a rejection of domination altogether. It calls both men and women to give and serve one another, not

@SonofCisco @5pur5y @swainslake @DBryanRhodes @TexasPreacher The OP invites speculation because it isn’t just addressing a purist focus on the ministry but on the idea that no woman should be allowed to prepare for serving in that way. And one wonder...

@SonofCisco @5pur5y @swainslake @DBryanRhodes @TexasPreacher The OP invites speculation because it isn’t just addressing a purist focus on the ministry but on the idea that no woman should be allowed

RT @ryanschatz: A common objection to women serving as pastors cites 1 Timothy 3

RT @ryanschatz: A common objection to women serving as pastors cites 1 Timothy 3:2: "An overseer must be... the husband of one wife." Does…

1 Timothy 3:2 general

1Ti 2:12 1Tim 2:12 commentary

@smashbaals Smash needs to re-read 1Tim 2:12 in context. Paul wasn’t stopping anyone from teaching the truth. 1Ti 2:12 isn’t a universal ban on women teaching. Paul addresses a specific wife who was deceived and teaching error, and her husband who r...

@smashbaals Smash needs to re-read 1Tim 2:12 in context. Paul wasn’t stopping anyone from teaching the truth. 1Ti 2:12 isn’t a universal ban on women teaching. Paul addresses a specific wife who was

@SingnRing Yes, it’s a big issue for women. Hopefully I can help move the needle

@SingnRing Yes, it’s a big issue for women. Hopefully I can help move the needle and if not, help women not feel condemned for allowing the Holy Spirit to use them in ways that their church may disall

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of the false teaching spreading. Paul didn't want them ...

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of th

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Jesus also didn't choose a Gentile as one of his 12 ap

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Jesus also didn't choose a Gentile as one of his 12 apostles. So by the same logic you are using regarding women, how is any leader in the church allowed to be a Gentile?

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 What happens to women who don't bear children? Can the

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 What happens to women who don't bear children? Can they be saved?

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paula, you’ve said yourself that women are more easily

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paula, you’ve said yourself that women are more easily deceived. Given that belief, how can you be sure you aren’t deceived on this subject—and that I, a man, whom you believ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach t

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach them? I challenge you to support the idea from the Bible that "preaching is to be done by qualified elders, ie, exclusive

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

Imagine Paul rejoicing when Christ is proclaimed even under false pretences, but then stopping women from doing so. Paul's rejoicing that in every way Christ is preached doesn't make sense of the idea of women being prevented from preaching Christ b...

Imagine Paul rejoicing when Christ is proclaimed even under false pretences, but then stopping women from doing so. Paul's rejoicing that in every way Christ is preached doesn't make sense of the ide

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

Imagine Jesus saying "Do not stop him...for the one who is not against us is for us" but then being against women preaching the gospel or shepherding people to be followers of Jesus. Jesus' own actions don't correspond to the idea of restricting wom...

Imagine Jesus saying "Do not stop him...for the one who is not against us is for us" but then being against women preaching the gospel or shepherding people to be followers of Jesus. Jesus' own actio

@buffalo_lo_lo8 @JSmith95974 @TexasPreacher If a man can't learn theology when w

@buffalo_lo_lo8 @JSmith95974 @TexasPreacher If a man can't learn theology when women are in the room, then maybe this is evidence they shouldn't be a pastor. Might be a good test actually.

@cb75075 @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not using edge cases. What edge cases? I work with a number of women Jn engineering who are fully qualified and capable. Some are better than 99% of the men. I support Israel’s egalitarianism. Why would I want women to ...

@cb75075 @Rach4Patriarchy I’m not using edge cases. What edge cases? I work with a number of women Jn engineering who are fully qualified and capable. Some are better than 99% of the men. I support I

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be used when intending either men or women. And Is 3:...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be us

Is 3:12 debate

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Those “he’s” you are referring to are inferred. There isn’t a single explicit male pronoun in these passages in the Greek. Even still, in Koine Greek, the male form is often used when speaking generically. So to forbid wome...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Those “he’s” you are referring to are inferred. There isn’t a single explicit male pronoun in these passages in the Greek. Even still, in Koine Greek, the male form is often

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatism. Tell me please: were women equally saved befor...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatis

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

I was contacted today to start doing podcasts, especially to respond to Mike Win

I was contacted today to start doing podcasts, especially to respond to Mike Winger’s assertions he made against egalitarians in his series on Women in Ministry. I guess I’m going to say yes…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Excellent response! Unfortunately, Mike says he has spe

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Excellent response! Unfortunately, Mike says he has spent 2 years on his women in ministry topic and produced 43 hours of video on it…even getting ill. Therefore he’s “done.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-29

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking ‘authoritatively’…but what I found is that in each...

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

@mtnhousewife Yes, women do things a bit differently. Yet the Prov 31 wife did a

@mtnhousewife Yes, women do things a bit differently. Yet the Prov 31 wife did a lot of providing too. Was that wrong of her? Protection is more than fighting off wild beasts…it involves teaching an

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

@emily_breiten @turnedwife I’m not arguing that it wasn’t common for women to wear head coverings until they didn’t. For many, I suspect they were just doing what they thought they were required to do and stopped when they weren’t required. Others ...

@emily_breiten @turnedwife I’m not arguing that it wasn’t common for women to wear head coverings until they didn’t. For many, I suspect they were just doing what they thought they were required to d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@AlaynePearl @BronWen727104 @turnedwife No, that’s not it. Read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are also saints, and that means they will also judge angels one day. So following Paul’s earlier argument then, women should have authority over their own head to deci...

@AlaynePearl @BronWen727104 @turnedwife No, that’s not it. Read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are also saints, and that means they will also judge angels one day. So following Paul’s earlier argument then, women

1Co 6:2-3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@BronWen727104 Hint: read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are saints too, right? That means tha

@BronWen727104 Hint: read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are saints too, right? That means that they will also judge angels. So shouldn’t they have the authority over their own heads to decide whether to cover or n

1Co 6:2-3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-21

@MikeWingerii But your women in ministry series was just a regurgitation of CBMW

@MikeWingerii But your women in ministry series was just a regurgitation of CBMW material. I’m sure they are very happy to have you promoting their material.

@Reneechop First you told me that women are more easily deceived than men, and then after I carefully explained my position verse by verse and showed how it makes sense of everything in the context and the grammar, you then tell me I am deceived and ...

@Reneechop First you told me that women are more easily deceived than men, and then after I carefully explained my position verse by verse and showed how it makes sense of everything in the context an

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@Reneechop I never said women weren’t made differently. This is evident even to a baby. Weaker is referring to strength and emotional response to stress. It doesn’t mean unable to discern truth or more easily deceived. Where does scripture say that ...

@Reneechop I never said women weren’t made differently. This is evident even to a baby. Weaker is referring to strength and emotional response to stress. It doesn’t mean unable to discern truth or mo

@Reneechop You are making an assertion. Where does the text say that women are forbidden from teaching true doctrine to men? Or teaching authoritatively? Are men easily deceived that they cannot discern truth from error if a woman teaches but only if...

@Reneechop You are making an assertion. Where does the text say that women are forbidden from teaching true doctrine to men? Or teaching authoritatively? Are men easily deceived that they cannot disce

@Reneechop Note that Paul also says that an entire church consisting of men and women can be deceived like Eve. Yes, men can be deceived too. What causes one to be deceived and another not to? Paul tells us the reason in 1Ti 2:13⎯ ”For it was Adam...

@Reneechop Note that Paul also says that an entire church consisting of men and women can be deceived like Eve. Yes, men can be deceived too. What causes one to be deceived and another not to? Paul

1Ti 2:13 question

@Pastor_Gabe @jerryzz2 Eisegesis. There is nothing forbidding women from serving

@Pastor_Gabe @jerryzz2 Eisegesis. There is nothing forbidding women from serving as elders or overseers. https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

And with a little bit of thought and careful examination of the text, one see Pa

And with a little bit of thought and careful examination of the text, one see Paul is not forbidding women from being elders. https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@harmon00000 “so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands,

@harmon00000 “so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children” (Tit 2:4) I guess they don't have to love their husbands? Does this command apply to wives? “

Jn 15:17 Tit 2:4 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-14

@Pastor_Gabe @megbasham What’s wrong with women being included in leadership?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith I don’t see women “mimicking the church” as if men aren’t also the bride of Christ—they are. Paul calls husbands to imitate Christ and wives to submit as they do to Christ, but this isn’t rigid role coding. Paul isn’t saying husbands don’t ...

@ncksmith I don’t see women “mimicking the church” as if men aren’t also the bride of Christ—they are. Paul calls husbands to imitate Christ and wives to submit as they do to Christ, but this isn’t ri

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not as someone who is meant to be ‘obeyed’ then yes. I know a lot of complementarians. So long as Jesus is their example, t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women too. The Bible is not written only for males. Wh...

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it is because Baptists have the right to self-determination of how they govern their local churches, and there are good Bib

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepresenting the details you can turn any text into a p...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals But you changed the text. First, it says “a woman” not “women”. Second, the usual word for authority is not authentein. By taking a snippet out of context and even misrepre

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals First, that men are physically stronger man mean they are more suited to plowing fields, but what does that have to do with teaching? Women cannot teach others? Second, the fall happened because Eve was deceived and Adam ...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals First, that men are physically stronger man mean they are more suited to plowing fields, but what does that have to do with teaching? Women cannot teach others? Second, th

@smashbaals Many women agree that they should not be pastors or elders and would

@smashbaals Many women agree that they should not be pastors or elders and would vote for only men to be pastors. Many men like myself believe that women can be elders and pastors. Why do you think

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@cgore @smashbaals A verse taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. First, the grammar is indicating that this is not about all women (as in the prior verse) but 'a woman'... and from v14, 'the woman' is an anaphoric reference showing it ...

@cgore @smashbaals A verse taken out of context is a pretext for a proof text. First, the grammar is indicating that this is not about all women (as in the prior verse) but 'a woman'... and from v14,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@smashbaals The SBC is not God nor the Bible. The Bible doesn’t have a problem w

@smashbaals The SBC is not God nor the Bible. The Bible doesn’t have a problem with godly women who are able to teach the truth from serving as pastors and teaching truth to anyone. The Bible has a p

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given to men. Men are missing something good—that a wise ...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The Mosaic law was a covenant with the Jews. There are aspects that carry over and many that don’t. In this case, the grace given to women is not given t