"This is a faithful saying; if anyone desires the episcopate, he desires a good work. It is therefore necessary that a bishop be blameless, the husband of one wife: vigilant, sober, honest, hospitable, apt to teach; not given to wine, not a striker, not covetous of dishonest gain, but moderate, not avaricious". I Timothy 3: 1 and 2.
"For it is necessary that the bishop be blameless, as a steward of the house of God, not proud, nor quick-tempered, nor given to wine, nor a striker, nor covetous of dishonest gain". Titus 1:7.
The prohibition of marriage for bishops does not conform to the Holy Scriptures.
See also, I Tim. 4:3 and II Tim. 4:3 and 4.
Part of the book: WHAT IS RESTORATION WORK?
Author: Pastor Samuel Alves de Arruda
Maanaim Publisher – 1995 – 1st ed.