Oaths

Definition

Empty and frivolous oaths are forbidden; lawful oaths in important matters (e.g., judicial) are permitted, as Christ and Paul demonstrate.

Mat. 26:63-64 — But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on…
Rom. 1:9; 2 Cor. 1:23; 2:17; Gal. 1:20 — For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you, Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth. For we are not like so…