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To: Iscool; BlessedBeGod
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1 Timothy 3:1-13 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

It's pretty straightforward that the man is to be married and manage his own household well and Paul gives the reason.

Of course, anyone who can justify disobeying direct commands of Jesus by calling their religious leaders *Father* will have no problem weaseling out of obeying this command as well.

If they will disregard Jesus' own words they will disregard Paul for sure.

34 posted on 03/08/2017 4:19:06 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
Therefore an overseer must be...
1. above reproach,
2. the husband of one wife,
3. sober-minded,
4. self-controlled,
5. respectable,
6. hospitable,
7. able to teach,
8. not a drunkard,
9. not violent but gentle,
10. not quarrelsome,
11. not a lover of money.
 
He must ...
12. manage his own household well,
13. with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

40 posted on 03/08/2017 6:06:44 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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