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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, |
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Bible Note: GB: Touche, with reservations. ..... Once upon a time, young and in my prime, I took a course in English myself. Since then I too have learned to my sorrow that language changes. Soon after I'd mastered the art of when to use thee and when thou, when to say thy and when thine, they changed the whole thing. ...... The meaning of 'gay' is not the only, and easily not the most important, word that has been corrupted. Try to count the ways that the word 'Christian' is used that really have nothing to do with being a regenerate follower of Christ. ..... GB, if you'd like to discuss this in a more leisurely surrounding, meet Doc and me in Pflugerville, Texas. We have a little Shangri-la down there we bought with credit cards. --Hank |