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When Does a Father's Authority End? A Reply to Dr. Greg Gifford

Transformed asked fathers for chapter and verse on an unmarried daughter. Numbers 30, Exodus 22, and 1 Corinthians 7 answer.

By Ken Duffy · September 30, 2026 · 17 min

On September 24, Dr. Greg Gifford devoted an episode of his podcast, Transformed, to a question many Christian households now face: does a son or daughter need a father's blessing to marry? (Episode 195, "When Does a Parent's Biblical Authority Actually End?") Dr. Gifford teaches biblical counseling at The Master's University and trains counselors to bring Scripture to bear on the hardest matters of the soul. He…

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