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Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-09

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 15:5 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART B)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part B)

1 Chronicles 29:6 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:32 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-08

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28

[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...

1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 3: Head Coverings and Authority - 1 Corinthians 11

[Music] 1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult chapter throughout church history there are some things that are hard to understand about this passage but using an understanding of the Jewish mindset will help us unravel Paul's reasoning let's start at verse three but I want you to understand that Chr...

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-14

Calling God To Account

While God is Sovereign, some men believe that they can set a limit on God’s gifts. In the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s doctrinal stand, they believe that God is allowed to distribute gifts to men and women alike with the gifts listed in 1 Cor

1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Peter 4:10 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-02-09

Womens Speaking Dishonors Men

Another common objection to women in ministry is the claim that when women speak and lead publicly it dishonors men

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:12 Nahum 4:11 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-09-02

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1 Corinthians 10:15 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 14:36 Women in Leadership Debates
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 2009-02-13

King_Uzziah

In an interesting blog post on Pyromaniacs the February 10th post, author Dan Phillips tries to link the rebellion of King Uzziah and his punishment of leprosy with the “unfaithful” act of women who apparently are committing treachery against God by becoming pastors. Is this really true

2 Chronicles 25:1 2 Chronicles 25:14 2 Chronicles 25:15 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-16

Authority And Created Order

In this fourth part of my response to Matt Slick’s article called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” , I am going to deal directly with Matt’s comments regarding authority and created order. Matt writes:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-17

Woman Representative

This post is an answer to Matt Slicks article called “1 Timothy 2:9-15 “a woman” is representative of all women as “a man”represents all men”

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2007-12-21

Jesus Unequal In Prayer

In my research for our new DVD on the Trinity I am amazed that the teaching that God has a hierarchy of “roles” has some convinced that it is the Father alone who hears and answers prayer. This is Bruce Ware’s position in his book on the Trinity called “Father, Son, & Holy Spirit”

1 Corinthians 1:2 Acts 7:59 John 14:13 Trinity
Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-13

Gift Vs Office And Women In Ministry

Continuing in our series on the gifts and their use by men and women in the body of Christ, we come to an unusual passage where the gift seems not to be a thing but a person

2 Corinthians 11:13 2 Corinthians 12:11 2 Corinthians 12:12 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-12

Spiritual Gifts A Means Of Unity

In Ephesians chapter four Paul gives us a glimpse of what the gifts of the Holy Spirit are meant for. Paul starts out with humility, tolerance and love:

Ephesians 4:12 Ephesians 4:13 Ephesians 4:2 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-24

Should Cbmw Fight Egalitarians

This week CBMW (the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) released two audio tapes from the February 2007 “Different by Design” Conference held in Minneapolis Minnesota. ( ) I was amazed at the way that the gospel was connected to the gender issue in such a way that those who do not hold to pa

Exodus 4 Isaiah 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-13

Can Only Men Judge Right From Wrong In The Church

I read with interest Wayne Grudem’s claim that 1 Cor. 14:34 means that women are to “keep silent”regarding weighing of the oral prophecies in the assembly

1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:3 Lamentations 1 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'm not suggesting that ideas don't come from or are not fundamentally based on things stated in the OT. I'm simply saying that Paul makes a clear statement showing that saints (which includes women)...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'm not suggesting that ideas don't come from or are not fundamentally based on things stated in the OT. I'm simply saying that Paul makes a clear st

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Earlier in the same letter, Paul says in 1Co 6:2-3 that saints will judge the world and angels and since this is the case, are the saints then not competent to make decisions on matters of this life?...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Earlier in the same letter, Paul says in 1Co 6:2-3 that saints will judge the world and angels and since this is the case, are the saints then not co

1Co 11:10 1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-27

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry...

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for th

Eph 4:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-26

“The faith was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). The Bible welcomes seeking truth, but it also warns against seeking knowledge that denies what God already revealed: “If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with soun...

“The faith was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). The Bible welcomes seeking truth, but it also warns against seeking knowledge that denies what God already revealed: “If anyone teaches

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi Catholic means universal. Roman Catholic, the one that

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi Catholic means universal. Roman Catholic, the one that prays to dead saints, venerates them, uses relics, believes in pergatory, etc is not the universal church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Since the scripture is only referring to

@BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Since the scripture is only referring to saints, then they at least should be competent to vote. But that doesn’t mean that unbelievers are all incompetent. It o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@tom_ford53871 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Paul uses 1Co 6:2-3 as a greater to lesser argument. In other words, if saints will judge angels and nations (in the millennium), then surely they are competent to judge trivial matters in this life. Similarly...

@tom_ford53871 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Paul uses 1Co 6:2-3 as a greater to lesser argument. In other words, if saints will judge angels and nations (in the millennium), then surely they are competen

1Co 11:10 1Co 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@howiedoit299187 @CherylSchatz Saul (Paul) of Tarsus was a Jew trained by Gamaliel, a Jew of Jews. Further, when he went to a new area, he always went to the Jews first and only to the Gentiles when the Jews rejected his message. Third, 1Co 6:2-3 say...

@howiedoit299187 @CherylSchatz Saul (Paul) of Tarsus was a Jew trained by Gamaliel, a Jew of Jews. Further, when he went to a new area, he always went to the Jews first and only to the Gentiles when t

1Co 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ…” (Eph 4:11–12) If all are equippe...

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the

Eph 4:11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@AlaynePearl @BronWen727104 @turnedwife No, that’s not it. Read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are also saints, and that means they will also judge angels one day. So following Paul’s earlier argument then, women should have authority over their own head to deci...

@AlaynePearl @BronWen727104 @turnedwife No, that’s not it. Read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are also saints, and that means they will also judge angels one day. So following Paul’s earlier argument then, women

1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@BronWen727104 Hint: read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are saints too, right? That means tha

@BronWen727104 Hint: read 1Co 6:2-3. Women are saints too, right? That means that they will also judge angels. So shouldn’t they have the authority over their own heads to decide whether to cover or n

1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 My view is that the scripture teaches that in Christ, there is no longer a dividing wall of hostility between male and female. We are all "sons" in Christ and therefore have the benefit of sons. God created equal counterparts (Ge 1:28...

@JonByers186054 My view is that the scripture teaches that in Christ, there is no longer a dividing wall of hostility between male and female. We are all "sons" in Christ and therefore have the benefi

Ge 1:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@HollandGreig This takes us back to the same letter in 1Cor 6:2-3. Paul says the saints will judge the world *and angels*. Saints includes both men and women. If we will judge angels, then we ought to be able to judge matters of this life. Thus, "be...

@HollandGreig This takes us back to the same letter in 1Cor 6:2-3. Paul says the saints will judge the world *and angels*. Saints includes both men and women. If we will judge angels, then we ought to

1Cor 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-26

@PrayTheRosary12 If by ‘Catholic’ you mean following Christ and His teachings, a

@PrayTheRosary12 If by ‘Catholic’ you mean following Christ and His teachings, absolutely. But if you mean praying to saints, treating Mary as a mediatrix, or worshipping the Eucharist, that’s another

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-15

@Balduc13679 The church in AD 200 looks very very different from the Roman Catholic Church of today. And there was none of the teachings about purgatory, the literal presence of Christ in the elements, teachings about Mary and the righteous acts of t...

@Balduc13679 The church in AD 200 looks very very different from the Roman Catholic Church of today. And there was none of the teachings about purgatory, the literal presence of Christ in the elements

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

RT @ryanschatz: @lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. Ac

RT @ryanschatz: @lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will…

1Co 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to decide whether to cover or uncover their heads. Th...

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to

1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@juvelibertarian @nchokie02_adam @MikeWingerii So accepting the apostles means I

@juvelibertarian @nchokie02_adam @MikeWingerii So accepting the apostles means I have to accept the current Orthodox veneration of dead saints and icons? You don’t see how this is a stretch?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Re 20:4-6 speaks of the first resurrection of believ

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Re 20:4-6 speaks of the first resurrection of believers reigning with Christ during the millennium. This resurrection and reign have clearly not occurred as it requires th

Re 20:4-6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii I have issues with them making requests to dead sai

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii I have issues with them making requests to dead saints and the icons of those saints—yet sometimes we treat living saints as mediators too in Protestant churches.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-26

@joosedotson @kristenmcknight 1Co 6:2-3 says that saints will one day judge the world and angels. This supports the idea that all humans should work on their ability to discern and judge matters. In fact, in 1Co 11:10 Paul says that women should have...

@joosedotson @kristenmcknight 1Co 6:2-3 says that saints will one day judge the world and angels. This supports the idea that all humans should work on their ability to discern and judge matters. In f

1Co 11:10 1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 The church is built on Jesus and the apostles, not on 12+++ (for centuries): “So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, **having been built on the found...

@Methodios007 The church is built on Jesus and the apostles, not on 12+++ (for centuries): “So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-10

@davidguzik If women cannot judge prophecy, how is it that they will one day joi

@davidguzik If women cannot judge prophecy, how is it that they will one day join the rest of the saints and judge the world and the angels (1Co 6:2-3)? 🧐 1Co 14:34-35 is clearly a quote from the let

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 6:2-3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul says that the saints will judge the world and angels (1Co 6:2-3) and Jesus will seat believers on His throne with Him (Re 2:26-27; 3:21). Why would that be a sin in the church for women if Paul even uses it to justi...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul says that the saints will judge the world and angels (1Co 6:2-3) and Jesus will seat believers on His throne with Him (Re 2:26-27; 3:21). Why would that be a sin in

1Co 11:10 1Co 6:2-3 Re 2:26-27 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV You are elevating 'the saints and church teaching' against the apostles' teaching? If it is consistent with the apostles' teaching in scripture, then it will stand the test and we can examine it against the...

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV You are elevating 'the saints and church teaching' against the apostles' teaching? If it is consistent with the apostles' teaching in scripture, then it wil

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Where are male saints taking authority over female saints

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Where are male saints taking authority over female saints? Where does Jesus ever take authority over His bride?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Pathfinder4545 If saints will judge the nations, and saints includes women and

@Pathfinder4545 If saints will judge the nations, and saints includes women and men, then women will have authority over males in the nations. Maybe that doesn’t bother you because it’s not over thei

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ncksmith @ReadsA_lot @MikeWingerii So to be clear, the church has different roles in this age than the next? So Jesus’ bride will be sitting on His throne and judging nations and angels (which includes authority over males) in the next age, but fema...

@ncksmith @ReadsA_lot @MikeWingerii So to be clear, the church has different roles in this age than the next? So Jesus’ bride will be sitting on His throne and judging nations and angels (which includ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Silent followers were a danger for Saul? “But Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. And here he has authority fro...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Silent followers were a danger for Saul? “But Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your

Ac 9:13-14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-02

@j_robert_kirk I can read just fine. So what you are saying is that what is said to the husband is absolutely off limits for the wife? Despite the bride of Christ consisting of both male and female and all saints being called “sons” (Gal 3:26) and ...

@j_robert_kirk I can read just fine. So what you are saying is that what is said to the husband is absolutely off limits for the wife? Despite the bride of Christ consisting of both male and female

Gal 3:26 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-03

@InnovationHQ2 @elijahtmadison @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, I am following Paul’s flow of thought. Since we will judge angels then we ought to be able to judge trivial matters of this life, such as whether to cover or not cover our heads whe...

@InnovationHQ2 @elijahtmadison @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, I am following Paul’s flow of thought. Since we will judge angels then we ought to be able to judge trivial matters of this life, s

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