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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 (short): Meaning of a husband of one but one wife |
Question (full): In giving the qualifications of a elder/deacon or overseer, Paul says to both Timothy and Titus that they should be a "husband of but one wife". What is the significance of the but in these scriptures? |