To: CA Conservative
>>I don' think that Paul is saying a bishop MUST be married - you only need to read 1 Corinthians 7, where Paul highly recommend the single life for those in ministry.<<
That passage say nothing about leadership in the ekklesia. His letter to Timothy is specifically addressing the requirements for leadership.
17 posted on
02/02/2015 9:43:37 AM PST by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: CynicalBear
That passage say nothing about leadership in the ekklesia. His letter to Timothy is specifically addressing the requirements for leadership. Fair enough, but I don't think you can read the passage in 1 Timothy to require a bishop to be married - merely that a bishop cannot be married to more than one woman. That may refer to a prohibition on divorce and remarriage, or on a prohibition against polygamy (both reasonable requirements, in my opinion).
18 posted on
02/02/2015 9:52:09 AM PST by
CA Conservative
(Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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