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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:
Are elders and deacons allowed to serve in that office if they are divorced? Not divorced because of adultry or desertion but just because it did not work out? Also is a woman whose husband left her and he is living with another woman and the wife decides to divorce is she (the ex-wife) considered a widow. |
Bible Answer: Scripture ... Gen 2:23-24; Exo 20:14; Deu 24:1-5; Mal 2:13-16; Mat 5:31-32, 19:3-12; Rom 7:2-3, 1 Cor 7:1-40; 2 Cor 5:17, 1 Tim 3:1-13, Tit 1:6-9 ... Use Quick Search - it may help. Are elders and deacons allowed to serve in that office if they are divorced? ... No Not divorced because of adultry or desertion but just because it did not work out? ... No Also is a woman whose husband left her and he is living with another woman and the wife decides to divorce is she (the ex-wife) considered a widow. ... No, unless the husband is dead |
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