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NASB | Matthew 19:8 He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 19:8 He said to them, "Because your hearts were hard and stubborn Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. |
Bible Question: In the Old Testament it seemed as if it was "OK" to have many wives. Did this displease GOD or was HE displeased, but just silent on the issue? |
Bible Answer: Now I know it may seem as though I posted a scripture that does not apply. I believe that this passage does apply to the question of more than one wife. Since Jesus sites...23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ...as scripture for stating divorce was not in God's plan for man, it also can be said that based on this verse "the Two would become one" means One man plus One woman equals two; is God's plan but because of their inability to control their passions he let them have more than one in order to keep fornication and sexual sins curbed as they did not have the regeneration work inside that we now do as born again saints. So in the New Testament you see these verses,..1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (which means if he is married he must have one wife, or it means he should be married and only to one) or it may mean he should not be divorced. Or all of the above. God Bless You in your study of His Word. |
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