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NASB | 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 3:2 Now an overseer must be blameless and beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, |
Subject: How do we pull marriage out? |
Bible Note: Hank: Thank you for a very complete and accurate posting. In one paragraph you have given us the meaning of 1 Tim 3:2. Originally, I would have thought that such an explanation as yours would be unnecessary, since this is no complex, detailed theological matter. I MISTAKENLY thought that common sense would indicate the verse to mean: "A man who desires to be an overseer (bishop, elder) should *(if he is married)* be the husband of one wife." (Emphasis added.) How this particular verse is interpreted as a COMMANDMENT to get married I will never know. |