The Bible's principles for Christian marriage apply to Christian polygyny

What about marriage, divorce and remarriage?
By Tyler 03/14/10

[1] Marriage, divorce and remarriage for a  husband and a wife, both of whom at the time of their wedding were free in Jesus to marry and were genuinely saved by total reliance on Jesus saving work only and reborn in the Spirit, and who have continued on in Christ

[2] Marriage, divorce and remarriage for a  husband and a wife, both of whom at the time of their wedding were free according to the Bible to marry and only one of them was genuinely saved by total reliance on Jesus saving work only and reborn in the Spirit, and the genuinely saved one has continued on in Christ

[1] For a  husband and a wife, both of whom at the time of their wedding were free in Jesus to marry and were genuinely saved by total reliance on Jesus saving work only and reborn in the Spirit, and who have continued on in Christ, the Word is:

***1 Cor7: 10 I command the married  —not I, but the Lord—a  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] wife should not  leave, depart or separate from [Strong's 5563]  her  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] husband. 11 But if she does leave, depart, and/or separate [Strong's 5563], she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] husband/man SHOULD NOT FORSAKE, LAY ASIDE, LEAVE, PUT OR SEND AWAY, DIVOCE his own wife/woman.. . . .  39  A wife is bound to her husband by [God's] Law as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants—only in the Lord.

***Romans 7:2For the woman that hath a husband is bound by [God's] Law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the Law of the
husband. 3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free
from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.
***Mark 10:9"What therefore God hath joined together, people should not put asunder." . . . 11And He saith unto them, "Whosoever shall put away [in separation or divorce] his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: 12and if she herself shall put away [in separation or divorce]  her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery."
***Mat 5:32but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away [in separation or divorce]  his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away [in separation or divorce]  committeth adultery. . . . 19:9And I say unto you, "Whosoever shall put away [in separation or divorce] his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that
marrieth her when she is put away [in separation or divorce] committeth adultery.

WHY IS IT ADULTERY TO MARRY "HER WHEN SHE IS PUT AWAY [in separation or divorce]?" 
BECAUSE she "is bound to her husband by [God's] Law as long as he lives" (1 Cor 7:39) and  BECAUSE "is bound by law to the husband while he liveth. . . So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress" (Rom 7:2,3)

That means that for the husband and the wife, both of whom at the time of their wedding were free in Jesus to marry and were genuinely saved by total reliance on Jesus saving work only and reborn in the Spirit, and who have continued on in Christ, the Word is THAT THEY ARE MARITALLY BOUND TO EACH OTHER IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD EVEN IF THEY ARE DIVORCED/SEPARATED. "A [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] wife is bound to her  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] husband by [God's] Law as long as he lives." 1 Cor 7:39

If one of such "born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit" married people stumble into and become snared in sexual immorality, since they are maritally bound to each other as long as both live in the Kingdom of God, they should obey these Scriptures: 2 Tim 2:24-26; Gal 6:1; 2 Thess 3:6-14; 1 Cor 5:11; Matthew 18:15, 16. If no godly sorrow with godly repentance (2 Cor 7) has occurred that would have allowed for reconciliation (2 Cor 2), then the next step is Matt 18:17,18 with 1 Cor 5:3-5. If within 6 months no godly sorrow with godly repentance (2 Cor 7) has occurred that would have allowed for reconciliation (2 Cor 2), and there has been no significant weakness or sickness (1 Cor 11:30-32+Heb 12), then the faithful, obedient and godly mate needs to obey Christ and relate to the one snared in sexual immorality as one who is unsaved, lost in sin, apart from Christ, and unbelieving. The Word to the godly one is that they are now to relate to their "unsaved" snared in sin mate according to 1 Cor 7:12-15:
***12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife/woman, and she is willing to [maritally] continue on occupying a house, reside , cohabiting^ and/or dwelling <3611> with him, he must not forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, and/or remit [Strongs 863] her. 13 Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband/man, and he is willing to keep on [maritally] occupying a house, residing , cohabiting^ and/or dwelling <3611> with with her, she must not forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, and/or remit [Strongs 863] her husband/man. . . .15 But if the unbeliever leaves, departs and/or separates himself from her [Strong's 5563 or separates herself from him], he should go away/depart/separate/leave, [or she should separate himself from him]..  A brother or a sister is not [legally, morally, maritally] bound in such cases [in the Kingdom of God]. God has called you  to peace.

What about the godly man whose "believing" wife  divorced him to be sexual with another, he went on and married another godly woman in her absence, and then later the "believing" wife forsook and repented of her immorality and wanted to reconcile and reunite with her godly husband who was now married to his new "godly" wife?
What about the godly man who divorced his "believing" wife  because of her sexual immorality, he went on and married another godly woman in the absence of the wife he divorced, then later the "believing" wife forsook and repented of her immorality and wanted to reconcile and reunite with her godly husband who was now married to his new "godly" wife, and he comes to believe he is still maritally bound to his now godly and repentant ex-wife that he divorced?That is a topic for yet another discussion. I will discuss this with you only if this is your situation, since it involves polygyny.

2] Marriage, divorce and remarriage for a  husband and a wife, both of whom at the time of their wedding were free according to the Bible to marry and only one of them was genuinely saved by total reliance on Jesus saving work only and reborn in the Spirit, and the genuinely saved one has continued on in Christ

One wrote: "My question then is.....if an unbelieving husband has committed adultery.....and the wife is a born again Christian....and accepted the Lord and tried with the help of Pastors to talk to him and he became violent and took a knife to her.....and hurt her....she than separated from him and they are now divorced.....would it be wrong for her to be married to a godly man now?....."

Thanks for the honor of trying to share with you what i believe the Bible says about your sad and undesirable situation. The key passage dealing with this is 1 Cor 7:
***10 I command the married  —not I, but the Lord—a  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] wife should not  leave, depart or separate from [Strong's 5563]  her  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] husband. 11 But if she does leave, depart, and/or separate [Strong's 5563], she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a  [born again by faith in  Christ and reborn in the Spirit] husband/man SHOULD NOT FORSAKE, LAY ASIDE, LEAVE, PUT OR SEND AWAY, DIVOCE his own wife/woman 11 But if she does leave, depart, and/or separate [Strong's 5563], she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband—and a husband/man is not to forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, divorce [Strongs 863] his wife/woman. 12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife/woman, and she is willing to [maritally] continue on occupying a house, reside , cohabiting^ and/or dwelling <3611> with him, he must not forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, and/or divorce [Strongs 863] her. 13 Also, if any woman has an unbelieving husband/man, and he is willing to keep on [maritally] occupying a house, residing , cohabiting^ and/or dwelling <3611> with with her, she must not forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, and/or divorce [Strongs 863] her husband/man. . . .15 But if the unbeliever leaves, departs and/or separates himself from her [Strong's 5563 or separates herself from him], he should go away/depart/separate/leave, [or she should separate himself from him].. A brother or a sister is not [legally, morally, maritally] bound in such cases [in the Kingdom of God]. God has called you to peace. . .. . 39 A wife is bound to her husband by [God's] Law as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants—only in the Lord.

Using this passage to deal with your situation, let's start from the top of your description.
If an unbelieving husband has committed adultery, violence, hurt and threats, I believe the wife should exercise her separation option (7:11). I believe she is still maritally bound to him as long as he wants to house/live with her (7:13,39) but she has the option of living in celibate separation if it is bad for her to live/house with him. If he no longer wants to house/live with her, she is free to forsake, lay aside, leave, send away or divorce her unsaved husband. " 15 . . . if the unbeliever leaves, departs and/or separates himself from her [Strong's 5563 or separates herself from him], he should go away/depart/separate/leave, [or she should separate herself from him].. A brother or a sister is not [legally, morally, maritally] bound in such cases [in the Kingdom of God]. God has called you to peace."

I can't say it any better than that. If indeed he no longer wanted to live with you after your separation, you were at that moment free to "forsake, lay aside, leave, put (send) away, and/or divorce" him. If indeed he left, departed, or separated himself from you, then it was God's will that he went away, departed, separated himself from you, and left you. You then are "not [legally, morally, maritally] bound in such cases [in the Kingdom of God], and if you are legally divorced, you are then free in the kingdom of mankind to marry a godly man. That's how I understand the Scripture above in your situation.

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