of one wife” sets forth his marital qualification. Three views have been taken of this much-discussed qualification. a. That he must be married. This cannot be meant since Paul says “one” not “a” wife. Paul naturally assumes that he would be married, since elders were chosen from the mature men in the congregation. This requirement rules out the Roman Catholic dogma of the celibacy of the clergy. b. That he must not remarry if his first wife dies. This is the view prevailing in the Greek and Oriental