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Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 26

Of Marriage

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4. Marriage ought not to be within the Degrees of Consanguinity or Affinity, forbidden in the Word; nor can such incestuous Marriage ever be made lawful, by any Law of Man or Consent of Parties,a so as those Persons may live together as Man and Wife.b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aLeviticus 18
  2. bMark 6:18; 1 Corinthians 5:1

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