1 Timothy 3 Footnotes
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3:2 “Husband of one wife” requires the overseer’s marital faithfulness (see note on Ti 1:6). Some critics argue that if churches truly demanded that pastoral candidates satisfy all these criteria, the church would cease to exist due to lack of qualified leadership. This opinion overlooks the gospel’s transforming power, which has endowed many potential Christian leaders with these traits.