What the Bible says about: Polygamy
Matthew 19:4-5 | And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, |
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? | |
Mark 10:2-8 | And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. |
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? | |
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. | |
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. | |
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. | |
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; | |
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. | |
1 Timothy 3:12 | Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. |
Titus 1:6 | If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. |
Matthew 19:4-5 |
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, |
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? |
Mark 10:2-8 |
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. |
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? |
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. |
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. |
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. |
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; |
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. |
1 Timothy 3:12 |
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. |
Titus 1:6 |
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. |