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Would be interested to know how you explain 1 Timothy 3:2 and 1 Timothy 3:12.
v 2 - ESV - Therefore an overseer[a] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[b] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
v 12 - ESV - Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
There are clear marriage (polygamy) instructions for overseers (Elders) and deacons given by Paul, but none for those who are not in either of those positions. The NT references in the posted article refer to divorce and remarriage, not multiple wives.
I find that one wife is sufficient for me, but I question why the message of Scripture is “changed” to fit someone’s belief, such as the limitation to only having one wife.
The article references Abraham as a man with multiple wives (at the same time). That is incorrect. Abraham had one wife, Sarah, and a concubine, Hagar. Minor point, but a wife and a concubine are different. After Abraham’s death he did take another wife, Ketura (Gen 25:1).
There is nothing in scripture stating that polygamy was only given for a certain time.