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@Sim_Cekiso @MikeWingerii I didn’t claim that. My comment could have been worded

@Sim_Cekiso @MikeWingerii I didn’t claim that. My comment could have been worded clearer. My point being he agrees with women deacons because of Pheobe without any requirements for them since he think

1Ti 3:11-13 general

@MikeWingerii @th3muse Question for @MikeWingerii: if 1Ti 3:1-13 doesn’t apply t

@MikeWingerii @th3muse Question for @MikeWingerii: if 1Ti 3:1-13 doesn’t apply to female deacons then where are the requirements for female deacons? Genuinely curious.

1Ti 3:1-13 question

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for Mike,” his teaching is public and I don’t need his ...

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for M

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@MikeWingerii What I find curious is what you think are the requirements for fem

@MikeWingerii What I find curious is what you think are the requirements for female deacons since as I understand you believe that the requirements listed in 1Ti 3:1-10,12-13 don’t apply to women and

1Ti 3:1-10 question

@MikeWingerii Mike, I didn’t say that you don’t support female deacons, but I ca

@MikeWingerii Mike, I didn’t say that you don’t support female deacons, but I can see how you might have got this from my comment. https://t.co/IdHPLHUmcY

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

@JonKismetCalvin @th3muse @MikeWingerii He uses a translation that says "Their wives" instead. I don't think he concludes that v11 is referring to the inclusion of women as deacons, but that this verse speaks about the wives of deacons. His justifica...

@JonKismetCalvin @th3muse @MikeWingerii He uses a translation that says "Their wives" instead. I don't think he concludes that v11 is referring to the inclusion of women as deacons, but that this vers

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Mike's advice for those who don’t want to have female deacons? Then they should

Mike's advice for those who don’t want to have female deacons? Then they should reserve the title only for positions you believe woman cannot have. /54

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

Will be interesting where Mike draws the lines for his version of complementaria

Will be interesting where Mike draws the lines for his version of complementarianism. Will he allow female deacons even though the statement “one wife husband” is stated for both elders and deacons?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii You are exactly right. I don’t understand how Mike allo

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii You are exactly right. I don’t understand how Mike allows female deacons and not elders. Perhaps he can’t deny that there were female deacons like Phoebe.

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Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 16:1-7 Phoebe,Junia,deacon,apostle,prostatis,patron,women leaders,egalitarian,episemos,women apostles

Romans 16:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 1:16-26 Judas,betrayal,foreknowledge,sovereignty,prophecy fulfillment,predestination,free will,apostolate,Matthias,Paul,twelve,lot,human initiative

Acts 1:16-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 3:8-13 deacons,women deacons,gynaikas,likewise,hosautos,diakonos,phoebe,women leadership,huebner

1 Timothy 3:8-13

Sections: exegesis

Theology greek term

ἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

office, oversight, supervision

greek

eldership women deacons deacons

Transition to deacons: eldership is male; deacons are the question

Mike frames the deacon discussion.

Romans 16:1-2 1 Timothy 3:11 Acts 6 women deacons Phoebe Romans 16:1-2

Two reasons for women deacons and three counter-arguments

Mike lays out the debate structure on women deacons.

Philippians 2:19-30 Linda Belleville Discovering Biblical Equality scholarly methodology

Belleville's third footnote: Philippians 2:19-30 -- all males, no women deacons

Mike checks the third footnoted passage.

1 Timothy 3:11 women deacons 1 Timothy 3:11 hosautos (likewise)

Argument for women deacons: the word 'likewise' creates a three-part structure (elders, deacons, women)

Mike builds the case for reading verse 11 as female deacons.

1 Timothy 3:11 church history 1 Timothy 3:11 diakonos

The word 'deaconess' didn't exist yet; Paul used 'gunaikas' because no feminine term was available

Mike explains why Paul didn't use a feminine deacon term.

women's ministry female deacons Apostolic Constitutions

Female deacons in the early church focused on ministry to women

Mike provides historical evidence for gender-specific ministry roles.

soft complementarianism female deacons women's roles in NT

Mike's conclusions on women's roles: high view of women but not apostles

Mike begins his summary conclusions for the video.

1 Timothy 3:8-13 1 Timothy 3:8-13 deacon qualifications female deacons

Pushback from previous video on female deacons and 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Mike responds to viewer objections about women as deacons.

1 Timothy 3:11 Romans 16:1 1 Timothy 3:12-13 Phoebe husband of one wife 1 Timothy 3:11

Verses 12-13 are about men, verse 11 is about women — not gender neutral

Mike clarifies the structure of the 1 Timothy 3 passage on deacons.