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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: You said- You have posted an imposing list of "witnesses" -- and for the several with whom I'm acquainted I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration. I respond with a favorite quote- "There is hardly anything more gratifying to the pious mind than to discover agreement between its own conclusions and those of great and good men, who had lived in former generations. They may indeed have been mistaken, and so they are no standard to us; yet when their number is large, when they lived in different ages and countries, and yet they were led by honest inquiry and much prayer to the same results, and when their well-earned reputation for piety, love of truth and diligence in study, create a strong presumption in favour of their united testimony, a good man will very carefully examine the grounds of his conclusions before he will refuse to adopt their sentiments, especially where they have all put much honour on God's holy word." -[ Excerpt from 'Grace Of Christ' by William S. Plumer D.D. Sprinkle Pub. Edition page 228 ] |