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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. |
Subject: divorce is not always a sin. |
Bible Note: Okay, so when Jesus said, "whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery", which is equivelent to saying if a husband's wife commits sexual immorality and he divorces her and marries another -- he does not commit adultery upon remarrying. But you are stating that he commits the sin of "hardness of heart" upon the initial act of divorcing his adulterous wife? That would lead one to believe that since God permitted him to divorce under this circumstance then God permitted that sin to occur. (Do you believe that God permits you to divorce upon those grounds?? - some do not.) Divorcing the adulterous wife in and of itself doesn't cause the wife to sin.. granted, the act of her sexual immorality was sin. So, if you believe that God permits a divorce of this kind, then God permits the husband to sin? God hates sin. Explain why would He permit it? As I stated I believe that divorce is ALWAYS caused by sin.. the sin that is the cause in this case is the adultery on behalf of the wife. But I don't believe that in this case the act of "divorce" was sin on either party. |