This interpretation focuses more on moral purity than marital status. 3) The phrase could also be understood to declare that in order to be an elder/deacon/pastor, a man can only have been married once, other than in the case of a remarried widower.
Tafsiri hii inalenga zaidi juu ya usafi wa kimaadili kuliko hali ya ndoa. 3) kifungu kinaweza pia eleweka kutangaza kwamba ili kuwa mzee / shemasi / mchungaji, mume anaweza kuwa tu ameoa mara moja, mbali na kesi cha mjane anayeoa tena.