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NASB | Matthew 5:31 ¶ "It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:31 ¶ "It has also been said, 'WHOEVER DIVORCES HIS WIFE IS TO GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; |
Bible Question: Should a divorced man or woman remarry? Mat.5:31-32 has perplexed me. I am married to a woman for 33 years now who was previously married and divorced for reasons other than unfaithfullness. We are Christians so I know that God has forgiven this "sin" (was it?), but do we continue to sin by remaining married? Would it be a greater sin to now divorce due to continuing to make each other Adulterers and Adulteresses? |
Bible Answer: Dear friend, I can not answer your question. Nor can any other man. Many will voice their thoughts, including myself. M. Henry's comment below, concerning 1Co 7:9, particularily the last sentence, puts it best. Personally, my studies indicate that once you and your wife accepted Jesus Christ as your savior, ALL your sins were washed away. Not just certin ones. In the eyes of God you became pure as pure is. After you accepted your salvation it was, and is up to you to "walk in the spirit" and do your best to remain pure. If you were Christians when you married, you would be in living in sin, with only divorce and repentance as a solution. If you were sinners when you married and have accepted Christ's gift of salvation since, your sins were forgiven. You have only to forgive yourself and accept Gods word. He has forgiven you, yet he still warns others of the same sins He "has" forgiven you of. You must accept His forgiveness in it's entirity. KJV*(1Co 7:9) But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. Per Mathew Henry's Concise Commentary The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, in that juncture of time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, and the comforts of that state, are settled by Divine wisdom. Though none may break the law of God, yet that perfect rule leaves men at liberty to serve him in the way most suited to their powers and circumstances, of which others often are very unfit judges. All must determine for themselves, seeking counsel from God how they ought to act. *** Mat 5:31-31 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. Per Mathew Henry's Concise Commentary Mat 5:33-37 - There is no reason to consider that solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, are wrong, provided they are taken with due reverence. But all oaths taken without necessity, or in common conversation, must be sinful, as well as all those expressions which are appeals to God, though persons think thereby to evade the guilt of swearing. The worse men are, the less they are bound by oaths; the better they are, the less there is need for them. Our Lord does not enjoin the precise terms wherein we are to affirm or deny, but such a constant regard to truth as would render oaths unnecessary. God bless. George |