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Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-25

Specific Or General Woman

This post will be an expansion on the reasons why I believe that 1 Timothy 2:11-15 is about one specific woman and why a general reference to women does not line up with the grammar within the surrounding context. I will also consider the challenge to my view from the new verbal aspect theory

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Any believer is my church too :-) The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches are way different than the churches of the apostles or even the first few hundred years before Constantine when buildings were not emphasized. Constantine change...

@Methodios007 Any believer is my church too :-) The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches are way different than the churches of the apostles or even the first few hundred years before Constantine when

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus off the fact that the new temple is every believer. Don’t be distracted by buildings—they are not the church. The peopl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership an

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership and church becomes distracted with doing what they were called to do. The focus on buildings started with Constantine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@JamisonFaught @BrandonCWat @William_E_Wolfe Yes, we don't go back to Constantin

@JamisonFaught @BrandonCWat @William_E_Wolfe Yes, we don't go back to Constantine, we go back to scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@BrandonCWat @William_E_Wolfe So Jesus made an exception to Constantine which Wolfe implies is now our mandate? Jesus said⎯and with all authority by the way⎯ "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciple...

@BrandonCWat @William_E_Wolfe So Jesus made an exception to Constantine which Wolfe implies is now our mandate? Jesus said⎯and with all authority by the way⎯ "All authority in heaven and on earth has

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Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology greek term

αὐθεντέω (authenteo)

to domineer / to usurp authority

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Theology greek term

αὐτοδικεῖν (autodikein)

to plead one's own cause; to act as one's own advocate (Attic Greek equivalent of authentein)

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Theology greek term

τούτων (touton)

of these, over these; genitive plural pronoun in the authenteō papyrus

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Mike Winger idea 2019-09-04

Q&A: What did Constantine see — an X or a cross?

A viewer asks about Constantine's famous vision before the Battle of Milvian Bridge. Winger acknowledges the ambiguity without offering a firm answer.

early church history crux decussata Constantine
Mike Winger idea 2020-05-06

Where McDowell agrees with Candida Moss: many Christians overstate early persecution. There wasn't official statewide persecution until 3rd-4th centuries. Moss correctly notes that many martyrdom accounts are exaggerated. But she takes the correction too far by dismissing all early persecution evidence.

Agreement with Moss — overstated persecution

Candida Moss Myth of Persecution persecution vs prosecution
Mike Winger idea 2023-05-12

Has Christianity Changed Over Time?: How do you know the Christianity you believe is the same they were practicing in the early Church if history says Constantine and the Greeks changed things?

Q&A question: Has Christianity Changed Over Time?

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