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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 2024-03-27

Head Coverings in the Ancient Mediterranean: Research Clippings

Research clippings from Craig Keener's Dictionary of New Testament Background article on head coverings, with supplementary sources. Documents the cultural background of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, showing that head coverings were tied to marital modesty, class status, and regional customs rather than a universal creation ordinance.

1 Cor 11:14–15 1 Cor 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Egalitarianism
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 2008-08-28

Women Preaching Equated With

Wade Burleson has commented on Irving Bible Church’s decision to allow women to preach the gospel to the congregation on a Sunday morning and the attacks that this church has experienced because of this decision. Wade writes:

1 Corinthians 12:21 Women in Leadership
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 article 2006-12-07

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Two

Complementarians have stated that God has a law that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men. This law, they say, is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 The context of Ro 2:28-29 is Jews who were preaching one thing and doing another: “you, therefore, who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one is not to steal, do you steal? You who say that one is not t...

@HvacRoar24011 The context of Ro 2:28-29 is Jews who were preaching one thing and doing another: “you, therefore, who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one is not to

Ro 2:28-29 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom attempt? And why didn’t Jesus stone the woman cau...

@prot_zoomer @restoredkgdm @rightresponsem First, if Paul was just getting what was due to him, why was it that all the apostles were martyred except John, who purportedly only survived the martyrdom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I’m not questioning scripture. I’m questioning you

@restoredkgdm @rightresponsem I’m not questioning scripture. I’m questioning your insistence that mercy is not a consideration. Why wasn’t the woman caught in the act of adultery stoned? Why didn’t J

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-14

@BKitten16 @ToupeeCostanza @rightresponsem Paul considered himself the h ce used of sinners because he was responsible for putting Christians to death and imprisonment. “Now Saul approved of putting him to death.” (Ac 8:1) As for the woman caught i...

@BKitten16 @ToupeeCostanza @rightresponsem Paul considered himself the h ce used of sinners because he was responsible for putting Christians to death and imprisonment. “Now Saul approved of putting

Ac 8:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

When David sinned deeply against God by using his power as king to commit adulte

When David sinned deeply against God by using his power as king to commit adultery and then cover it up by sending her husband unsupported into battle so he would die, David rightly feared God would r

Ps 51:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-29

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii 7. “You are gods” (Jn 10:34) 8. Are only men able to c

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii 7. “You are gods” (Jn 10:34) 8. Are only men able to commit adultery since a woman isn’t mentioned as divorcing and remarrying? “Whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual

Jn 10:34 Mt 19:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 You are actually calling Jesus’ words in Mk 10:12 a feminist invention. He said it, not me. I’m just not ignoring it because it doesn’t fit a man-made hierarchy. “And if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she i...

@JonByers186054 You are actually calling Jesus’ words in Mk 10:12 a feminist invention. He said it, not me. I’m just not ignoring it because it doesn’t fit a man-made hierarchy. “And if she herself d

Mk 10:12 Mk 10:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 The Hebrew phrase in Dt 24:1 is ʿerwat dāvār—“a shameful thing” or “matter of nakedness.” It’s ambiguous by design. If it clearly meant adultery, there would’ve been no debate. And if adultery were the issue, Moses wouldn’t have all...

@JonByers186054 The Hebrew phrase in Dt 24:1 is ʿerwat dāvār—“a shameful thing” or “matter of nakedness.” It’s ambiguous by design. If it clearly meant adultery, there would’ve been no debate. And i

Dt 24:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 “Only a man can divorce” is not Jesus’ point. In Mk 10:12, Jesus

@JonByers186054 “Only a man can divorce” is not Jesus’ point. In Mk 10:12, Jesus says: “and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another, she is committing adultery.” That completely oblit

Mk 10:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@wrightdjohn @ProvisionistP Is that should the same as "should not commit adulte

@wrightdjohn @ProvisionistP Is that should the same as "should not commit adultery"? So for you, it's a sin for a woman to lead even if she's theologically solid and a gifted teacher?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-23

@IssaDegen @MikeWingerii @SKokenos Are you saying that according to God's law, a

@IssaDegen @MikeWingerii @SKokenos Are you saying that according to God's law, a man can commit adultery all he wants with prostitutes but his wife is never permitted to divorce him, but if she commit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-21

@AVER735 Wait, the husband’s sin is losing his temper and the wife’s is attempte

@AVER735 Wait, the husband’s sin is losing his temper and the wife’s is attempted murder or adultery?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@jtdxn_ There was a certain woman caught in the act of adultery. Jesus said: ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then we have the following: "For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Do you not j...

@jtdxn_ There was a certain woman caught in the act of adultery. Jesus said: ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then we have the following: "For what busin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@LifeWithoutLack @pastordmack No one is in favor of adultery silly. Even the gre

@LifeWithoutLack @pastordmack No one is in favor of adultery silly. Even the greatest kings that ever lived have had s3xual issues…think David and Solomon.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@SupermomShayla Hm. But there is not a precisely equal proportion of women and men, and there are some who prefer to remain single. I don't think that having more than one wife is taking the wife of another man. That almost sounds like adultery, but ...

@SupermomShayla Hm. But there is not a precisely equal proportion of women and men, and there are some who prefer to remain single. I don't think that having more than one wife is taking the wife of a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@Crystalisives Num 5:18 is about the test if a husband suspects his wife of adul

@Crystalisives Num 5:18 is about the test if a husband suspects his wife of adultery. But the hair is not cut off. And she is not a prostitute.

Num 5:18 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@pbcmike98 @GinaACleveland @MikeWingerii Where is a godly woman serving as pasto

@pbcmike98 @GinaACleveland @MikeWingerii Where is a godly woman serving as pastor listed as a sin with adultery? Seriously.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-21

@yorel480 @lasteveharvest @itskellydiane What? Where are you getting this from? There's nothing in the Talmud that specifies shaving a prostitutes head as a form of punishment. The Bible calls for the death penalty for adultery. Maybe there were Gre...

@yorel480 @lasteveharvest @itskellydiane What? Where are you getting this from? There's nothing in the Talmud that specifies shaving a prostitutes head as a form of punishment. The Bible calls for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-29

@DefendTheSheep In Matt 19:9, Jesus says, “I tell you that anyone who divorces h

@DefendTheSheep In Matt 19:9, Jesus says, “I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” I’m not sure that emotional abuse i

Matt 19:9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood So if a man divorces his wife and marries another (not another man’s wife, but any other woman) he commits adultery. However, according to you, he doesn’t commit adultery as long as he marries another while s...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood So if a man divorces his wife and marries another (not another man’s wife, but any other woman) he commits adultery. However, according to you, he doesn’t com

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck In that day, a woman was dependent on her husband to survive. By divorcing his wife, she would be forced to remarry to survive and therefore commit adultery. I am not adding and removing things based on what I ...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck In that day, a woman was dependent on her husband to survive. By divorcing his wife, she would be forced to remarry to survive and therefore commit adultery. I

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Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Numbers 5:18 (apokalupto) is a different word from what Paul uses

Mike addresses another piece of evidence from hair-up proponents.

Numbers 5:18 Philip Payne apokalupto Numbers 5:18
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Revelation 2:22-23 — Jesus threatens to cast a false teacher into a sick bed and kill her followers: direct scriptural refutation of Johnson's 'God cannot give sickness' claim

Mike cites a key New Testament text to disprove Johnson's theology from within the very Jesus-focused framework Johnson uses

Revelation 2:22-23 Bill Johnson healing theology Revelation 2:22-23
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Q&A (off-topic): Divorced woman who was cheated on and physically abused asks if remarrying would be adultery after her ex-husband has now married his fifth wife.

Viewer question from 'Truth Watch' about remarriage after divorce involving infidelity and abuse.

1 Corinthians 7 1 Corinthians 7 divorce and remarriage adultery
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Q&A: can someone have saving faith yet commit murder? — Mike argues sin is not binary; Jesus elevated even hatred and lust to the level of murder and adultery

Viewer question about faith, repentance, and serious sin

Matthew 5 repentance sanctification salvation and sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Q&A: The pericope adulterae (John 7:53–8:11, woman caught in adultery) was likely not in the original Gospel of John

Viewer asks about the scholarly conclusion that the 'cast the first stone' story is a later addition.

John 7-8 textual criticism manuscript variants pericope adulterae
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Old Testament law assigns different penalties to different sins, which itself demonstrates that God does not treat all sin the same.

Mike begins his Old Testament survey by pointing to the differentiated penal codes in the Mosaic law.

Exodus 22 sin Old Testament law penalty
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Deuteronomy 25 provides a catch-all principle: punishment is to be 'in proportion to the offense,' explicitly grounding proportional justice in God's law.

Mike examines a general sentencing passage in Deuteronomy to show that the proportionality principle is not limited to specific crimes but is a foundational legal principle.

Deuteronomy 25 sin Old Testament law hierarchy of sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

James 2:10 does not teach that all sins are identical; it teaches that breaking any one point of the law makes a person a law-breaker before the same Lawgiver — a relational, not equivalence, statement.

Mike addresses the primary proof-text used to argue all sin is the same and offers an exegesis that resolves the apparent tension.

James 2:10 James 2:11 Romans 3:23 hermeneutics exegesis James 2:10
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

No sin is trivially small because every sin is a personal offense against a holy God — the error is in using 'not all sin is the same' as a license to minimize some sins.

Mike offers the first pastoral guard against misusing the hierarchy-of-sin principle.

sin holiness Christian living
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Matthew 5:27 — Lusting in the heart is adultery in the heart, but it is not the same act as physical adultery; using 'all sin is the same' to justify the full act is logically incoherent.

Mike examines Jesus' teaching on lust to show how the 'all sin is the same' doctrine can be weaponized to rationalize escalating sin.

Matthew 5:27-28 adultery Christian living hierarchy of sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-19

Sermon on the Mount: Jesus internalizes the law — lust equals adultery in the heart

Mike illustrates why outward law-keeping is not sufficient

Matthew 5:27-28 Sermon on the Mount law Matthew 5:27-28
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-08

John 8 (woman caught in adultery) has significant textual critical issues; there is no good case for identifying her as Mary Magdalene; the absence of the man reflects a real double standard

Response to question about the woman caught in adultery

John 8 Mary Magdalene textual criticism John 8
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Matthew 5:20-48 shows Jesus intensifying the Law (anger=murder, lust=adultery) to reveal how far short everyone falls

Winger's reading of the antitheses in the Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5:20-48 Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:20-48 antitheses
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-13

Romans 3:19-23: The purpose of the law is to close every mouth and make all the world accountable

The true purpose of the OT law

Romans 3:19-23 knowledge of sin Romans 3:19-23 purpose of the law
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-13

Jesus in Matthew 5 intensifies the law — lust equals adultery in the heart, hate equals murder

Jesus's Sermon on the Mount expands the scope of sin

Matthew 5 Matthew 5 Sermon on the Mount universal sinfulness
Mike Winger idea 2019-09-04

Q&A: Polygamy is inherently sinful; one-flesh marriage precludes a second wife by definition

A viewer asks how to demonstrate that polygamy is sinful for Christians. Winger argues from the nature of marriage itself and from both Testaments.

1 Timothy 3:2 Genesis 2:24 Titus 1:6 1 Timothy 3:2 Genesis 2:24 Titus 1:6
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Jesus raises the moral standard inward: lust as adultery, hatred as murder — God judges the inner person

Scriptural grounding for total depravity / the inadequacy of external goodness

Matthew 5:27-28 Matthew 5:21-22 lust inner life total depravity
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

1 John 5:16-17: sin leading to death likely refers to physical death, not Catholic mortal/venial sin distinction

Q from Sarah Nordberg about the meaning of sin leading to death vs. sin not leading to death in 1 John 5:16-17.

1 John 5:16-17 atonement repentance mortal sin
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Numbers 5 — the Bitter Water trial does not describe an abortion; the NIV translation is mistaken on this point

Question from Dakota Ballard about pro-choice advocates using Numbers 5:27 to support abortion.

Numbers 5:27 Numbers 5 NIV abortion divine judgment
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-26

Mark 7:14-19 — Jesus declares all foods clean by distinguishing ceremonial uncleanness from moral defilement; the Levitical purity laws were pedagogical, not moral.

Tabitha Littman asks why Jesus seems appalled that Jews believed touching/eating certain things made them unclean given God instituted those laws in Leviticus.

Acts 15 Leviticus 11 Mark 7:14-19 Acts 15 Pharisees Leviticus 11
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-19

Deuteronomy 22 rape law — two scenarios and the woman's protection

Listener Christy Courts' friend claims Deuteronomy 22 shows flawed teaching. Mike defends the passage.

Deuteronomy 22:23-27 Mosaic law Deuteronomy 22:23-27 Rape law
Mike Winger idea 2020-02-12

Q&A: John 8:1-11 (woman caught in adultery) is very likely a true story/memory of Jesus but probably not originally part of John's Gospel. It appears in different locations in manuscripts. Most translations bracket it.

Q&A — John 8:1-11 textual criticism

Mark 16:9-20 John 8:1-11 textual criticism textual criticism Mark 16:9-20
Mike Winger idea 2020-04-15

Jesus taught monogamy. Matthew 19:9 and Mark 10:11-12: divorcing and marrying another = adultery, which wouldn't make sense if polygamy were permitted. 1 Timothy 3:2, 3:12, Titus 1:6: elders/deacons must be husband of one wife — referring to polygamy prohibition. 1 Corinthians 7:2-4: each man his own wife, each woman her own husband — mutual sexual exclusivity eliminates polygamy.

Jesus taught monogamy — against polygamy

1 Timothy 3:2 Matthew 19:9 Mark 10:11-12 1 Timothy 3:2 polygamy polygamy
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