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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 (short): Annulment equates to Biblical divorce? |
Question (full): Dear kalos....Thanks again for making me reconsider an opinion I hold. (You do seem to do that on occasion.) I always thought that the word "divorce" as used by Jesus meant a separation of a couple that were bonded together before God in a temple (church) ceremony that asked God to bless them in their marriage (“…what God has brought together…”.) So…My Bible influenced thinking has always been that the divorce of a couple who were married in a civil ceremony was not a divorce at all since there was no marriage in the first place. But if the Greeks were meant to be included by Jesus as I infer from your earlier post……Well I have some thinking to do :-) Does a contemporary annulment (church divorce) then not always equate to a Biblical divorce as I have always believed? AND; Would a contemporary civil marriage, where God is not asked to bless the couple, be a Biblical marriage anyway subject to divorce for only the two reasons, which I have never believed? God Bless….Jensen |