where in the bible does it say you can have more than one wife?
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Gill comments on 1 Corinthians 7 and states that polygamy is unlawful; and that one man is to have but one wife, and to keep to her; and that one woman is to have but one husband, and to keep to him and the wife only has a power over the husband's body, a right to it, and may claim the use of it: this power over each ...
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Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. ... In contrast, monogamy is marriage consisting of only two parties.
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The Bible does not escape the digit 23 and appears repeatedly. His first appearance was in the Old Testament where it is believed that Adam and Eve had a total of 23 daughters. Another appearance is in verse 23 of the first chapter of Enesis where the death of Sarah, the wife of Abraham, is explained.
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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery” (Matthew 19:7-9).
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Jehovah's Witnesses do not permit divorce. Monogamy between one man and one woman and sex only within marriage are requirements in the Witness religion.
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Devote yourself to your wife for the rest of your life. As it says in Mark 10:9, "What God has joined together, let no one separate."
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Genesis 2:24, KJV: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
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Originally Answered: Can you legally have two wives in the USA? Only one wife would be legally recognized. If you have additional spouses and don't seek to have them legally recognized as such then it will likely be ignored. This matter was decided by the Supreme Court in 1878.
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`Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church . . .' Submissive wife.
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Certain parts of the Bible are ascribed to women since they quote women. Miriam, Mary, Ruth, Esther, etc. ... Supposedly the women are the authors of those words.
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Ephesians 5:33, KJV “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”
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Proverbs 18:22, KJV “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.” ... In fact, finding a good wife is evidence of finding favor with God.
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Since the classical rabbis viewed marriage as a duty deriving from the instruction to go forth and multiply, they also believed that the duty to marry ended once the husband had fathered both a son and a daughter; despite this, they also argued that no man should live without a wife even after he has several children.
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The term “concubine” in the Bible refers to a slave wife. There were two classes of wives in the Scriptures – free wives and slave wives. A free wife was a woman born to a free man. ... If her father consented he would give her as a wife to that man usually accompanied by some kind of wedding feast.
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Ephesians 5:25: "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her." 9. Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
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['23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.', '24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.']
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The Bible teaches that a man becomes a husband by betrothal to a woman who becomes his wife (Deuteronomy 20:7; Matthew 1:20); the two thus become "one flesh" (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6) and enjoy equal conjugal rights (1 Corinthians 7:1-5). ... cohabit with her - Matthew 19:3-9. be faithful to her - Malachi 2:14-15.