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NASB | Matthew 19:9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 19:9 "I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." |
Subject: Is 1 free if divorce not due 2 adultery? |
Bible Note: Divorce: Legal Separation or Dissolution? [MJH: Thank you for providing us with helpful information on this question. Related to the issue is the question: What is divorce? I think you will find the following to be of interest. Grace to you. --Kalos] Divorce is the dissolution of the marriage bond just as though it had never existed. Divorce is the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage. Does the right to divorce carry with it the right to remarry? The key to answering this question lies in the proper understanding of the word divorce and what it means, including what it meant to the average Greek, Roman or Jew of the first century. A tradition dating back centuries views divorce as "legal separation from bed and board." And that's all divorce is in this tradition. However, The people of the time of Jesus' earthly ministry, both Jews and Greeks, properly understood that divorce was the "dissolution of the marriage bond just as though it had never existed." If one accepts the second definition (the definition that is true both biblically and historically), then he can come to only one conclusion: The RIGHT TO DIVORCE carries with it THE RIGHT TO REMARRY. If it doesn't, then divorce is not dissolution of the marriage bond just as though it had never existed. Instead divorce becomes nothing more than legal separation from bed and board. Which definition to follow: the popular one (legal separation) or the historically and Biblically sound one (dissolution of the marital bond, which carries with it the right to remarry)? ____________________ See the book "The Right to Remarry" by Dwight Hervey, Hardcover (September 1975), Fleming H Revell Co; ISBN: 0800707583. This book is now out of print, but has a limited availability at amazon.com |