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Because I "like" a translation does not make me intellectually dishonest; that is a figure of speech that DelphiUser seized upon apparently to unleash pride about his Greek translation skillz.

Do not be so quick to judge a FReeper of whom you have no real knowledge, nor to dismiss the power of the Holy Spirit in prayer and revelation to persons who pray daily to be Spirit-led and who study several responsible translations that have all gone back to the original Greek and Hebrew for their source material.

You two seem eager to use corollary "evidence" of ancient practices to justify polygamy rather than the plain words of Jesus. I hope for your sakes He finds your justifications pleasing. I must say I am not impressed by them.

Interesting. I provide historical facts to show where individuals using their own bias has altered the original meaning of the Bible, something easily verifiable by anyone, based upon the actual words of Jesus according to the gospels .....

yet somehow you accuse me of using something other "...the plain words of Jesus". The plain words of Jesus are in the original Greek texts.

Besides, as I have stated before.... don't settle for my words, don't settle for ANYONE's words. Don't even settle for some translation. Go to the original text.

STUDY the Bible... don't just read it. And if you continue to disagree with me, that's fine. It's your life, it's your soul and it will be you who will be judged in the end of days. For something so important, I would recommend to everyone, that they study for themselves and live their life with their understanding of God's truth. Because in the end, it doesn't matter what I say or the Pope says, or your neighbor says, all men have fallen short of the glory of God. No man can bridge the gap to God on their own efforts. Only Jesus can make up the difference.

Therefor, let everyone who claims Christ as their savior live according to their understanding of Christs teachings. On judgment day, we will all find out the truth.