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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: Hank, I appreciate your viewpoints and far superior knowledge and wisdom of the truth. By your statement of 44 years of marriage, you are more wise than the man of your youth, which I certainly am. I am trying to listen to God during my own rainstorm. I am a believer in Christ and my testimony involves my own parents divorce due to an adulterous affair. My wife also is from a broken home and is a self proclaimed believer. Knowing what I have only witnessed and heard from her lips about her past, I would have a hard time convincing anyone (or me for that matter) that she is a true beliver. I firmly believe that our marriage was not created in heaven but instead based on our fleshly desires and have repented and accepted God's forgiveness. I have however, struggled with the question: Is it ever God's will for a couple who is married to be divorced? I believe that God knows the result of this situation before it even began. And I feel that God has allowed my wife to leave me in order that I am called back to him. Which brings up all sorts of spritual questions to light. I however am searching for the truth from this at a different viewpoint than you. We will be married 4 years this June. She no longer feels happy in this marriage or in love with me and left 4 months ago and moved in with her parents. I have adimitly stood firm on not be filing for divorce. She has shown no desire to reconcile or seek counsel. Nor has she confirmed filing divorce proceedings but has not ruled them out. She has however affirmed my belief that she has a specific 'someone' she thinks about 'what life would be like...' I obviously expressed my disapproval and urged her not to entertain those thoughts.. because I too have fallen victim to those fleshly desires during these past 4 months and quickly saw them for what they were. I have fasted and prayed and called upon the counsel of others. Although I have gone to her in private and a pastor at church was witness to her deliberate biblical disobidence when he told her that she needed to work on this marriage and return home.. I have not formaly asked the church nor know of anything that would fulfill the biblical scenario of Matthew 18. I felt it just for her to come to the decision of whether or not to work on the marriage or file for divorce on her own.. then if she chose to file for divorce then go to the church. If she still didn't listen to the church and filed for divorce anyway.. I would feel free from this marriage on the basis of 1 Cor 7:15. But all of this is premature as I am love her AND am in love with her and desperately want her to turn to God and repent and reconcile this marriage. I feel like I have rambled enough now.. and await your (or anyone elses) thoughts on this matter. |