Where in the Bible is the concept that monogamy, taught as the only way??

Question

I have read the Word several times and see where it can be twisted to say that but no actual teaching.

If it is not there then why condemn Muslim's for poligamy.

I am not a Muslim.!

Answer 1

Monogamy was invented by a jealous women who couldnt control a man with other competition around so she talked all the others into one man one woman idea? bummer!!!and man has suffered ever since!! the end----------------

Answer 2

First of all I do not condemn Muslims or anyone else for poligamy. I actually think it is a law more for legal reasons then spiritual. The only place I see where it speaks of monogamy is in First Timothy when it lays out the requirements for servants in the church. Deacons and Bishops and such. Other then that I don't see anything. There may be cause I aint the brightest spark :)

May GOD richly bless you

Answer 3

1st Questions answer. + Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 KJV HOLY BIBLE
A Muslim like everyone else is condemned already. Their is only one way to receive relief from this condemnation.
++ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18 KJV HOLY BIBLE

Answer 4

If there were no monogamy, then there would be no adultery.Jesus did teach about a man and woman being one flesh in marriage. Adultery is the act of having sexual relations outside your marriage.

Answer 5

Tit 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly

1Ti 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Answer 6

Matthew 19:3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" 4 He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

From the beginning it was God's plan for one man to be with one woman. Yes, there are the hundreds of years of polygamy that God allowed the Israelites to engage in, but when Jesus came He took them right back to the book of Genesis to show them God's perfect plan as opposed to his permissive will.

Matthew 19:7 They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?" 8 He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

Answer 7

"Husband of but one wife" is a command for those in the church who are in leadership; deacons, elders and overseers. Since believers should aspire to serve in that capacity because it shows maturity, one wife is the limit for all believing males.

Answer 8

Beware that ye take not unto yourselves more wives than two. Whoso contenteth himself with a single partner from among the maidservants of God, both he and she shall live in tranquillity. # 63

While the text of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas appears to permit bigamy, Bahá’u’lláh counsels that tranquillity and contentment derive from monogamy. In another Tablet, He underlines the importance of the individual’s acting in such a way as to “bring comfort to himself and to his partner”. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the authorized Interpreter of the Bahá’í Writings, states that in the text of the Aqdas monogamy is in effect enjoined. He elaborates this theme in a number of Tablets, including the following: 206
Know thou that polygamy is not permitted under the law of God, for contentment with one wife hath been clearly stipulated. Taking a second wife is made dependent upon equity and justice being upheld between the two wives, under all conditions. However, observance of justice and equity towards two wives is utterly impossible. The fact that bigamy has been made dependent upon an impossible condition is clear proof of its absolute prohibition. Therefore it is not permissible for a man to have more than one wife.
Polygamy is a very ancient practice among the majority of humanity. The introduction of monogamy has been only gradually accomplished by the Manifestations of God. Jesus, for example, did not prohibit polygamy, but abolished divorce except in the case of fornication; Muhammad limited the number of wives to four, but making plurality of wives contingent on justice, and reintroducing permission for divorce; Bahá’u’lláh, Who was revealing His Teachings in the milieu of a Muslim society, introduced the question of monogamy gradually in accordance with the principles of wisdom and the progressive unfoldment of His purpose. The fact that He left His followers with an infallible Interpreter of His Writings enabled Him to outwardly permit two wives in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas but uphold a condition that enabled ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to elucidate later that the intention of the law was to enforce monogamy

Answer 9

Joseph Smith put it into the Mormon Bible because he liked women, and he wanted plenty of children to become members of his pagan religion.

Answer 10

Romans chapter 7 for starters....