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NASB | Matthew 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:32 but I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on grounds of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery. [Deut 24:1-4; Luke 16:18] |
Bible Question:
Why has Christians made unfaithfulness the unpardonable sin? Scriptures say there is only one sin that we or God do not have to forgive... yet thousands refuse to forgive their mates for unfaithfulness and than turn and marry another that has left their marriage for the same "sin"... yet they forgive them and get married. Why can't the same grace of forgiveness be given to the "wife of thy youth"? |
Bible Answer: Perhaps few passages in the entire Bible have been more abused, confused, and ill used as Matthew 12:15-37, wherein the "unpardonable sin" is clearly defined and clearly illustrated. There is no earthly reason to extend the interpretation of this passage to mean any and every sin or to attempt to make it fit any and every age. In point of fact, many Bible scholars believe that since the special circumstances involved in this blasphemy cannot be duplicated today, thus this sin cannot now be committed. In any event, marital infidelity, although a sin to be sure, is not even close to being the (or an) "unpardonable" sin. --Hank |