Do the Bible allow to have several wives?
In 1 Corinthians 7:39 it is written that a unmarried woman can get married, to whom she wants in the Lord. So, if a christian have already one wife, he can take one other if a christian sister wants to get married to him.
How could sisters otherwise, who are often in majority in the congregations follow Pauls recommendation in 1Corinthians 7:1 to get married. Paul recommends marriage as a way to avoid fornication.
What difference is there between a husband and a wife, concerning divorce?
Paul makes a difference between wife and husband, concerning divorce. The wife could actually depart, but for the the husband it is different, he should not.(1Corinthians7:10,11)
What did Jesus say about this? In Matthew 19:9 he says a man should not divorce his wife and remarry. Only in the case when she has commited fornication, he could leave her and remarry.
But what if he do not divorce his wife, but just takes un other more?
Or what if somebody already have 2 wives, when he bacomes a christian? Have we any direct command in God's word? The only thing I have found is in Corinthians 7:20,24. That he should stay in the same condition, in wich he was when he became christian.Also we have something more in 1 Timothy 3:2,12 and Titus 1:6. These 3 verses say, that only the elders and the ministerial servants are recuired, to have only one wife.
So, if a sister would like to get married in the Lord, she could do that to whom she wants, only in the Lord, even if the brother have already a wife. But of coures he can not serve then as an elder or ministerial servant. But better may be for here to stay unmarried as Paul recommended. Now we also understand better, why all 144000 are thogether called as Christ bride.
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