EmekaBlue:
All I know is GOD blessed great men those days with more wives and children. I don't who changed d law...meanwhile God is d same yesterday, today and forever

I no fit quote bible..i no go bible class

LordReed:
It does not but in the new testament it recommends monogamy for those who wish to be Church officials like deacons and bishops.

Emusan:


Not only Church officials but ALL believers in Christ!

LordReed:
It does not but in the new testament it recommends monogamy for those who wish to be Church officials like deacons and bishops.

Mariaodiba:

Biblical prove pls.

Emusan:


Not only Church officials but ALL believers in Christ!

Janosky:


1 Corinthians 7:1-2.
Matthew 19:3-6.

Jesus and Paul says monogamy is the God approved standard.
Polygamy is strictly the invention of men to circumvent God's standards.

LordReed:

Show me where it was recommended to all believers in Christ.

Emusan:


I did that above, check it!

LordReed:


Those are not recommendations to all believers for monogamy. You should read them again yourself.

Emusan:


I'll say you should read it again and again.....

So who are the ones the recommendations meant for?

LordReed:


There was no recommendation in the Matthew passage you quoted and the recommendation in Titus was for those who wanted to be church elders. You really should read what you are quoting.

Emusan:


First the discussion that Christ addressed was about POLYGAMY and the Title of this thread is "Does the Bible really condemn Polygamy marriage?" which Christ actually did.

Titus 1:6 was for everyone while 7 is for elders

LordReed:


No the passage was talking about divorce.

Titus 1:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[a] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

Oga read your bible na.

Emusan:


The passage is about divorce that gives room for polygamy...



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

Oga Atheist read your Bible very well.

LordReed:


Tomorrow you will be the one to shout someone is quoting out of context.

Titus 1 (ASV)
5 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; 6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For the [e]bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, [f]no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; 9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the [g]sound [h]doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Very clear it was about elders but trust you to twist it to fit whatever narrative you want. LoLz.

Emusan:


When you even quoted the chapter from verse 5 and you couldn't get it.

Nobody is cherry picking anything...

Verse 6 clearly says "If ANY MAN.... or you didn't see that from where you quoted

This is an indication that everyone expected to be blameless, husband of one wife....

Maybe you can say it's only elders that are expected to be BLAMELESS and other believers are not to be blameless.

LordReed:


So if Buhari says I want to choose a minister, if any man has a PhD in Business Administration I will choose him, he is asking everybody to go and get a PhD? Or is he listing the qualifications for the post?

Anyway I am done with you. I always hands off when people start attempting scriptural wrangling, its not my business how you choose to interpret your bible. I will simply state what is written, you can interpret it any how you like.

Emusan:


So you know this before but you're just jumping around like kangaroo....

EdEdEddy:
Am here to learn.
Please back your points, with biblical verses.
Graceful sunday you all.

LordReed:
It does not but in the new testament it recommends monogamy for those who wish to be Church officials like deacons and bishops.

orunto27:
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Quote your source.

LordReed:


Titus 1:6 New International Version (NIV)

6 An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe[a] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

Emusan:


Matt 19:4

Titus 1:6

Maximus69:
The law never permitted polygamy from inception.
All those who lived before the law tried to stick to one woman but circumstances surrounding them forced them into having two women.
Abraham never intended having two wives neither Jacob.
So when God gave the Israelites the law it was clearly stated that they mustn't multiply wives {Deuteronomy 17:17} nor get a rival for their wives {Leviticus 18:18} but since they were permitted to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away {Deuteronomy 24:1} the women began allowing their husbands to marry younger women without challenging them so as not to be sent packing {Malachi 2:13-16} all these are like unresolved cases until the coming of the Messiah (Christ).
Moses has told them that all the laws he gave them will continue to guide them until the Christ comes, and that's the person who will teach them how to get to Paradise! Deuteronomy 18:15-19
That's why when they began sensing that Jesus could be the Christ, they raised the question regarding the evil divorce papers they used in threatening their wives to accept polygamy {Matthew 19:3-6} so they questioned Christ Jesus "if we're not permitted to divorce our wives, why then did Moses asked us to issue her a certificate of divorce?"

Then Christ Jesus explained that in the beginning (Garden of Eden or Paradise) God made just one woman for a man and both became one flesh. Jesus is hereby telling them that whoever wants to enter God's Kingdom, must accept monogamy or forget about entering God's kingdom, since adulterers will not enter! Matthew 19:7-9

So in the Christian congregation, Paul urged those taking the lead to make sure that the example is set for whoever wants to become a Christian to follow that arrangement {1Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6} most Jews back then were used to the old idea but now they have to put on the new personality if they're going to enter God's Kingdom! Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10

God bless you!

Mariaodiba:


Kai!!! You people should stop using a part of the bible alone. Kindly read from Deut 17:15 downwards and you would see he was referring to the time the children will have a King. It's a criteria for a King. Are we all Kings?? And how many kings of Israel adhered to it and where was it recorded that it was wrong??

Kobojunkie:
I like to apply the "Do unto others as you would like for them to do to you" command when it comes with my dealings with my fellow men.

If you would not like to be the +1 in the relationship, then you ought not to do it to your other half. If you cannot see yourself being a second or other in your marriage, why make your wife or any other be just that?

Mariaodiba:
The first was the response on why divorce is unacceptable as a Christian not a directive that a man should have only one wife.

The second refers to elders....Are we all elders?? Or are we all going to be elders??

The only reason to me is to avoid the challenges that Apst. Paul outlined for leaders on marriage.