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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Clergy is to have one wife, yes that is my point, but you are trying to say clergy is to only have one wife. Paul was called not to have...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I can appreciate where you are coming from, but you are putting the cart before the horse. "An Overseer must be...the husband of one...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    @everyone I have an odd way of processing information, and I do appreciate everyone’s time and thoughts on the subject. I have kind of...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I appreciate you loving rebuke, but whether I say “I” or the “text” doesn’t change whether my argument is valid or not.
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    18 I warn everyone who hears the words ofthe prophecy of this book: pif anyone adds tothem, God will add to him the plaguesdescribed in...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Where does it say “per” in the text?
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I am saying that whether Paul believed that there are exceptions or not he has communicated a mandate for an officer to be married, and...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Where does it say that a deacon should be debt free, I can only see “manages his household well”
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Yes you are right in one regard it is not a binding criteria, for reasons you have pointed out, therefore we should be approaching these...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    To be serious for a minute. I am not on here to start a debate, And flesh my cerebral muscles, Just to stroke my own ego. I sincerely...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    At this point then, I consider the requirement of burden of proof to be on you, not me. I have said and I say again, “an overseer must...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    So, what is your evidence from the "cultural context" that refutes my assertion? Because all you have said is there is a "cultural...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. 1 timothy 3:12 [Make] deacons each...