The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Literally all kinds of interpretations of this requirement are to be found in commentaries.  White, for example, said, "This does not mean that the bishop must be or have been married."[11] However, this is exactly what it does mean; and even if such a requirement is not in the Greek from which this is translated, it is perfectly obvious that Timothy was here under strict orders to look only in the married community for church officers. Moreover, this requirement refutes the long horror of celibate rulers of the historical church.  Under (2), mentioned by Dummelow, it may be observed that the oldest historical interpretations are deeply colored by this very view; but we reject it on the grounds that Paul himself said, "marriage is honorable in all"  (Hebrews 13:4 KJV).  The ancient views to the contrary were influenced by the ascetic views that eventually led to the flowering of celibacy.  As Hervey said, "There is nothing in Paul's writings to suggest the notion of there being anything dishonorable in a second marriage,"[12] provided, of course, such second marriages were due to the death of a previous partner or divorce for Scriptural reason.  What is prohibited, absolutely, is polygamy; and there are some who read into this requirement the possibility that some of the Christians from the pagan culture either were, or had been, involved in polygamous marriages; and it is regrettable that, if such was the case, no Scriptural precedents have come down to us throwing light upon the proper handling of such a problem. Gerald Fruzia recently explained how missionaries in Africa confront exactly this situation, requiring that polygamy be abandoned.  If the problem exists today, it probably existed in Paul's day also.