1 Tim 3:2:
A bishop must be the husband of one wife. This does not legislate that a bishop
must necessarily have a wife, but rather, if he is married, he says, he must
not be a second husband. Or that he should know only one lawful wife for
marriage; but, when called to the office of bishops, he must fulfill that
condition. “So that those who have wives may be as though they had none.” (1
Cor. 7:29) And, “I wish that all were as I am,” says Paul. (1 Cor. 7:7) And, “He
who is married cares about worldly things.” (1 Cor. 7:33) How then can a bishop
rightly care for worldly matters? Some way that he said this concerning the
Church, so that he would not transfer from one to another; for the matter is
adultery. (Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles and Philemon by Oecumenius,
also known as the Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on the Pastoral Epistles and the
Epistle to Philemon [trans. John Litteral; 2025], 29)
Titus 1:6:
the husband of one wife. Paul says that she alone should know the lawful one. He silences heretics
who detest marriage, as if they could also take care of anything after
marriage. But he forbids the second marriage, as being under condemnation. (Commentary
on the Pastoral Epistles and Philemon by Oecumenius, also known as the Pseudo-Oecumenian
Catena on the Pastoral Epistles and the Epistle to Philemon [trans. John
Litteral; 2025], 109)
