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What I am saying is that as the verse is worded, an overseer cannot be unmarried, so only monogamous men and polygamist men can hold the office, to be blunt. It doesn’t say “must not be a polygamist” it “a husband of one wife.” That is a command, we can go in the direction of polygamy, but the...

I am surprised no one has you the most common counter yet.

Even if Paul was talking to a different culture, he is talking from a culture that followed rabbinic traditions and Jewish law, but even still if the culture whether from or to the message held a norm, it doesn’t change the fact that this is what it says “an overseer must be…the husband of one...

You are going to have to be more precise in your speaking, I am saying this passage commands marriage, what do you mean by bringing up idolatry? Are you saying there was or may be more evidence to support or discredit my assertion, but it was destroyed because fanatical Christians in the past...

Is “them” divorce, polygamy, commands to marry, or something else?

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That is clever but it is not what it says.

According to the wording they cannot be overseers.

The same culture and tradition that mandated marriage to be on a Sanhedrin.

Let me make this clear, 1. I am not saying this commands polygamy, I am saying that it commands marriage, whether there is a cap of one or several is another debate, but polygamy is permitted, not necessarily endorsed by the scripture, other than one instance. 2. I am saying that the phrasing in...

Certainly, thank you for asking. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (1 Timothy 3:2) How it is misread often is “an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of [but or only] one wife...

That is not really a question, but a statement, and I feel that the only way to be properly Insync with these criteria is to A. require that a man be married to be an officer, or B. Do not interpret this passage to be literal requirements, but a ballpark example of what an officer should be...

I have come to the conclusion that the phrase "a husband of one wife" is a mandate and a requirement for an officer of the church to be married.