Odd, isn't He the one who selected Peter, a married man? Sounds as if He ended it as well.
"Sounds as if He ended it as well"
You are absolutely correct! The following backs up your assertion, particularly verse 2.
1Ti 3:1This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Ti 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1Ti 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1Ti 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
FormerLib,
You wrote: "Odd, isn't He the one who selected Peter, a married man? Sounds as if He ended it as well."
Who says Peter was married when Jesus selected him? He is described as having a mother-in-law. That doesn't mean that his wife was still alive at the time. Besides, Jesus picked men who were unmarried as well as far as we know. Your point tells us nothing. Christ IS THE HIGH PRIEST. He was celibate.