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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." |
Bible Question: A friend of mine married a person, who was sick and incapable of any sexual activity. He did not tell her about that before. It has been over a year that they just "live" together. She is a believer, and does not want to do anything against the will of God. But it is really hard, do you think if she separates it will be perceived as a divorce and hateful in the eyes of God! Please, base your answers on Scripture! |
Bible Answer: There are only two Scriptural grounds for divorce. Neither is for sexual dysfunction of one's marital partner. The NT gives two grounds for divorce -- two, not merely one. Divorce is permissible on the grounds of adultery and that of desertion. 'God's utter hatred of divorce is very clear in Scripture. 'Nonetheless, there are two extraordinary cases in which Scripture teaches that God does permit divorced people to remarry. 'First, note that Jesus Himself included this exception clause: "Whosoever shall put away his wife, *except it be for fornication*, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" (Matt. 19:9, King James Version, emphasis added). He allows an exception in this one case, only "because of the hardness of your hearts" (Matt. 19:8). Clearly, Jesus is treating divorce as a last resort, only to be sought in the case of hard-hearted adultery. 'The apostle Paul allows one more reason for divorce: if an unbelieving spouse abandons a believer, the believer is under no obligation in such a case (1 Cor. 7:14). This would free the abandoned spouse to remarry. 'But we must emphasize that apart from those two specific, exceptional cases, divorce is not sanctioned in Scripture.' www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/ archive/divorce.htm |