Polygamy

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which 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 are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

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

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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?

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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

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

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. — read the full passage →

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

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which 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, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

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

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.