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NASB | 1 Corinthians 7:15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbelieving partner leaves, let him leave. In such cases the [remaining] brother or sister is not [spiritually or morally] bound. But God has called us to peace. |
Bible Question: Does the right to divorce carry with it the right to remarry? I.e., is divorce nothing more than legalized separation? |
Bible Answer: Hello Kalos, I can kinda understand where you are coming from with this question even though I myself have never been divorced nor do I intend to be. But I have a friend who has gone through a divorce and then afterwards she got back together with her X about five times trying I guess to make it work. And they intended to get remarried several times. But then she would either catch him with another woman or he would hit her and they would fight and it got pretty bad several times. But what I am trying to get to is the first time she divorced him, it was because "they didn't get along" of course they got along enough to bring a child into the world. There is know place in scripture that says if a married couple doesn't get along its ok to divorce. You see its mans responsibility to know what God wnats when it comes to marraige. And if you want to get to the real problem she and him neither was or are Christians. If they had been and both had studied Gods word and lived a faithful life to God this would in most cases not have happened. People take marraige so light. They say "If it don't work I'll just get a divorce". And this is so common in todays society. And from reading some of the responces you have received from this question, many still feel the same way. But thats just it, it's not about feelings, its about God and whats right. This girl I was telling you about, now she has gone on and remarried another even though the bible says its commiting adultry. She probably had her chance to divorce him legaly in Gods eyes the first time she divorced him but I guess she didn't know about him enough to know if he was cheating then. Its a sad situation to be in. Theres a man down the street from me, in the same boat. Married when he was eighteen, to young to understand what they where getting in to. So six months later they divorced. Sad. Now he's in his early forty's and wants to remarry. Ask me what I thought, and because even I at the time was not that versed in the bible I told him what one of your responders told you. That if at the time when he was married he was not a Christian it wouldn't matter. Because I said if he would repent and obey the gospel and become a Christian he could re-marry. But I had to call him back and tell him I was sorry for leading him the wrong way. You see I had wanted so much to convert him to Christainty that I over looked a key word in the scripture. Matthew 19 9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,[1] and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." It says "whoever" meaning anybody. It wasn't talking about just Christians, it was talking about everyone who took the vow of marraige. There is only one reason given for divorce and that is fornication. I am sorry but I didn't say it God did. And to those out there who read this I am sorry for you too but you cannot just through these scriptures out and think you are ok because you are not. Sure I guess you can now but one day the fun will be over and it will be time to die and face the judgement. Hebrews 9 27And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, Marraige is something we take serious especially since the word of God has this to say, Galatians 5 19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[3] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21envy, murders,[4] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Below are more scriptures pertaining to this subject, Matthew 5 Marriage Is Sacred and Binding (4) 31 "Furthermore it has been said, "Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 32But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality[5] causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. Mark 10 2The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him. 3And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" 4They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her." 5And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God "made them male and female.'[1] 7"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh';[2] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." Raven |