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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: Elder must be 'the husband of one wife'? |
Bible Note: EdB: I have no quarrel at all with your point (if I understand you correctly) that case histories alone do not prove anything, except that a certain thing was true in at least one particular case. I would never put a case example above Scripture. And I believe it was not Hank's intent to do so, although I neither could nor would attempt to speak for Hank, who is quite capable of speaking for himself. (No offense, Hank, if you are reading this.) You write: "I too have known men and women that have successfully carried on in the ministry after the disaster of divorce. But I’m forced to ask a question was it God’s perfect will or something else?" Is it God's will is always an appropriate question. And, as we know, God's will never goes against His forever-settled-in-heaven Word. But does the Bible prohibit ALL remarriage after divorce? "Some believe that Paul here excludes divorced men from church leadership. That again ignores the fact that this qualification does not deal with marital status. Nor does the Bible prohibit all remarriage after divorce (Matt 5:31,32; 19:9; 1 Cor 7:15)" (John MacArthur). EdB, I am not deliberately attempting to antagonize anyone. My only intent is to provide information related to this thread. :-) |