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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: A divorced pastor in ministry? |
Bible Note: Now we are making progress. You said- "I contend that a divorce shows the household was not always managed well." I reply- So a promiscuous spouse automatically shows some ineptitude or shortcoming? God says His spouse was adulterous, do you want to call His character and management skills into question? I suppose you believe that the victims of spousal abuse or rape do something to ask for it too? You said- "I believe the only divorced person that could fit the standard in 1 Tim 3 would be a person that was divorced and remarried before their salvation." I say- Is this something like the ancient heresy that post-baptismal sins are harder to get forgiven? Don't get me wrong, I do not think that divorced men should be given a pass on their divorce when being considered for leadership. I just see absolutely no Biblical case for a blanket disqualification. We do care what the Bible has to say, right? RG |