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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: But didn't He? |
Bible Note: Nolan I appreciate you brother. I have yielded on this subject. I know that your position is the classical interpretation of this scripture. It has been mine for as long as I can remember. I was just fascinated that Paul at the leading of the Holy Spirit chose terms that convey marriage (husband and wife) when he could have just as easily used terms that were totally neutral and devoid of any overtone of marriage. Paul could have said a man or woman of sexual purity. Or a man or woman that abstains from sexual immorality. I was questioning if there might be some reason for the particular language he used. Apparently everyone feels there isn’t. And some have even cast me in the light of being an idiot for even daring to think such nonsense. I have said my last on this subject, however to me it is still an interesting subject. |