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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad I already explained to you that the descriptions in 1Ti 3:1-7 use the male form of the words, but no actual explicit pronouns except ‘tis’ in 3:1 which means anyone/someone. This is how you would word it in Koine Greek if you...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad I already explained to you that the descriptions in 1Ti 3:1-7 use the male form of the words, but no actual explicit pronouns except ‘tis’ in 3:1 which means anyone/someone. T

1Ti 3:1-7 in 3:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad I am not sure how much you know Greek, but while the Greek in 1Ti 3:1-7 uses masculine forms, this is often how one writes in Koine when speaking generically. There are no male pronouns in the text. Check for yourself. As I s...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad I am not sure how much you know Greek, but while the Greek in 1Ti 3:1-7 uses masculine forms, this is often how one writes in Koine when speaking generically. There are no mal

1Ti 3:1-7 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Now if we look at 1Ti 3:1-7, we see: - Nothing forbidding women from serving, - Nothing forbidding singles or the childless, - There aren’t even any male pronouns. So I fail to understand why people forbid qualified, gifted ...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Now if we look at 1Ti 3:1-7, we see: - Nothing forbidding women from serving, - Nothing forbidding singles or the childless, - There aren’t even any male pronouns. So I fail

1Ti 3:1-7 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @Eric_Conn Both 1Ti 3:1-7 and Tit 1:5-9 are listing the same requirements which are based on character and proven faithfulness. Paul doesn’t use male pronouns or say “must not be a female” but “women likewise” (1Ti 3:11). The verse many str...

@Vibeauxs @Eric_Conn Both 1Ti 3:1-7 and Tit 1:5-9 are listing the same requirements which are based on character and proven faithfulness. Paul doesn’t use male pronouns or say “must not be a female” b

Tit 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-7 1Ti 3:11 debate

Pulpit research note

"Words Matter" — Elder, Pastor, Overseer Distinctions

At 12:19, he says "Sometimes people say it's just semantics, but words matter, they really matter" — and then proceeds to flatten the very distinctions God's inspired words preserve. He claims elder