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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: Biblically correct divorce |
Bible Note: Jesus plainly says that divorce is not allowed except in the case of fornication (Matthew 19:9 KJV). As to whether or not divorce is simillarly disallowed for women, my answer is that for the same reasons a woman may not divorce except, again, in the case of her husband committing fornication. Here is why I say this: The Pharisees asked Jesus if a man could divorce his wife in Matthew 19:3. In Matthew 19:4-5 he answers them as follows (New American Standard Bible): "And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?" The man can't divorce the woman because they are one flesh. The woman is also one flesh with the man and thus cannot divorce him. Yet with God all things are possible so I hope the woman does not give up on her relationship. |