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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 2011-04-14

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 2009-07-18

Wayne Grudem 5

This is the part 5 of answering Wayne Grudem’s “ Open letter to Egalitarians ” and his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his fifth question, Suzanne McCarthy’s answer from the Greek and my own questions below that

1 Timothy 2:12 Amos 100 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-02

5 Apostle Paul They

This post is the fifth 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

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2 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 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 2007-08-23

Are Womens Gifts To Be Used Outside The Church

In my blog entry called “ Are women’s gifts secondary. ” I documented the complementarian teaching that women’s gifts are secondary to men’s gifts and that women to use their gifts outside the church

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14:31 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-12-13

@jonathanaplumb Tolerance is good but tolerating idolatry in those who profess to be believers is not. “But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel… who teaches and misleads My slaves so that they commit sexual immorality and ea...

@jonathanaplumb Tolerance is good but tolerating idolatry in those who profess to be believers is not. “But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel… who teaches and misleads My s

Re 2:20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@ChappyMacc @rightresponsem @ZacharyGarris I have Zachary’s book. He didn’t seem to have the fortitude to discuss scripture with me, so he blocked me. Tough guy I guess. Jezebel is never called a pastor. In fact, there is no one explicitly referred ...

@ChappyMacc @rightresponsem @ZacharyGarris I have Zachary’s book. He didn’t seem to have the fortitude to discuss scripture with me, so he blocked me. Tough guy I guess. Jezebel is never called a pas

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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 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Jezebel’s teaching involved encouraging Christians to compromise with idolatry and immorality, likely in connection with the trade guilds in Thyatira, which required participation in pa...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Jezebel’s teaching involved encouraging Christians to compromise with idolatry and immorality, likely in connection with the trade guil

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Was Jezebel tea

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Was Jezebel teaching the truth? Certainly not! It’s about what is being taught.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

For example, to those in Thyatira who didn’t follow Jezebel’s teachings, Jesus s

For example, to those in Thyatira who didn’t follow Jezebel’s teachings, Jesus said: “Hold fast what you have until I come” (Rev 2:25). He didn’t tell them to leave but to remain faithful and distinc

Rev 2:25 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii My thinking is that Paul suspected she would repen

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii My thinking is that Paul suspected she would repent of her false teaching and so why mark her name. Remember Jezebel? Further, Paul’s writing is God-breathed and so ulti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-30

What is feminism, Ben? Is it women who can lead along with men? Jezebel tempted

What is feminism, Ben? Is it women who can lead along with men? Jezebel tempted Ahab to sin and rejected God’s prophets. That’s not what egalitarians are advocating! https://t.co/wJ9KY61Kvf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess Hmm. The doctrines of Jezebel are

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess Hmm. The doctrines of Jezebel are women teaching true doctrine, exhorting other believers and encouraging the saints? Please just think for a minute at w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-28

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a l

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a lot like the term "semi-Pelagian." Just another way of calling people names instead of dealing with real issues.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men submitting to women and women submitting to men. ...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men

Ephesians 5:21 debate
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 verse entry

1 Timothy 1:3-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Timothy 1:3-5 false teaching Ephesus strange doctrines
Theology verse entry

Revelation 2:14

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Revelation 2:14 Balaam false teaching didasko
Theology verse entry

Revelation 2:20

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Revelation 2:20 Jezebel false prophetess didasko
Theology verse entry

Judges 4:4-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Judges 4:4-9 Deborah,judge,prophetess,woman leader,Barak,Israel,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Exodus 15:20-21

Sections: exegesis

Exodus 15:20-21 miriam,prophetess,worship leader,women leadership,song of the sea
Theology verse entry

2 Kings 22:14-20

Sections: exegesis

2 Kings 22:14-20 huldah,prophetess,women leadership,josiah,book of the law
Theology verse entry

Numbers 12:1-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam,Aaron,tsaraat,prophetess,female leadership,WIM,egalitarian,Moses unique mediator,Deborah,Huldah,Micah 6:4
Theology greek term

διδάσκω (didasko)

to teach

greek
Theology greek term

ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω (heterodidaskaleo)

to teach differently / to teach strange doctrine

greek
Theology greek term

נְבִיאָה (nĕbî'āh)

prophetess (feminine of נָבִיא)

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Jezebel: one egalitarian argues she ruled with more authority than her husband Ahab, and her role was 'accepted.'

Examining Jezebel as an egalitarian example

1 Kings 21 egalitarianism Jezebel Ahab
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Rebuttal: Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab's name with his seal — proving she did NOT have independent authority; she was a cult leader, not a legitimate example.

Refuting the Jezebel argument

1 Kings 21:8 Jezebel Ahab 1 Kings 21:8
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Queens had authority over men, and Romans 13:1 commands submission to them

Mike uses queens as another example against strict patriarchalism.

Romans 13:1 Romans 13:1 governmental authority Jezebel
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Biblical basis for rights to life, liberty, and property

Question asking for verses that imply life, liberty, and property are inalienable rights.

1 Kings 21 Genesis 4 Exodus 20 theocracy 1 Kings 21 right to life
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-12

Praying against "spirits of laziness, offense, depression" — most are human failures not demonic spirits; Jezebel spirit is not a biblical category

Q10 from Arfish: Is it biblical to pray against spirits of offense, laziness, depression, confusion? What is the Jezebel spirit and is it real?

James 4 Revelation 2:20 personal responsibility Jezebel James 4
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-12

A consistent OT pattern: it's the LEADERS of Israel who persecute God's messengers (Jezebel vs. Elijah, Saul vs. David, people of Ephraim vs. Gideon, King Jehoiakim vs. Jeremiah). The motive: wanting power, credit, and avoidance of suffering.

OT examples of leadership rejecting prophets and application to modern rejection of the gospel

Jeremiah 7:25-26 leadership accountability Jeremiah 7:25-26 leadership accountability
Mike Winger idea 2023-09-01

Deliverance & the “Spirit of Jezebel”: How do we lovingly correct someone who believes the deliverance ministry doctrine (people saying they have a “spirit of Jezebel” that needs to be prayed away)?

Q&A question: Deliverance & the “Spirit of Jezebel”

Jezebel
Mike Winger idea 2025-10-17

When confronted with failed predictions, the rapture-date community's response is to circle the wagons, claim victimhood ("we're being mocked"), and accuse critics of having a "Jezebel spirit." Winger identifies this as classic cult dynamics: insulation from correction, victim mentality, and shielding leaders from accountability through demonization of outsiders.

Cult-like dynamics in the rapture prediction community: victim narratives and Jezebel accusations

Jezebel rapture demons