Multiple Wives

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.