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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, |
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Bible Note: Please forgive my vagueness. One of my many great faults is in assuming that others are aware of what it is that I am stating. For some reason, the term “one woman man” puts me in mind that the word marriage was being totally left out. Wife indicates a married woman. Woman simply indicates a woman. The fact that a man may have loved only one woman, though it could imply to some, actually does not in any way indicate marriage. It is the way of the enemy to imply what one would expect would be there, but when it comes down to the bottom line, that implication is totally ignored and most often undefinable because when the statement is examined, it did not say what may have been implied. In other words, the statement “one woman man” could easily be advocating just what it says. One woman, one man. Where is Gods ingredient? Marriage. "in such a day as this.” With the condition of morals and the sly tactics of the enemy this day and time… Need I say more? I do not yet know Doc. I was simply noting the implications I saw. I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone who has misunderstood what I was saying. GB |