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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:
Scenario 1: You have a christian married couple. The wife has a severe problem living beyond the couple's means and has mired herself and her husband in a mountain of credit card debt. The husband eventually gets fed up and leaves her. Is the husband automatically considered to be an unbeliever because he deserted his wife? If so, then why ? Scenario 2: Again you have a christian couple and the man bears false witness against someone. Does this automatically make the husband an unbeliever? If so why? |
Bible Answer: I know other christians who state that any christian man who deserts (divorces) his wife for non-biblical reasons is an unbeliever. They subsequently apply 1 Cor 7:15 and declare the wife eligible for remarriage. Interestingly, I've proposed these scenarios to those individuals and received the following answers: Scenario 1 - he's an unbeliever; Scenario 2 - he is NOT an unbeliever. Now this made no sense and was totally illogical to me. How could an act that is a violation of the 10 commandments NOT result in the perpetrator being declared an unbeliever and an act that is not one of 10 commandments brand a christian an unbeliever? I agree that 1 Cor 7:15 pertains to the unequally yoked and I believe it is a misuse of the scriptures to apply it to scenario 1 type situations. |