THE MEANING OF “THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE” IN 1 TIMOTHY 3:2, Pt. 2
This view is similar to the one described above[1] except it bars from the office of elder those who experience a post-conversion divorce for any reason and remarry. While widowers and pre-conversion divorcées are not barred from the office of elder, post-conversion divorcées are ineligible. Hanson[2] and Wiersbe[3] are proponents of this view. Several rationales are put forward to support this view. One rationale is that a Christian who has been divorced and remarries is no longer the husband of [...]