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Not Married: Eunuch or Virgin Permitted |
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Male or Female Virgin Recommended |
Condition: Good to be so (1 Cor. 7: 25, 26) |
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Monogamy: Man and Wife Promoted |
Unity and "one flesh" (Gn. 2:24) |
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Monogamy: Man and Wife Tolerated (1 Cor. 7:28) |
Female virgin purity condition: Woman knowing only one living man in her life Male not having previously known a female virgin (See Dt. 22:28; male cognizance factor.) |
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Polygamy: Man and more than one wife tolerated |
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Polygamy Not Permitted |
Obviously, if a person having divorced is told not to seek another wife, then the once Old Testament option of choosing more than one wife must no longer be effective! |
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Divorce Tolerated |
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Divorce only permitted in case of fornication. |
Gender bias is a biblical criterion for consideration. In the Old Testament, males were allowed to be polygamous. The men could have many wives. However, the women were not allowed to be polygamous. Even though monogamy was established in the NT, and remarriage was not tolerated, I would think in the case of female defilement, intolerance of female impurity (Mt.19.9) is appropriate. Also see The Sanctification Wars. |
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Divorce and Remarriage Tolerated |
Remarried and impure women tolerated (Dt.24: 1-2) |
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Remarriage and Fornication Not Permitted |
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Return of Divorced and Remarried Wife Not Permitted |
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Return of Divorced and Remarried Wife Not Permitted |
Reproof of The Shepherd of Hermas Dt. 24:4
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Widow Marriage Tolerated Except to the High Priest (Leviticus 21:14) |
It would be considered adultery for a married woman to marry another man (Ex. 20:14) but a widow does not have a living husband so she could marry another man except the high priest. |
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Widow Marriage Tolerated |
Female virgin purity condition: Woman knowing only one living man in her life Chaste Widow: Good to remain single (1 Cor. 7:8) But permitted to marry (1 Cor. 7:9) See Romans 7:3. Jesus Christ the Lord is our High Priest (Hebrews 5:1-10). See Ephesians 5:25-27; 2 Cor. 11:2; Romans 7:4. |
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