That doesn't sound like the King James version I am used to.
Also, wasn't it God who commanded mankind to marry and have children? And wasn't if God who, through the prophet Nathan, told King David that God had blessed him with six wives?
Sometimes it is hard to distinguish what is Paul's words and what was added in later.
The issue is that from the beginning the ideal is that a man and woman should join together to become one flesh. I would say what Jesus said about divorce would apply equally to polygamy, since Jesus affirms that from the two becoming one flesh is what was meant from the beginning. That being said, I believe that polygamy would be better than the serial monogamy that goes on today.
You are correct, sir; it is the New International Version. I also like the New Living Translation, altho my favorite remains the KJV. Here is the KJV passage:
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Also, wasn't it God who commanded mankind to marry and have children? And wasn't if God who, through the prophet Nathan, told King David that God had blessed him with six wives?
This was the Old Testament Hebrew practice, one of the many that were revolutionized by Jesus of Nazareth, who came to earth to change mankind's understanding of God, and who wasn't crucified for nothing!
Also, see post 26.