{"id":23844,"date":"2010-08-29T04:47:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T04:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=23844"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:18:59","slug":"does-i-tim-312-refer-to-remarriage-after-divorce-polygamy-or-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/does-i-tim-312-refer-to-remarriage-after-divorce-polygamy-or-both\/","title":{"rendered":"Does I Tim 3:12 Refer to Remarriage After Divorce, Polygamy, or Both?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cA deacon must be the husband of but one wife . . .\u201d (1 Tim. 3:12). Does this refer to remarriage after divorce, to polygamy, or to both? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Most Bible students understand this text to address and prohibit polygamy among the church\u2019s leaders, not to deny one who has been divorced for valid cause and remarried. When a divorce is granted, both in ancient and modern times, the marriage is dissolved and the divorcee is no longer married (Deut. 24:1, 2; 1 Cor. 7:15). One who marries again after divorce, then, has only one wife, not two. The man or woman who is divorced for a valid, biblical reason has a right to remarry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Elder Calvin Burrell, July, 2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a question you&#8217;d like answered? Submit it here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[contact-form-7 id=&#8221;23927&#8243; title=&#8221;Submit a Question&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA deacon must be the husband of but one wife . . .\u201d (1 Tim. 3:12). 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