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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Where did you get that idea from? Paul’s letter was addressed “to the church of God which is at Corinth” (1Co 1:2). Further, his comments in 1Co 7:7 show he is speaking to “all people”: “Yet I wish that...

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Where did you get that idea from? Paul’s letter was addressed “to the church of God which is at Corinth” (1Co 1:2). Further, his comments in 1Co 7:7 show

1Co 1:2 1Co 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@KebRayGonzalez Yet Paul seems to desire singleness to be the norm and marriage

@KebRayGonzalez Yet Paul seems to desire singleness to be the norm and marriage the exception. “Yet I wish that *all men* were even as I myself am. However, each has his own gift from God, one in thi

1Co 7:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encou

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encouraging them to become disqualified from being elders and deacons? Paul says that those who are single have more time to

1Co 7:7-8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and even Paul himself, who advocated for singleness in 1Co 7:7–8. Clearly, the focus here is on faithfulness, not prescribi

1Co 7:7 1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-13

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Paul is advocating for singleness as he himself is in 1Co 7:7-8,32-34,38 and suggesting it is better. Yet translations all have 1Ti 3:2 as saying husband or “faithful to his wife.” The text is clear—it is refe...

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Paul is advocating for singleness as he himself is in 1Co 7:7-8,32-34,38 and suggesting it is better. Yet translations all have 1Ti 3:2 as saying husband or “f

1Co 7:7-8 1Ti 3:2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@PastorMark Well, not that getting married is bad. It’s good. But then Paul advocated for singleness. "I wish that all were as I myself am." (1Co 7:7) "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single as I am." (1Co 7...

@PastorMark Well, not that getting married is bad. It’s good. But then Paul advocated for singleness. "I wish that all were as I myself am." (1Co 7:7) "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it

1Co 7:7 1Co 7:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii What do you call someone who bears false witness about a brother? Where have I lied? 1) Yes, if married. Paul wasn’t married (1Co 7:7,26-27,32-35). Paul said that the “one who is unmarried is concerned abou...

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii What do you call someone who bears false witness about a brother? Where have I lied? 1) Yes, if married. Paul wasn’t married (1Co 7:7,26-27,32-35). Paul sai

1Co 7:32 1Co 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @will_servant You can't take a requirement to be husband and then toss that out and say "ok, but just a man." Paul was single, see 1Co 7:7. This is an idiom like saying "faithful to one's spouse." You use the masculine form whenever you...

@deadtosin610 @will_servant You can't take a requirement to be husband and then toss that out and say "ok, but just a man." Paul was single, see 1Co 7:7. This is an idiom like saying "faithful to one'

1Co 7:7 debate