Article by Sabin on women teaching

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

Elder, it says...wife/ husband of one... look in the interlinear..greek english new testament..

It says to be of one wife/husband...so the rule applies to either...
Would we say the greek is wrong?

The greek for WIFE is as follows:

G1135
γυνή
gunē
goo-nay'
Probably from the base of G1096 ; a woman; specifically a wife: - wife, woman.

Husband is:

G435
ἀνήρ
anēr
an'-ayr
A primary word (compare G444); a man (properly as an individual male): - fellow, husband, man, sir.

ANER is always a man, and cannot be a woman.

1Ti 3:2 A bishop1985 then3767 must1163 be1511 blameless,423 the husband435 of one3391 wife,1135 vigilant,3524 sober,4998 of good behavior,2887 given to hospitality,5382 apt to teach;1317

I cannot see where it allows for alternating between the ordering of "anēr of one gunē" and "gunē of one anēr".

It did not say the bishop can be a "gune". What am I missing? I am open.