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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
"A bishop *MUST BE*....the HUSBAND of one WIFE."
Literal translation? Must have only one wife, not multiple ones. Not to be used to prove that a Bishop can only be a man.
If your argument is to hold water, then you would have to assume that based on this scripture in Timothy "I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." must mean that only men can pray, and not women.
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In the NAJ (New Adjusted Translation", "must be" should be eliminated, "husband" taken out, "wife" taken out so that the passage reads...
"a bishop should be breathing."
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