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Old 04-28-2008, 09:18 PM
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No. The qualification relates to how well he manages those that are in his household. It's inclusive of the most important things one would want to evaluate if a man had them in his household. I've seen others that read the qualities that a man's wife should exhibit as evidence that only married men can be Elders. This is a surface reading of the text. The text does not require that a man be married and have children, the qualifications relate to how well he manages it when he is married and has children.
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