Questions tagged [marriage]
Questions about Biblical texts discussing marriage
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Why were only men allowed to divorce for sexual impurity? Did men not also commit sexual misconduct?
In Deuteronomy 22 and 24, only men were allowed to produce a bill of divorce. Although in the case of adultery, both sexes are criminally responsible, in the case of Deuteronomy 22 and 24, there does ...
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Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite nation? Or is it referring to both?
Isaiah 53 is prophetic scripture about the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
I might be overthinking and/or asking the obvious. However, Is Isaiah 54 referring to the Messiah, Jesus Christ Or the Israelite ...
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My Wife & I disagree Homosexuality is a sin, how do I navigate raising our kids that it is? [closed]
I will try and keep this short and to the point.
I have learned through hermeneutics and apologetics that I firmly believe Homosexuality is a sin according to what the scriptures tell us.
My wife ...
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The problem of the ages of Judah's sons and grandson
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 38:1 (KJV)
Genesis 38:1 and the rest of the chapter ...
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Are the teachings on divorce and remarriage in the Bible 100% conclusive?
In 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 it says:
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be ...
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Are Husbands commanded to submit to their wives?
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,... 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
-Ephesians 5:18,21
Submitting to one another is ...
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Reconciling Deut 7:1-4 "you shall not intermarry with them" & Judges 14:4 God enticing Samson to intermarry with Philistine woman from Timnah
Deuteronomy 7:1-4
New American Standard Bible 1995 Warnings
7 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to
possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the ...
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In 1 Corinthians 7:36, should we read "she is past her youth" or "his passions are too strong"?
It seems there is no consensus over the exegesis of 1 Corinthians 7:36.
Here is a sample of translations:
New American Standard Bible (NASB): "if she is past her youth"
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Does the Sermon on the Mount say women may not divorce their husbands for adultery?
31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a
certificate of divorce.’[f] 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces
his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim ...
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Did Malachi soften the policy of Ezra on the question of Divorce? (Ezra 10, Malachi 2)
In the Book of Ezra, Jews who intermarried with foreign wives responded to Ezra's message by determining to divorce their wives and also to send away any children produced by the marriage:
Ezra 10
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Is there a situation where God would want you to become unequally yoked? (2 Corinthians 6:14)
If you have 2 children with someone out of wedlock and have been a happy family for 22 years and then one person becomes saved and the other is not, how do you please God without sinning?
Do you get ...
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To those who believe Deut 22:28-29 is not about rape, what is the punishment for rape of an unbetrothed woman?
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 (NKJV):
If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed,
and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, then the
man who lay with her shall give ...
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Is 1 Cor. 7:36-38 a good example of a culturally based commandment?
Most people in the West see asking for a blessing before marriage as respectful of the feelings of a father, not respectful of a right. However, in the passage of 1 Cor. 7:36-38, Paul seems to be ...
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Is marriage actually a sinful state?
Because the Gospels tell us that Jesus said, "In Heaven they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels..." Is He really stating that marriage is neither clean nor ...
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Whom Did Jacob's Sons Marry (Jubilees 34)?
The non-biblical book of Jubilees chapter 34 (c. 2nd c. b.c.e.) preserves a tradition about the wives of Jacob's sons:
And after Joseph perished, the sons of Jacob took unto themselves wives. The ...
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