Polygamy

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.