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1 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | EdB | 39185 | ||
Kalos You make me rethink a position on divorce and remarriage. You made a statement,"THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN." Is that factual? I always knew that divorce dissolved the marriage but I never knew it made the marraige as though it had never existed. I'm not challenging but asking here. If Jesus talked about divorce and knew these implications then He would be saying when he gave the exceptions for divorce that after the divorce the marriage in question never existed. If the person was never married they would then be free to marry. Therefore it is not a question of remarriage at all since the first would be considered not to have existed. EdB |
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2 | Can a divorced person remarry? | 1 Cor 7:15 | kalos | 39193 | ||
Ed, my good and respected friend: It is indeed a fact that "THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS OF THE NT ERA CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIVORCE INDEED IS A DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE BOND JUST AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN." This being so, it would be unnecessary for Jesus or Paul to define divorce since the actual meaning of the word was already known and understood by the people of the NT era. After all, divorce is/was a legal term and carries an objective legal definition that at that time was known and understood by all. "Therefore it is not a question of remarriage at all since the first would be considered not to have existed." Exactly! That is exactly my point. You make my day. Thank you for your reply. Take care. |
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