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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, |
Bible Question:
Guys you keep skating around the real issue. Why did God chose to use the words husband and wife if all he intended was a man or woman of sexual purity? God doesn’t have a problem coming to the point other places 1 Thes. 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; Why do you insist God is talking so cryptic here? Using words like husband and wife that everyone seems to maintain means merely sexual purity. |
Bible Answer: EdB: Please do not take the following as a personal criticism, for that is not my intention at all. Nor am I being sarcastic or harsh with you. I merely address the issue, not personalities. You ask: "Why did God chose to use the words husband and wife if all he intended was a man or woman of sexual purity?" Seems to me yours is a reasonable question. And I would add: "Why did God choose not to use the words marriage or divorce if those were the issues He intended to address?" |