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Scripture Commentary article 2025-02-02

1 Timothy 1:3 — The Urgent Need for Timothy in Ephesus: False Teachers

Commentary clippings and research notes on 1 Timothy 1:3, establishing that Paul's primary concern in writing to Timothy was to combat false teaching in Ephesus. Multiple commentaries confirm the false teachers likely held leadership positions, and that Timothy was given Paul's own authority to command them to stop. This false-teaching context is foundational for understanding Paul's instructions in 1 Timothy 2:12.

1 Cor. 4:18 1 Tim 1:2 1 Tim 4:11 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Egalitarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
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 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 4: 1 Timothy 2 Deception & the First Created

[Music] 1 Timothy Chapter 2 has been a difficult passage for Bible interpreters because of several hard to understand verses yet while Paul's reasoning is thought to be somewhat obscure this chapter has been seen by some as the clearest passage that says when women are not allowed to teach or to hav...

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:1 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-09-22

Eve Prototype

This post is the second part of 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. The first points 1 – 4 are discussed here

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-04-14

1 Timothy 212 Prohibitions Revisited

I started a post months ago and then life became so complicated I had to set my blog aside to cope. This post will now be the new “home” on the discussion on whether 1 Timothy 2:12 has two prohibitions or one

1 Timothy 1:20 1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-08-10

1 Timothy 215 Going Deeper

1 Timothy 2:15 has been one of the most puzzling verses to decipher throughout church history. One of the difficult things in interpreting this verse is the translator’s rendering of some difficult grammar

1 Timothy 1:5 1 Timothy 1:5-6 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-11

Using Pauls Authority

Paul’s use of “I am not allowing” in 1 Timothy 2:12 has caused a lot of speculation regarding his reasons for disallowing certain activities. In this post, we are going to look at this phrase very carefully

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:17 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-09-30

Neopatriarch Once Again Fails To Refute Cheryl Schatz

## Challenging my position that 1 Timothy 2:15 is a single woman

1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-05

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Discussdebate Women In Ministry 4

## Are Witnesses and Repetition needed to Prove Women may not teach the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:27 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-29

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz 2

## Facing the spiritual “law” head-on from 1 Corinthians 14

1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-22

Wayne Grudem 6

This is the part 6 of answering Wayne Grudem’s “ Open Letter to Egalitarians ” and his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his sixth question, Suzanne McCarthy’s answer and my own questions below that

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 Acts 20:30 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-03

7 Paul Adam Accountability

This is the seventh in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 1:13 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-20

Round 3 Interview With Paul On A Woman

This post is the third one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. Doug, a strong complementarian has been given the opportunity to ask Paul about

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:25 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-16

Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post will be a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. We are interested in asking Paul his reasons for what he wrote about women and what he thin

1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Timothy 2:12 Hosea 16:2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-22

Did The Serpent Have More Knowledge Than Man

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has published a book called Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and on page 73, John Piper and Wayne Grudem write that Adam was ordained as the one responsible for the life of the garden. The reference is in response to a quote from 1 Timothy 2:14

1 Timothy 2:14 Hebrews 1 Isaiah 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-07

Was 1 Timothy 2 Written To The Church

Complementarians claim that 1 Timothy 2:12 is universally applicable because they say it was written for the church to know how to behave. According to John MacArthur, in God’s High Calling for Women part 1 , 1 Timothy was written to “set the church in order”

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-18

Eve Deceived Adam Not

For a PDF copy of this article click here Eve was Deceived pdf file

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:6 1 Timothy 1:7 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-07

Answering Matt Slicks Agenda On 1 Timothy 2:12

This is part 2 of answering the complementarian objections of Matt Slick on 1 Timothy 2:11-15. See part one here

1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-06

1Tim2Objections

My article laying out the original argument showing that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a specific woman that Paul forbids from teaching is here

1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:14 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-30

The Rest Of The Story 1 Timothy 211 15 And Matt Slick

> Proverbs 18:17 (ESV) The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-19

What Law Does Satan Agree With

I should call this post Part Four of “Does God have one unique law. ” but instead I chose to make it a “unique” post of its own

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part Two

In part one, we discussed the fact that the Bible does not contradict itself so when a complementarian has a “proof text” that is used to prove that women are not allowed to teach the Bible to men, they must also deal with the apparent contradictions of this view. Here are some of the contradiction

1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 18:26 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-02

What Does 1 Timothy 211 15 Mean

I was challenged to present my view of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 on another blog and I thought it would be good to summarize my view on my own blog. Here is the teaching from “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free

1 Timothy 1:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-29

Does God Have One Unique Law Part One

If complementarians are right in their interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12, then God must have one completely unique law. This “law” forbidding women from teaching the bible to men is not like any other law in the bible

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 17:11 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-04-06

Doesnt 1 Timothy 13 List Only Males As False Teachers

> Q: In WIM you say that 1 Timothy 1:3 “charge some that they teach no other doctrine” means people male or female. However isn’t the technical grammar of “some” as singular masculine

1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:17 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge No it doesn’t Sherlock. The contex

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge No it doesn’t Sherlock. The context is stopping false teachers. You need to read more than one verse…sigh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-28

@ardecllc The Nicene Creed wasn’t made to add to Scripture but to guard it. When

@ardecllc The Nicene Creed wasn’t made to add to Scripture but to guard it. When false teachers twisted the identity of Jesus (Jn 1:1, 14; Co 2:9), the Church summarized what the Bible already said so

Co 2:9 Jn 1:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-11

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’t say “women are not to teach…men” but refers to ‘...

@rfl3tcher @Toneskeee If context is key, then how can you ignore that Paul was writing about false teachers? And Paul speaks about women (pl) in 2:9-10 and then uses the singular in 2:11-12. He doesn’

in 2:11-12 in 2:9-10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@ymmotrojam @5SolasMissy It surely includes at least those who do and will believe. However, 2Pe 2:3 talks about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them” and later, “For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the kno...

@ymmotrojam @5SolasMissy It surely includes at least those who do and will believe. However, 2Pe 2:3 talks about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them” and later, “For if, after they ha

2Pe 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

Did Jesus purchase even the false teachers whom Peter speaks about who are final

Did Jesus purchase even the false teachers whom Peter speaks about who are finally lost? 🤔 https://t.co/lYMlyMKkpo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@5SolasMissy Earlier in 2Pe 2:1, Peter writes about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them.” This shows he doesn’t reserve Christ’s redemptive work only for the elect, even when addressing apostates. That undermines the Calvinist reading...

@5SolasMissy Earlier in 2Pe 2:1, Peter writes about false teachers who “deny the Master who bought them.” This shows he doesn’t reserve Christ’s redemptive work only for the elect, even when addressin

2Pe 2:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@carol66944 Well, as in the case of 1Tim 2:12, not permitting the person teachin

@carol66944 Well, as in the case of 1Tim 2:12, not permitting the person teaching heresy to keep teaching but to listen to instruction. This is not about duct tape or imprisonment. In the end, the ch

1Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@carol66944 This is missing the point. The false teaching was causing arguments, foolish discussions, disputes and evil suspicions. Stopping the false teaching is meant to bring about the love and concern again for one another. "The purpose, then, o...

@carol66944 This is missing the point. The false teaching was causing arguments, foolish discussions, disputes and evil suspicions. Stopping the false teaching is meant to bring about the love and con

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 In my opinion, I think the scripture categorizes fa

@Jondaphemp @WayneShaff60221 In my opinion, I think the scripture categorizes false teachers as those whose teaching puts you outside of the Christian faith, not just those who teach differently on se

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes thi

@HollandGreig @YouVersion Actually, if you read 1Tim in context, Paul writes this personal letter to Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not to stop anyone from teaching truth. Try ag

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with false teachers—not to stop truth-tellers: “remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach

1Ti 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@pickles344873 @SavedbygraceIII @Eric_Conn Jezebel? I do not support false teachers including women who teach false doctrine and entice people to sin. Why do you presume that all women teach false doctrine? It’s mainly just liberal women who are pa...

@pickles344873 @SavedbygraceIII @Eric_Conn Jezebel? I do not support false teachers including women who teach false doctrine and entice people to sin. Why do you presume that all women teach false do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explained in his personal letter to Timothy that he left him in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not so that he would instruct half the church not to teach truth to the other half. You are misreading the text by not cons...

@TheCoolhand1 @smashbaals Paul explained in his personal letter to Timothy that he left him in Ephesus to stop false teachers, not so that he would instruct half the church not to teach truth to the o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@thedoctor1611 @smashbaals Women are not permitted to teach truth to men? Paul’s

@thedoctor1611 @smashbaals Women are not permitted to teach truth to men? Paul’s purpose of writing to Timothy was to stop false teachers not half the body from teaching the other half! https://t.co/Z

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils In context, Paul was dealing with false teachers, not

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils In context, Paul was dealing with false teachers, not those who were teaching truth to anyone. He didn’t name the woman who was teaching false doctrine as she hadn’t been con

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@timesux @yahtsidkenu33ad @Eric_Conn In 2Pe 2:12, Peter is referring to false teachers who deny "the Master who bought them" (2Pe 2:1). This clearly shows that Jesus paid for their sin, but they denied Him by their own actions. v12 is simply describi...

@timesux @yahtsidkenu33ad @Eric_Conn In 2Pe 2:12, Peter is referring to false teachers who deny "the Master who bought them" (2Pe 2:1). This clearly shows that Jesus paid for their sin, but they denie

2Pe 2:1 2Pe 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Here we don’t see Paul commanding T to ‘command’ the false teachers but (in patience) to instruct them. If Paul is commanding T to give commands to the church then we would need to see the commands outside of Tim. In 1Ti...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Here we don’t see Paul commanding T to ‘command’ the false teachers but (in patience) to instruct them. If Paul is commanding T to give commands to the church then we wou

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii A child has much less experience and so I would ha

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii A child has much less experience and so I would have more compassion on a child than on an adult. Even then, Paul seems to suggest that there are two kinds of false teach

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@prodigalsonpost @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV It's hard to explain the entire

@prodigalsonpost @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV It's hard to explain the entire letter in one post, though perhaps I should do that sometime. Paul gives directions on how to deal with false teachers

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views about Adam and Eve. Yet Paul’s intent doesn’t appear to be to address specific false teachings so much as to encourage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT Paul’s intent in this letter is to encourage and instruct Timothy in stopping false teachers. His noting of how he was ignorant in 1Ti 1:13 and how Hymanaeus and Alexander whom he names blaspheme with knowledge in 1Ti 1:19-20 su...

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT Paul’s intent in this letter is to encourage and instruct Timothy in stopping false teachers. His noting of how he was ignorant in 1Ti 1:13 and how Hymanaeus and Alexander whom h

1Ti 1:13 1Ti 1:19-20 general
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