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1 | Can a single man commit adultery? | Gen 2:24 | JuanMas | 57888 | ||
Can a single man commit adultery? | ||||||
2 | Can a single man commit adultery? | Gen 2:24 | srbaegon | 57889 | ||
Hello JuanMas No. Adultery is a sexual sin performed by a married person. Unmarried people commit fornication. Steve |
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3 | Can a single man commit adultery? | Gen 2:24 | JuanMas | 57892 | ||
If only married people can commit adultery, then how do you explain Mathew 19:9 "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." The act the "exception clause" refers to is obviously "adultery" - marital unfaithfullness, but the term "fornication" was used instead. Also it is implied in the latter part of the verse (whoso marrieth her...) that the marital status of the man does not matter and that it is theoretically possible for a single man to commit adultery by marrying (having relations) with a divorced woman. I'll have to admit that I'm confused. |
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4 | Can a single man commit adultery? | Gen 2:24 | srbaegon | 57900 | ||
Hello JuanMas Let's try to clear up the confusion. :-) First, I need to apologize. I looked up the Greek for fornication and discovered it means any sexual union between a person and someone other the the spouse. Genesis 2:24 (ESV) Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. This verse establishes God's view of marriage. The husband and wife are one flesh--a lasting covenant between two people to be as one. Even in a divorce God views the two as one flesh. So to remarry is to commit adultery against the first spouse. The innocent party that marries the divorced spouse also commits adultery because (again in God's eyes) that spouse is still joined to the first. Does this help? Steve |
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