HOW TO CHERISH YOUR WOMEN: Part One--A Judeo-Christian
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By Lee Tyler P.O. Box 620763, SanDiego, CA 92162-0763
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HOW DO YOU CHERISH A WOMAN? HOW SHOULD I CHERISH MY
WOMEN, MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER, MY SISTER, MY MOTHER?
1. Know that, unless you have the gift of celibacy (1Cor.7) and feel no need
for marriage or sexual relationships, GOD says that it is NOT GOOD for
man to be alone, and that He made a female helper suitable for him who is
the solution for a man's "aloneness". Know it. Believe it. Accept it. Act on it.
Receive it and her. Thank God for it and her.
>Gen. 2:18 � And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be
alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.
2. Know that women are a far better judge of their peers than you, as a male,
could ever be, except with the Spirit's intervention. Respect, hear, receive
(for serious consideration) a godly woman's spiritual evaluation of another
woman.
>Gen. 12:15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her before
Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
3. Listen to and yield to your woman, if you may do so and still walk in the
Way of the Word in obedience to Jesus. If she realizes that her request or
decision was wrong, without "I told you so" or guilt tripping, help her make
things right, seeking and accepting God's solution. If you believe her solution
is wrong and respectfully so advise her, but she goes on with it anyway, give
her to God, pray for her and ask God to shepherd her. If God intervenes to
clean up her mess, help her to realize that God still loves her and seeks to
bless her as she walks before Him in loving obedience, perhaps to make a
great godly "noblewoman" out the precious "princess" that she is. He may
even bless you through her, so take real good care of her, and listen wisely to
her.
>Gen. 16:2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has kept me
from bearing. I pray you, go in to my slave woman. . . . Abram listened to the
voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her slave woman, the
Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife . . . .4 And he
went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had
conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.5 And Sarai said to Abram,
My wrong [be] upon you. . . . . I was despised in her eyes. The LORD judge
between me and you. 6 But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your slave woman
[is] in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you. And Sarai dealt harshly with
her, and she fled from her face. 7 And the Angel of the LORD found her by a
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. . .9
And the Angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress and submit
yourself under her hands. 10 And the Angel of the LORD said to her, I will
multiply your seed exceedingly, so that it shall not be numbered for
multitude. 11 And the Angel of the LORD said to her, . . .the LORD has
heard your affliction . . .Ge 17:15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai
your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai [princess], but her name [shall
be] Sarah [noblewoman]. 16 And I will bless her, and give you a son also of
her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations, kings of
people shall be from her. Gen. 21:12 And God said to Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in your sight because of the boy and because of your slave woman.
In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. . . . .Ge 21:16 . . . she
[Hagar] said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat across from
him, and lifted up her voice, and cried. 17 And God heard the voice of the
boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of the heavens, and said to
her, What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the
boy where he is.
4. Recognize and joyfully accept the fact that God can work in your woman
to want to do His will and then work in her enabling her to do His will.
When she is being so motivated, enabled, led and activated---cherish her by
supporting and encouraging her, serving her in any way you may. For sure
watch her in silent prayer and meditation and see the prospering of the
Lord. Then compassionately and affectionately cherish her, your precious
princess, your noblewoman under construction, your gift from God.
>Ge 24:16 And the young woman [was] very beautiful to look upon, a virgin,
neither had any man known her. And she went down to the well, and filled
her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said,
Please let me drink a little water of your pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my
lord. And she hurried and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave [a]
drink to him.20 And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher in the trough, and
ran again to the well to draw [water]. And she drew for all his camels. 21
And the man was watching her, keeping silent, in order to know whether the
LORD had prospered his journey or not. . . .57 And they said, We will call the
young woman and inquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Rebekah, and
said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. . . 64 And
Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac. And she dismounted from the
camel. . . 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her . . .
Romans 8: 14 For as many as are led by [the] Spirit of God, they are the sons
of God.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of [His]
good pleasure.
Pr 18:22 [Whoever] finds a wife finds good and gets favor from the LORD.
Pr 19:14 . . . a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
5. Don't intimately and sexually touch the wife/woman of any other man. It
is a matter of your life or your death.
>Ge 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, will You
also kill a righteous nation?
Ge 20:6 And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the
sincerity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me.
Therefore I did not allow you to touch her.
Ge 20:7 Now therefore, restore his wife to the man. For he [is] a prophet,
and he shall pray for you, and you shall live. And if you do not restore her,
know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.
Pr 6:26 For by means of a harlot [a man comes] to a piece of bread; and
another man's wife will hunt for the precious life. . . . 29 So is he who goes in
to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
1Thess. 4:1 � For the rest, then, my brothers, we beseech you and exhort
[you] in [the] Lord Jesus, that, as you have received from us how you ought to
walk and to please God, so you would abound more [and more]. 2 For we
know what commands we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of
God, your sanctification, for you to abstain from fornication, 4 each one of
you to know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor 5 (not in
the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God), 6 not to go
beyond and defraud his brother in this matter (because the Lord [is the]
avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified).
7 For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore
he who despises does not despise man, but God, who also has given us His
Holy Spirit.
6. Do you want to enjoy life so much you aren't really conscious of time
passing? Passionately, affectionately, emotionally, mentally, spiritually,
physically, sexually and enthusiastically compassionately cherish your
princess and noble wife.
>Ge 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him
a few days, for the love he had for her. 21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me]
my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may go in to her.
Proverbs 5: 18 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your
youth. 19 [Like] the loving deer and pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy you
at all times, and be ravished [orgasmic] always with her love.
7. If your woman is hurting so bad, grieving so much, so distraught, so upset,
so troubled that she makes a decision, says something, does something that
you know is hurtful, not edifying, regrettable for her----intervene as God's
head in your home and act to set right that which you know is wrong, gently
and humbly looking to Jesus.
>Ge 35:18 And it happened as her soul was departing (for she died) that she
called his name Benoni [son of my sorrow]. But his father called him
Benjamin [son of the right hand].
1 Corinthians 11: 3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is
Christ; and the head of the [wife] [is] the [husband]; and the head of Christ
[is] God.
Galatians 6: 1 � Brothers, if a [person] is overtaken in a fault, you the
spiritual ones restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering
yourself, lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so you
will fulfill the law of Christ.
8. If one of your women (sister, daughter, aunt, mother) is a widow, BE
THERE FOR HER! Be part of the wind in her sails! Be a part of her bridge
over troubled waters! Bear her up and proclaim that she isn't heavy, she's
one of your women! If she needs food or drink, she sees you bringing food. If
she's short on clothing or rent, she sees you filling the need, standing in the
gap. If she's being attacked by Satan sexually, missing and yearning for the
sweet loving of her departed husband, so that she slips and sins too often for
soul peace in the Lord and is burning in the struggle with her heart's and
body's----then you fast and pray with her trusting God to keep His promise
and meet her need of a godly husband and bless her with sexual fulfillment in
marriage.
>Ge 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name [was]
Tamar. . . 11 Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a
widow at your father's house until Shelah my son is grown. For he said, Lest
perhaps he die also, as his brothers [did]. And Tamar went and lived in her
father's house. . . 26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She has been
more righteous than I have, because I did not give her to my son Shelah. And
he never knew her again.
Deuteronomy 25:5 � If brothers live together, and one of them dies and has
no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger. Her
husband's brother [married or single] shall go in to her and take her as a wife
for himself, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 6 And it shall
be, the first-born whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his dead
brother, so that his name may not be put out of Israel. 7 And if the man does
not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the
gate to the elders and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name
in Israel to his brother. He will not perform my levirate. 8 Then the elders of
his city shall call him and speak to him. And [if] he stands and says, I do not
desire to take her, 9 then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence
of his elders, and take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall
answer and say, So shall it be done to that man who will not build up his
brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him
who has his shoe taken off.
1 Timothy 5: 8 But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for
those of [his] house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the
unbeliever. 9 Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty
years, [having been] wife of one man, 10 borne witness to in good works, if
she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have
washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have
diligently followed every good work. 11 But younger widows decline; for
when they >feel the impulses of sexual desire contrary to< Christ, they
desire to marry, [>See Arndt & Gingrich,Thayer,Strong's; 1Cor.7:9<]
12 being guilty, because they have >broken their first pledged/promised
faithfulness<. >[See Arndt & Gingrich,Thayer,Strong's; i.e. they have
failed to control themselves in the manner to which they had committed
themselves in Christ- - - -1Cor.7:9=But if they have not control over
themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.]<
13 And, at the same time, they learn also [to be] idle, going about to people's
houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things
not becoming. 14 I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule
the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach. 15 For
already some have turned aside after Satan. [1Corinth.7:5= Defraud
not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that you may devote
yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not
because of your incontinency.]
16 If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to
them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those
[that are] widows indeed.
9. When Jesus created Adam and Eve and gave them to each other, they were
totally equal in every way before and under Jesus. Then Adam and Eve
disobeyed and dishonored Jesus. The consequences you can read below, but
among them is the statement that the husband shall rule over the wife--
NOT "the husband is commanded to rule over his wife". Compassionately
cherish your wife by acknowledging that your headship over your wife is a
consequence of sin, not the original plan of Jesus. Compassionately cherish
your wife by acknowledging that Eve and your wife were not commanded
then to submit to their husband's rule. The husband's rule WAS ONLY
PREDICTED as God's plan for them in their relationship.
Compassionately cherish your wife by being the godly head of the marriage
that realizes that being head is an accountability position, accountable for
the marriage to Jesus who is his Head. Compassionately cherish your wife
by being the head of the marriage who DOES NOT USE LORDSHIP over
his wife, who DOES NOT EXERCISE AUTHORITY on his wife, but who
esteems her better than himself and himself the lesser who is to serve Jesus
Christ in her. Compassionately cherish your wife by accepting God's
statement that it must be her decision and her choice to put herself in
subjection to you, her husband. Compassionately cherish your wife by
accepting Jesus command that you, her husband, are never in the Word
commanded to make or coerce her to put herself into subjection to you---
accepting the command of Jesus that you must not use lordship or exercise
your authority over her, NOT LORDING OVER HER, but humbly and
meekly teaching and spiritually feeding her, being a living example before
her eyes of how she should live and act in the marriage. And if she rejects
your headship, spurns your teaching and exampling, and despises your
service to her, then you commit yourself to compassionately cherishing her in
the manner prescribed in Matthew 18:15-20; Galatians 6:1,2; 2 Timothy 2:24-
26.
>Gen. 2: 16 � To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and
your conception. In pain you shall bear sons, and your desire shall be toward
your husband, and he shall rule over you. 17 � And to Adam He said, Because
you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of
which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat [of] it! The ground [is]
cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It
shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of
the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to
the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you [are], and to dust you
shall return.
1 Corinthians 11: 3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is
Christ; and the head of the [wife is] the [husband]; and the head of Christ [is]
God.
Luke 22: 25 And He said to them, The kings of the nations exercise lordship
over them. And they who exercise authority on them are called benefactors.
26 But you [shall] not [be] so: but the greater among you, let him be as the
lesser, and he who governs, as [one] who serves. 27 For which [is] the
greater; he who reclines, or he who serves? [Is] it not he who reclines? But I
am among you as He who serves.
1 Peter 3:1 � Likewise, wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands, so that
if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without the word by the
conduct of the wives, 2 having witnessed your chaste behavior in [the] fear
[of God]. 3 Of whom let not be the adorning of garments, or outward
braiding of hair and wearing of gold, or of putting on clothing, 4 but [let it be]
the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, the meek and
quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God. 5 For so once indeed
the holy women hoping in God adorned themselves, being in subjection to
their own husbands; 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose
children you became, doing good and fearing no terror. 7 Likewise,
husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as
to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly [being] co-heirs together of [the]
grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.
1 Peter 5:1 � I exhort the elders [leaders/rulers] who are among you, . . . 2
Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion,
but willingly; . . . 3 nor as lording it over those allotted [to you by God], but
becoming examples to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd shall
appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.
We are instructed to examine and scrutinize ourselves in order to deal
with and correct or erroneous ways so Jesus wont have to chasten/discipline
us (1Cor.11). How do you do on this check off list?
__1. Do you know that, unless you have the gift of celibacy (1Cor.7) and feel
no need for marriage or sexual relationships, GOD says that it is NOT
GOOD for man to be alone?
__2. Do you know that He made a female helper suitable for a man, who is
the solution for a man's "aloneness"?
__3. Have you thanked God for His provision, and her?
__4. Do you know that women are a far better judge of their peers than you,
as a male, could ever be, except with the Spirit's intervention?
__5. Do you respect, hear, receive (for serious consideration) a godly
woman's spiritual evaluation of another woman, when appropriate?
__6. Do you listen to and yield to your woman, if you may do so and still
walk in the Way of the Word in obedience to Jesus?
__7. Do you help her make
things right, seeking and accepting God's solution, if she realizes that her
request or decision was wrong, without "I told you so" or guilt tripping?
__8. Do you give her to God, pray for her and ask God to shepherd her, if
you believe her solution is wrong and respectfully so advise her, but she goes
on with it anyway?
__9. Do you help her to realize that God still loves her and seeks to
bless her as she walks before Him in loving obedience, perhaps to make a
great godly "noblewoman" out the precious "princess" that she is, if God
intervenes to clean up her mess?
__10. Do you believe that He may even bless you through her?
__11. Do you recognize and joyfully accept the fact that God can work in
your woman to want to do His will and then work in her enabling her to do
His will?
__12. Do you cherish her by supporting and encouraging her, serving her in
any way you may when she is being so motivated, enabled, led and activated
by God's Spirit?
__13. Are you careful not to intimately and sexually touch the wife/woman
of any other man, knowing that it is a matter of your life or your death?
__14. Do you passionately, affectionately, emotionally, mentally, spiritually,
physically, sexually and enthusiastically compassionately cherish your
princess and noble wife?
__ 15. Do you intervene as God's head in your home and act to set right that
which you know is wrong when your woman is hurting so bad, grieving so
much, so distraught, so upset, so troubled that she makes a decision, says
something, does something that you know is hurtful, not edifying, and
regrettable for her, all the time gently and humbly looking to Jesus?
__16. If one of your women (sister, daughter, aunt, mother) is a widow, are
you THERE FOR HER?
__17. Does she have food or drink, as long as you have food or drink?
__18. Does she have clothing and shelter as long as you have clothing and
shelter?
__19. Do you fast and pray with her trusting God to keep His promise and
meet her need of a godly husband and bless her with sexual fulfillment in
marriage if she's being attacked by Satan sexually, missing and yearning for
the sweet loving of her departed husband, so that she slips and sins too often
for soul peace in the Lord and is burning in the struggle with her heart's and
body's----?
__20. Do you believe that when Jesus created Adam and Eve and gave them
to each other, they were totally equal in every way before and under Jesus?
__21. Do you believe that the husband shall rule over the wife?
__22. Do you know that the husband is NOT "commanded to rule over his
wife"?
__23. Do you compassionately cherish your wife by acknowledging that
your headship over your wife is a consequence of sin, not the original plan of
Jesus?
__24. Do you compassionately cherish your wife by being the godly head of
the marriage that realizes that being head is an accountability position,
accountable for his conduct as leader/teacher in the marriage, accountable
to Jesus who is his Head?
__25. Do you compassionately cherish your wife by being the head of the
marriage who DOES NOT USE LORDSHIP over his wife, who DOES
NOT EXERCISE AUTHORITY on his wife, but who esteems her better than
himself and himself the lesser who is to serve Jesus Christ in her?
__26. Do you compassionately cherish your wife by accepting God's
statement that it must be her decision and her choice to put herself in
subjection to you, her husband?
__27. Do you compassionately cherish your wife by accepting Jesus
command that you, her husband, are never in the Word commanded to make
or coerce her to put herself into subjection to you---accepting the command
of Jesus that you must not use lordship over her or exercise your authority
over her, NOT LORDING OVER HER, but humbly and meekly teaching and
spiritually feeding her, being a living example before her eyes of what you
are trying to teach her in your marriage?
__28. If she rejects your headship, spurns your teaching and exampling, and
despises your service to her, do you then commit yourself to compassionately
cherishing her in the manner prescribed in Matthew 18:15-20; Galatians
6:1,2; 2 Timothy 2:24-26?
How did you do? This godly behavior is not natural and doesn't come
naturally. Only Jesus, by His Spirit, can work in you to want to do it. Only
Jesus, by His Spirit, can enable and activate you, doing it in you as you yield
your body, soul and spirit to Him. Only Jesus can compassionately cherish
your wife these ways through you, so reckon yourself dead indeed to your
own selfish ways and yield yourself entirely to Him to make you His
ambassador of Love, Truth, Light and Life to your beloved women.
TOPICS: FOREVER MARRIAGES CROSS CULTURALLY, FORMAL AND
INFORMAL CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE, COMMON LAW MARRIAGE,
CHRISTIAN DIVORCE, CHRISTIAN REMARRIAGE, CHRISTIAN
CONCUBINES, CHRISTIAN POLYGYNY (POLYGAMY), RACISM,
ETHNOCENTRICITY, AND THE SWEARING OF OATHS
TITLE: DIVORCE, REMARRIAGE, CONCUBINES, & JESUS; Another
Look for Christians.
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By L. Tyler P.O. Box 620763, SanDiego, CA 92162-0763
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (These page numbers are correct with Palatino 14
,left and right margins of 1.25"each, and top and bottom margins at 1" each.)
I. INTRODUCTION: PRIORITIES RECONSIDERED. P. 4
II. DIVORCE! A PLAGUE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. P. 8
III. DIVORCE DEFINED. P. 23
IV. VARIETIES OF MARRIAGE IN THE BIBLE, OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENTS -- LET THE WORD SPEAK ABOUT POLYGYNY
AND CONCUBINES! P. 25
V. WHAT DO CHRISTIAN LEADERS SAY ABOUT CONCUBINES &
POLYGYNY? P. 50
VI. ADULTERY DEFINED: A SURPRISE! ISN�T POLYGYNY
ADULTERY? P. 66
VII. SO, WHAT ABOUT CONCUBINES & POLYGYNY TODAY IN MY
COUNTRY? P. 73
VIII. ARE POLYGYNISTS AND CONCUBINES LIVING IN ERROR
TODAY? P. 82
IX. MARRIAGE, CONCUBINES, CIVIL LAW, PERSONAL LIBERTY AND
A LOVING CONSCIENCE! P. 87
X. DOES GOD FORGIVE BROKEN VOWS, DIVORCE AND
ADULTERY? P. 91
XI. CAN YOU COME BACK TOGETHER & REMMARY AFTER
ADULTEROUS REMARRIAGE? P. 99
XII. WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN
SUCH REUNIONS? P. 108
XIII. CAN ADULTERY, DIVORCE, VOWS AND REPENTANCE
RESULT IN POLYGYNY/CONCUBINAGE? P. 112
XIV. ADULTERY, DIVORCE, CONCUBINES, POLYGYNY AND THE
UNSAVED. P. 119
XV. THE MARRIED MAN WHO WOULD ADD WIVES/CONCUBINES
TO HIS "HAREM". P. 121
XVI. ARE POLYGYNY & CONCUBINES OPTIONS FOR THE
ABANDONED MAN? P. 126
XVII. POLYGYNISTS, CONCUBINES AND THE LEADERS OF
GOD'S PEOPLE. P. 129
XVIII. POLYGYNY & CONCUBINES AND THE WESTERN
CHRISTIAN WOMAN. P. 130
XIX. WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLYANDRY? P. 134
XX. HUSBAND RULE OVER THE WIFE? IF SERVANT-TEACHERS RULE
.P. 137
XXI. THREE CHEERS FOR MONOGAMY! THE BEST FOR
MOST! P. 141
XXII. LISTEN TO THE WORD! P. 145
XXIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY P. 147
APPENDIX ONE -- WHAT ABOUT INTERRACIAL AND
INTERETHNIC MARRIAGE? P.150
APPENDIX TWO -- WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE FEEDING OF TWO
LEGGED OXEN. P.157
APPENDIX THREE -- A WEDDING COVENANT FOR
NONSWEARERS - P. 159
APPENDIX FOUR -- WHAT MAKES A WEDDING/MARRIAGE? - P. 161
APPENDIX FIVE -- MARRYING THE UNSAVED AND "SAINTS"
LIVING IN ERROR. - P.163
APPENDIX SIX -- WHEN DO I HAVE TO MARRY? - P. 167
APPENDIX SEVEN -- THE ERRR OF SWEARING, OF OATHS AND
SWEARING OATHS. -P.182
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>5. Amplified Bible, The; 1965, Zondervan Publishing House
>6. ANALYTICAL GREEK LEXICON, THE: Harper & Brothers, New York
>7. Arndt & Gingrich: A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT and Other Early Christian Literature ; By W.F.Arndt & F. W.
Gingrich; The Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.; Cambridge at the Univ.
Press.; 1957
>8. ASV: The Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1901 & 1929; Thomas
Nelson & Sons, New York
>9. Gold Cord, by Amy Carmichael, Christian Literature Crusade, Fort
Worthington, Penna.; London's Society for the Promotion of Christian
Knowledge, Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone Rd., N.W. (N.Y. The
Macmillan Company).
>10. CUSTOMS AND CULTURES, Anthropology for Christian Missions,
by Eugene A. Nida1954, Harper & Brothers, New York
>11. Darby's 1890 translation: Most of the scriptures quoted in this work, if
not otherwise indicated, are from the a modernized version of J. N. Darby's
translation, the OnLine Bible computer program of "Online Bible f ", Ken
Hammil 1-908-741-4298; [E-Mail:
[email protected]].
>12. DIVORCE, John Murray, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co. \
>13. G. Duty's book on divorce and remarriage , Downers Grove, Ill.
>14. HASTING'S DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE; 1989, Hendrickson
Publishers, Inc., Peabody, Mass;, Editor James Hastings, DD.,
>15. I LOVED A GIRL; Walter Trobisch, Inter-Varsity Press, Downers
Grove, Ill.
>16. INTERNATIONAL BIBLE COMMENTARY, THE; Editor, F.F.Bruce;
1979; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Michigan.
>17. Jay Adam's� book on divorce and remarriage
>18. JEWISH: The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, 1955,
The Jewish Publication Society.
>19. KINSHIP & MARRIAGE, Robin Fox, 1967, Penguin Books, Inc., USA &
England
>20. LAMSA: The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts, 1940,
Holman Co., by G. Lamsa.
>21. MARRIAGE EAST AND WEST; David & Vera Mace, 1960, Dolphin
Books, Double Day & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY
>22.MARRYING AGAIN; David Hocking, 1977, Fleming H. Revell Co.
>23. MKJV: MODERN KING JAMES VERSION, 1993, by Jay P. Green Sr.,
in Online Bible 2.5.1; the OnLine Bible computer program of "Online Bible f
", Ken Hammil 1- 908-741-4298; [E-Mail:
[email protected]].
>24. MY WIFE MADE ME A POLYGAMIST; Walter Trobisch, 1971, Inter-
Varsity Press,
>25. NASB: Holy Bible New American Standard; Broadman & Holman
Publishers, Nashville Tenn.; The Lockman Foundation, 1977
>26. NEB: NEW ENGLISH BIBLE, 1970; Oxford/Cambridge University
Press
>27. NEW BIBLE DICTIONARY, THE; Editor J.D.Douglas Ph.D; 1962; W.
B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
>28. NEW TESTAMENT GREEK FOR BEGINNERS, By, J. Gresham
Machen, D.D, Litt. D.,1959
>29. NIV: "Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL
VERSION. Copyright @ 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society." Used
as required by Zondervan Bible Publishers.
>30. NKJV: New King James Version, 1984, Thomas Nelson, Inc.
>31. OnLine Bible computer program of "Online Bible f ", Ken Hammil 1-
908-741-4298; [E-Mail:
[email protected]].
>32. PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE LOVE ME!; Walter Trobisch, Inter-
Varsity Press,
>33. St. Augustin: On The Trinity; translated by Arthur West Haddan, B.D.;
W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids Mich; 1956
>34. Strong�s Lexicon, Open Bible "Online Bible f", Ken Hammil 1-908-741-
4298. Also Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich.
>35. Thayer: Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament; Joseph Henry
Thayer, D.D.; American Book Co., New York, 1889
>36. The Septuagint of the Old Testament and Apocrypha With an English
Translation; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1972;
Samuel Bagster & Sons, Ltd. London
>37. WOMEN'S LIVES IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE - A SOURCEBOOK;
Edited by Emile Amt; Routledge, Chapman, Hall; NY, NY; 1993
>38. Wuest's THE NEW TESTAMENT, An Expanded Translation, Kenneth
S. Wuest, 1961
>39. YLT; Young's Literal Translation, 1898: OnLine Bible computer
program of "Online Bible f ", Ken Hammil 1-908-741-4298; [E-Mail:
[email protected]].
