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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Thank you, Yes, Phoebe a deaconess, though some may disagree if she was, I do not. I believe phoebe was a deaconess, and I believe that...
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    The polygamy gets EVERYONE'S attention....so does what the OP is after.... Kinda disappointing that nobody knows the truth. Human...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    This is also my point, surprisingly, I am arguing that we should follow spirit of the Law not Letter of the Law. But I am saying that...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Dino I am very sorry, but can you restate your questions, at this point I am trying to answer everyone's but I am getting lost in the...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Yes, Jesus taught something true, but it was an amendable criteria about divorce, ask me how?
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I honestly appreciate everyone's responses. I am an extrovert that processes information through discussion, But I am also a choleric...
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    I think that is actually closer to Molinism. Open theism is a theological viewpoint that God does not exercise meticulous control of...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    If polygamy was not in common practice at this time or culture, Paul is not speaking of it in this context. Though yet again, I am not...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I believe that most men who have the desire to practice polygamy, should not practice it, and find contentment in the state they are in...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    If it is a mandate, which I sincerely do, this would disqualify bachelors, widowers, and divorcees from office, meaning that a officer...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Is it proper to translate the phrase, “A husband of one wife” or “a man, of one woman,” is this what you are pointing out? If so can we...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I will play your game, Roman occupation of the known world (broad), Titus(Crete/grecoroman), Timothy(Ephesus/greco-roman-asian) i believe
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    I am not sure if I have made it clear that I am not arguing for or against polygamy, though I can make a good argument for a biblical...
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    Josepus86 replied to the thread A husband of one wife....
    Are you arguing that an officer has the option of marrying and having the maximum of one wife? (My argument is that as the verse reads...