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NASB | Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. [Matt 19:5; 1 Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31-33] |
Bible Question (short): Is divorce ever God's will? |
Question (full): Well... here goes...now brothers and sisters...I know that there are the quick answers that have been thrown about for years...however, I would like you to stop and freshly consider this question as I was asked to do...and when I did, I found that the old answers were not on the mark... Here's the question... What is God's will concerning marriage? The corrollary to that is ...Does God approve of divorce? and or remarriage? Allow me to offer some, hopefully, helpful strategies before any of you begin to quickly rattle off an old teaching that you have heard or re-stated... e.g., the Matthew account is not stating an acceptable reason to get a divorce; rather, when read on the face of it allowing the pericope to say what it says... the thrust of the passage is that unless the wife has caused herself to become an adultress, the husband will be the cause of her becoming an adultress... the "except" phrase is not a phrase giving permission for divorce, the phrase only helps to define the causality of the wife becoming an adultress... Now there are other scriptures which support the view that God does not allow for divorce... some of them very straight forward without any interpretation necessary... and since God's Word is not contradictory, I have come, as have others, to the conclusion that divorce is not allowed by God... forgiveness and reconciliation is the desire of God... His desire is not a suggestion as we know...but His will. I look forward to a thorough discussion of enlightening "iron sharpening"... Saint John |
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