[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

"I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in such a matter."
Martin Luther Luther's Letters, De Wette -- Seidemann, Berlin, 1828, vol. 2, p. 459.

So much for sola scriptura

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There are constraints in the New Testament on church officers having more than one wife, but no explicit prohibition on polygamy. And, in the Old Testament, plural marriages abound, including such notables as Jacob, David, Solomon, and (if you include concubines) Abraham. The custome of levirate marriage also would imply the possibility of plural marriages.

So, which Scripture would you rely on as forbidding polygamy (as opposed to forbidding church officers to be appointed who are husbands of more than one wife)?

[A.A. Cunningham]

Thou shalt not commit adultery for starters.