Polygyny is "wrong but legitimate" biblical marriage

[Renee]

Interesting article http://thegospelcoalition.org/article/s ... ex-wedding, specifically because of this paragraph:

"Biblically and historically we can see a number of examples where marriages are in some measure wrong but remain legitimate. For example, consider the case of polygamy, which falls short of God’s intention for marriage to be "one man, one woman" (Matt 19:5) and bars a man from eldership in the church (1 Tim 3:2), but which the Bible doesn’t condemn as illegitimate marriage."

I scanned the comments and didn't see any significant naysayers on polygyny. Most of them seem to be agreeing that it's not ideal but it's not sin.

 

[Jim]

Why do they always have to add words to the scripture. It's "one flesh" not "one man, one woman"!!! A man can be "one flesh" with each of his brides just as each of us individually can be "one spirit" with the Lord. But the article wasn't bad.

 

[UntoldGlory]

Re: Polygyny is "wrong but legitimate" biblical marriage

Yeah. It's at least a step in the right direction. I wish people would use the term "default" instead of "ideal" when talking mono marriage.