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Commentary: Hermeneutic of Humility — Firm but Reformable

Ardavanis says: > "We celebrate the hermeneutic of humility... 'Who am I to think I've come to the right conclusion?' I would just say Paul tells Timothy in **2Ti 3:15** to rightly divide the word of

2 Timothy 2:15
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Commentary: The Format That Silences Correction — 1 Corinthians 14:30-31 and Church Authority

**1Co 14:30-31** says: "If a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first must be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged." Paul's model

1 Corinthians 14:30-31
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Commentary: "The Voice of Your Wife" — Eve Never Spoke to Adam

God tells Adam: "Because you listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree..." (**Ge 3:17**). But in the **Ge 3** narrative, Eve never speaks to Adam. She speaks to the serpent (3:1

Genesis 3:17
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Commentary: Following a Woman Is Not the Problem — The Bible Commends It Repeatedly

Ardavanis says Adam "passively followed his wife's leadership," framing the act of following a woman as itself the failure. She did go first, and yes, he followed without objecting. But Ardavanis miss

Genesis 3:6; Genesis 21:12
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Commentary: "Desire" in Genesis 3:16 — She Will Want Him Despite His Betrayal

Ardavanis says that Eve's "desire" for her husband (**Ge 3:16**) is not romantic desire, and he prefers the parallel in **Ge 4:7** where sin "desires" to master Cain. But there are two problems with t

Genesis 3:16
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Commentary: "Counter-Cultural" Is Not a Truth Test — And His View Is Also Cultural

Ardavanis suggests that his complementarian view is counter-cultural, implying that its friction with modern culture validates it. But culture is not how we measure truth. A view being unpopular does

1 Corinthians 14:34-35
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Faulty Summary of Human History — Kings, Priests, Prophets, Authors

At 11:56, he tries to summarize human history by saying that there were all male kings with one exception, all male priests, all male ongoing prophetic offices, all male authors of scripture and so fo