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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: Does "the husband of one wife" in this verse mean one wife at a time or only one wife (never divorced and remarried)? |
Bible Answer: 'one-woman man' (lit. Gr.) PSP: 1 Tim 3:2 *the husband of one wife.* "Lit. in Greek a 'one-woman man.' This says nothing about marriage or divorce. The issue is not the elder's marital status, but his moral and sexual purity. This qualification heads the list, beause it is in this area that leaders are most prone to fail. (...) "A 'one-woman man' is one totally devoted to his wife, maintaining singular devotion, affection and sexual purity in both thought and deed. To violate this is to forfeit blamelessness and no longer be 'above reproach'" (p. 1864, MacArthur Study Bible, Word, 1997). |